Nursing Homes in Washington - Ratings, Address, Contact
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Air pollution is the new tobacco says WHO Head
The head of the World Health Organization has said that air pollution is the "new tobacco" and breathing polluted air is killing 7 million people annually and harming billions of the population additionally.
New drug may restore memory with Alzheimer's disease
A 2006 study by MetLife found that adults over age 55 fear Alzheimer's disease more than cancer, and with good reason. Alzheimer's creeps up on patients and their families, robbing more than half of all Americans over age 85 of their memory and ability to care for themselves.
St. Jude Medical reaches settlement agreement with DOJ over post-market study matter in Boston
St. Jude Medical, Inc., a global medical device company, today issued the following statement regarding a settlement agreement reached with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) regarding a previously disclosed 2005 investigation in Boston related to an industry-wide review of post-market studies and registries:
Study shows widespread use of antiretroviral drugs would increase prevalence of MDR HIV
One of the most widely advocated strategies for dealing with HIV/AIDS could double the number of multi-drug-resistant HIV cases in the population of men who have sex with men in LA County over the next 10 years, cautions a new study.
UC biologists use frog models to study how early stressors may play role in onset of adult diseases
UC biologists have turned to amphibian sources - specifically frogs and tadpoles - to help shed light on how early stressors in the womb and shortly after birth may play a part in the onset of adult diseases such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease.
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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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