Nursing Homes in Pawtucket, RI
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 Oak Hill Health & Rehabilitation Center Medicare and Medicaid Location: 544 Pleasant Street, Pawtucket, Rhode Island 02860 Ratings: Phone: (401) 725-8888 |
Pawtucket Falls Healthcare Center Medicare and Medicaid Location: 70 Gill Avenue, Pawtucket, Rhode Island 02861 Ratings: Phone: (401) 949-3880 |
Jeanne Jugan Residence Medicare and Medicaid Location: 964 Main Street, Pawtucket, Rhode Island 02860 Ratings: Phone: (401) 723-4314 |
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Nutritional deficiencies among indigenous populations: two studies
They find iodine deficiency for the first time among an Aboriginal population in the NT. This deficiency was previously thought to occur only in the nation's south-eastern states. The study involved nearly 400 teenagers of aboriginal origin living in remote as well as urban areas of the Darwin Health Region, which covers 120,000 km-square of the top end of the NT.
G-FET based biosensors for selective identification of deadly bacteria strains
Using a single atom-thick sheet of graphene to track the electronic signals inherent in biological structures, a team led by Boston College researchers has developed a platform to selectively identify deadly strains of bacteria, an advance that could lead to more accurate targeting of infections with appropriate antibiotics, the team reported in the journal Biosensors and Bioelectronics.
NIH to award $20M over 5 years to support global health training for scientists
"A network of global health research training institutions will increasingly focus on the rising levels of chronic diseases in developing countries, the National Institutes of Health Fogarty International Center announced on Wednesday," CQ HealthBeat reports (Bristol, 4/4).
New biosealant therapy may help treat damaged cartilage tissue
A new biosealant therapy may help to stabilize injuries that cause cartilage to break down, paving the way for a future fix or - even better - begin working right away with new cells to enhance healing, according to a new animal-based study by researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.
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Nursing Home
A nursing home (also called skilled nursing facility) is a facility or distinct part of an institution whose primary function is to provide medical, continuous nursing, and other health and social services to patients who are not in an acute phase of illness requiring services in a hospital, but who require primary restorative or skilled nursing services on an inpatient basis above the level of intermediate or custodial care in order to reach a degree of body functioning to permit self care in essential daily living.A skilled nursing facility (SNF) may be a freestanding facility or part of a hospital that has been certified by Medicare to admit patients requiring subacute care and rehabilitation.
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