Nursing Homes in Oak Creek, WI - Medicare Status, Ratings, Address, Contact

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Ignite Medical Resort Oak Creek
Medicare and Medicaid
Location: 2700 West Honadel Boulevard, Oak Creek, Wisconsin 53154
Ratings:NA Phone: (414) 435-2005

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Patients with COPD show decreased gray matter volume in certain areas of the brain

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), a condition impacting nearly 24 million Americans, is often associated with disease-specific fears and avoidance of physical activity. Little is known of the structural brain processes that occur in COPD patients. A study published in the February issue of the journal CHEST found that patients with COPD demonstrated gray matter decreases in areas of the brain that process breathlessness, fear and sensitivity to pain.

Global development partners meet in Washington to discuss NTD control efforts

"'Hundreds of millions of children and adults in Africa live at risk of disfigurement, impaired development, blindness, and even death from seven major preventable so-called neglected tropical diseases [NTDs], including river blindness, elephantiasis, trachoma, and various types of intestinal parasites,' said World Bank President Jim Yong Kim at the opening of a November 16-18 conference in Washington D.C.: Uniting to Combat NTDs: Translating the London Declaration into Action," the World Bank reports in an article on its webpage.

NRF expresses disappointment at the House's passage of health care reform legislation

The National Retail Federation today expressed extreme disappointment at the House's passage of sweeping health care reform legislation over the weekend, saying added labor costs under the bill will cost many retail workers their jobs.

AuthenTec files patent infringement suit against UPEK

AuthenTec (NASDAQ: AUTH), the world's leading provider of smart fingerprint sensors and solutions, announced that it has filed legal claims today against UPEK, Inc. for the infringement of five AuthenTec patents and trade secret misappropriation in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

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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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