Hospitals in Hartford, KY - Medicare Status, Ratings, Address, Contact

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Ohio County Hospital
Critical Access Hospital (Medicare Certified)
Location: 1211 Old Main Street, Hartford, Kentucky 42347
Ratings: Phone: (270) 298-7411

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FDA approves Iroko Pharmaceuticals' ZORVOLEX capsules

Iroko Pharmaceuticals, LLC, a global specialty pharmaceutical company dedicated to advancing the science of analgesia, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved ZORVOLEX™ (diclofenac) capsules, a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID), for the treatment of mild to moderate acute pain in adults. ZORVOLEX was approved at dosage strengths that are 20 percent lower than currently available diclofenac products.

West Virginia nears dental crisis over stagnant Medicaid payments

West Virginia's Medicaid patients are nearing a crisis when it comes to access to dental care, West Virginia Public Broadcasting reports. Medicaid's reimbursement rates for dentistry haven't increased since 1991, and West Virginia cut rates in 1994 by 30 percent, causing fewer and fewer dentists to accept payment from the public program for low-income patients.

Breast density notification laws can improve cancer detection

Breast cancer survivors turned advocates are working with State and Federal lawmakers to enact legislation designed to require physician to communicate important breast health information that could lead to better detection.

BIND Biosciences commences BIND-014 Phase 1 clinical trial in cancer

BIND Biosciences announced today that it has initiated a Phase 1 clinical trial to assess the safety, tolerability and pharmacokinetic profile of BIND-014 in cancer patients. BIND-014, the first product candidate to enter clinical evaluation from BIND's broad proprietary Medicinal Nanoengineering platform, is a targeted polymeric nanoparticle containing the cytotoxic agent, docetaxel.

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