Hospitals in Rumford, ME - Medicare Status, Ratings, Address, Contact

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Rumford Hospital
Critical Access Hospital (Medicare Certified)
Location: 420 Franklin Street, Rumford, Maine 04276
Ratings: Phone: (207) 369-1000

News Archive

Study: Drug research often suppressed

Drug research, even from clinical trials sponsored by the federal government, routinely is suppressed, harming patients and increasing health care costs, according to new data highlighting an ethical controversy that continues to plague the field of medicine.

Genentech updates on Cabilly patent peexamination

Genentech, Inc. has announced today that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued a final Office action in its reexamination of the Cabilly, et al. U.S. Patent No. 6,331,415 ('415 patent) and rejected the patentability of the claims of the '415 patent.

State highlights: Minn. to cut elderly Medicaid benefits; Calif.'s Insurance Commissioner finds fault with Obamacare, seeks re-election

Starting in January, thousands of low-income elderly Minnesotans could lose government benefits intended to help them stay in their homes and out of nursing care. In an effort to constrain runaway Medicaid spending, Minnesota is implementing stricter rules that will make it harder for senior citizens to qualify for home-based services, potentially leaving them with reduced care or no care at all (Serres, 12/21).

Cultural factors delay life-saving treatment for women in Saudi Arabia

Women in Saudi Arabia, who suffer heart attacks, are delaying life-saving treatment because they need a man's permission to travel to hospital, new research by the University of Ulster has revealed.

Drugmakers are 'under-exposed' in emerging markets, report says

Growing markets for pharmaceuticals in China, Brazil, Russia and India are outpacing national markets in Europe and the U.S., but major drugmakers have been slow to expand in these markets and may lose opportunities, a new study finds, The New York Times reports. To put the shift in perspective, China will overtake both France and Germany next year in terms of drug spending, while Brazil will overtake Britain, according to the report by research firm IMS Health.

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