Nursing Homes in Linden, TN
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 Perry County Nursing Home Medicare and Medicaid Location: 127 E Brooklyn Avenue, Linden, Tennessee 37096 Ratings: Phone: (931) 589-2134 |
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Western diet linked to an increased risk of type 2 diabetes in women
The "Western" diet - one especially high in red and processed meats and refined grain - once again appears to be a culprit in women's health - this time linked to an increased risk of type 2 diabetes in women, according to a study released today in the November issue of Archives of Internal Medicine.
Study findings highlight the need to develop specific health policies to address social disparities
Racial and ethnic disparities in cancer survival are greatest for cancers that can be detected early and treated successfully, including breast and prostate cancer, according to a study by researchers at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health and Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center (HICCC) at Columbia University Medical Center/NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital.
NPS MedicineWise offers information to prevent hay fever symptoms
For hay fever sufferers, spring means sneezing, itchy eyes and a runny nose. Medicines can bring some relief to these symptoms, and some medicines can help prevent the symptoms if taken regularly.
Gen-Probe's PROGENSA PCA3 assay helps determine necessity of initial biopsy in prostate cancer suspect men
Gen-Probe's PROGENSA® PCA3 assay can help predict the outcome of initial prostate biopsies in men suspected of having prostate cancer, according to a study of the molecular urine test presented in a scientific poster last week at the 25th annual European Association of Urology (EAU) Congress in Barcelona, Spain.
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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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