Nursing Homes in Stevens Point, WI
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 Stevens Point Health Services Medicare and Medicaid Location: 1800 Sherman Ave, Stevens Point, Wisconsin 54481 Ratings: Phone: (715) 344-1800 |
Portage Cty Hlth Care Ctr Medicare and Medicaid Location: 825 Whiting Ave, Stevens Point, Wisconsin 54481 Ratings: Phone: (715) 346-1374 |
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Doubts cast over aromatherapy in new study
According to new research while aromatherapy has a positive effect on mood it does not offer any other health benefits.
Palliative care-led support does not reduce caregiver anxiety, study finds
Among families of patients with chronic critical illness, the use of palliative care-led informational and emotional support meetings compared with usual care did not reduce anxiety or depression symptoms, according to a study appearing in the July 5 issue of JAMA.
Merck returns worldwide development and commercialization rights for AN2690 to Anacor Pharmaceuticals
Anacor Pharmaceuticals announced today that Merck has returned full worldwide development and commercialization rights for AN2690 to Anacor. AN2690 is a topical anti-fungal therapy being developed for onychomycosis, a fungal infection of the nail and nail bed. It is estimated that onychomycosis affects approximately 35 million people in the United States.
Study confirms innate ability of ticks to adapt to changing climatic conditions
Carnivores in the Iberian Peninsula, such as the Iberian lynx, are under an increasingly serious threat: ticks that can adapt to changing climatic conditions and that can even survive in extremely arid environments. A study headed by Spanish researchers confirms the innate ability of ticks to adapt according to climate.
More than 75% of children with asthma were unprepared for an exercise-induced asthma attacks
Since exercise can be a trigger for asthma attacks and inhalers are the best treatment, the researchers stressed that it's critical inhalers be available during physical activity.
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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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