Nursing Homes in Newport, VT
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 Newport Health Care Center Medicare and Medicaid Location: 148 Prouty Drive, Newport, Vermont 05855 Ratings: Phone: (802) 334-7321 |
Bel Aire Center Medicare and Medicaid Location: 35 Bel-aire Drive, Newport, Vermont 05855 Ratings: Phone: (802) 334-2878 |
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bioMD (BOD) announces new MD, new Chairman and Board
bioMD Limited (ASX:BOD), a company with assets in regenerative tissue engineering technologies today announced the appointment of a new Chairman, a new MD and other changes to its Board. This follows shareholder approval for the acquisition of Allied Medical Ltd., a company that specialises in the sales, distribution and commercialisation of medical technologies.
Novel technique eliminates radiation exposure to patients and medical providers
A growing body of research continues to warn of the potential long-term effects of radiation exposure for patients and medical providers during such imaging procedures as x-rays and computed tomography (CT) scans, both of which are traditionally used with certain heart procedures.
A faster and easier treatment option to prevent blindness in preterm infants
Babies born prematurely who require treatment to prevent blindness from retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) could be treated with a dose of Avastin (bevacizumab) that is a fraction of the dose commonly used for ROP currently.
Combination of MRI and PET imaging techniques can prevent second breast biopsy
Following a diagnosis of breast cancer, one of the hardest tasks is to distinguish the benign nodes in the breast from the malignant tumours, and this usually requires a tissue sample (biopsy) to be taken.
Bayer HealthCare seeks EU marketing authorization of EYLEA for macular edema following BRVO
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Bayer HealthCare today announced that Bayer HealthCare has submitted an application to the European Medicines Agency (EMA) seeking marketing authorization in the European Union (EU) for EYLEA (aflibercept) Injection for the treatment of macular edema following branch retinal vein occlusion (BRVO).
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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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