Nursing Homes in Spencer, WV
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 Roane General Hospital Medicare and Medicaid Location: 200 Hospital Drive, Spencer, West Virginia 25276 Ratings: Phone: (304) 927-4444 |
Miletree Center Medicare and Medicaid Location: 825 Summit Street, Spencer, West Virginia 25276 Ratings: Phone: (304) 927-1007 |
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Hormones influence dietary and behavioral changes in regulating body weight
Worldwide, there are more than 1.5 billion overweight adults, including 400 million who are obese. In Australia, it is estimated more than 50 per cent of women and 60 per cent of men are either overweight or obese.
Mobile breathalyzers could help improve outcomes in intensive outpatient treatment for AUDs
Alcohol treatment has come a long way from enforced isolation in asylums, and technological advancements are particularly promising in terms of their capacity to improve treatment effectiveness.
Photo-catalytically active coatings can help reduce nitrogen oxides
Surfaces with photo-catalytic characteristics clean the air off nitrogen oxides and other health-endangering substances. Using a new test procedure, Fraunhofer researchers can find out how the coatings behave during a long-term test. They will introduce the test at the booth of the Fraunhofer Building Innovation Alliance in Booth 131 / 135 in Hall C2 at the Trade Fair BAU that will take place from 14 - 19 January, 2013, in Munich, Germany.
Chemotherapy affects sleep-wake activity rhythms of breast cancer patients
A study in the Sept.1 issue of the journal Sleep shows that the sleep-wake activity rhythms of breast cancer patients are impaired during the administration of chemotherapy. Results indicate that the first cycle of chemotherapy is associated with a temporary disruption of these rhythms, while repeated administration of chemotherapy results in progressively worse and more enduring impairments.
A good midwife makes giving birth at home as safe as in hospital
Researchers in the Netherlands say giving birth at home with a midwife is as safe as doing so in hospital.
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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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