Nursing Homes in Bedford, VA
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 Oakwood Manor Bedford Mem Medicare and Medicaid Location: 1613 Oakwood Street, Bedford, Virginia 24523 Ratings: Phone: (540) 587-3439 |
Bedford Co Nursing Home Medicaid Location: 1229 County Farm Road, Bedford, Virginia 24523 Ratings: Phone: (540) 586-7658 |
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Scientists move closer to growing therapeutic brain cells in laboratory
Bethesda, MD-A group of really brainy scientists have moved closer to growing "therapeutic" brain cells in the laboratory that can be re-integrated back into patients' brains to treat a wide range of neurological conditions.
First comprehensive study of the relationship between racial subgroups and colorectal cancer outcome
A new study finds wide variations in colorectal cancer stage of diagnosis and mortality, with some ethnic groups having 10 to 60 percent higher risks of stage III or IV colorectal cancer compared to non-Hispanic whites, and 20 to 30 percent higher risk of death from the disease.
High blood pressure among lower-status employees lingers well into retirement
Retirement from some occupations may not provide relief from the potentially devastating health effects of work-related hypertension, according to a new study from UC Davis.
ACS, ASMBS disappointed with CMS' decision on bariatric surgery for Medicare patients
Despite strong opposition from leading surgical and medical groups, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has ruled it will no longer require Medicare patients to undergo bariatric surgical procedures at accredited facilities.
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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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