Nursing Homes in Montgomery, WV
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 Montgomery General Hospital Medicare and Medicaid Location: 401 6th Avenue, Montgomery, West Virginia 25136 Ratings: Phone: (304) 442-5151 |
Montgomery General Elderly Care Medicare and Medicaid Location: 501 Adams Street, Montgomery, West Virginia 25136 Ratings: Phone: (304) 442-7479 |
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Tips for seniors to avoid serious complications from prescription meds
For seniors, October is a month in which medications - particularly prescription meds - will likely be on their minds. Not only is October national "Talk About Prescriptions Month," but Oct. 15 marks the start of Medicare's Annual Election Period during which beneficiaries can disenroll from, switch or enroll into a Medicare Advantage or Part D plan.
Study results suggest that CNL and aCML patients could be treated with FDA-approved drugs
Patients with two forms of leukemia, who currently have no viable treatment options, may benefit from existing drugs developed for different types of cancer, according to a study conducted by researchers at the Knight Cancer Institute at Oregon Health & Science University.
Intensive blood-pressure control benefits older hypertensive patients
Aggressive blood pressure treatment in older hypertensive patients lowers the incidence of cardiovascular events compared to standard therapy, without increasing adverse outcomes. That's the finding of late breaking research presented in a Hot Line session today at ESC Congress 2021.
MU researcher proposes method to identify human vulnerabilities
Historically, males have been considered the vulnerable sex, sometimes called "male vulnerability." Charles Darwin noted that boys are more likely to die in infancy than girls and have a higher risk of premature death throughout their lifetimes. Now, a researcher at the University of Missouri suggests that research in "male vulnerability" should be expanded to include "female vulnerability."
DMS receives NIH grant to establish Center of Biomedical Research Excellence
Under an $11-million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Dartmouth Medical School (DMS) will lead a network of northern New England institutions in recruiting, training, and supporting young quantitative biologists to teach and conduct research into the ways that genes and the environment work together to trigger and prevent disease.
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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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