But total U.S. spending on health care increased to $3.6 trillion, or $11,172 per person, according to a government report.
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Health and lifestyle stories from the Portland Press Herald.
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ACA enrollment down so far in Maine, and Medicaid expansion is a big reason
Through Nov. 30, a total of 16,613 Mainers had signed up for Affordable Care Act insurance, down from nearly 24,000 at the same time last year.
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Experts split sharply over experimental Alzheimer’s drug
Experts are sharply split over the effectiveness of an experimental new Alzheimer’s drug
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Mercy Hospital gets $1 million challenge grant
The grant will help the hospital finish up fundraising for its move to the Fore River Parkway campus.
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Maine Med set to open 64 rooms for cancer patients in new tower
The hospital’s $534 million expansion and renovation, which includes the Coulombe Family Tower, is expected to be completed by 2022.
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Once-a-month birth control pill? It works in animals.
Birth control pills work great if women remember to take them every day.
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Health program offers free HIV prevention drug to uninsured
Drugmaker Gilead has agreed to donate PrEP for up to 200,000 people a year over 10 years.
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Two cases of whooping cough diagnosed at Freeport High School
Parents and guardians were notified Monday that students may have been exposed to the bacterial illness.
Posted inHealth, Maine
Working-age Mainers dying at a faster clip than in all but a few states
A new study finds that midlife mortality in the state is up nearly 21% since 2010, the result of suicides and drug, alcohol and health problems.
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No more menthol cigarettes: New ban on tobacco, vape flavors in Massachusetts
Republican Gov. Charlie Baker signed into law on Wednesday a bill that’s meant to reduce the appeal of the products to young people amid a rash of illnesses and deaths linked to vaping.