The summit is scheduled for Monday in Augusta.
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Health and lifestyle stories from the Portland Press Herald.
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After setbacks, Trump shifts plan to lower prescription drug costs
The president is now focusing on congressional efforts aimed at helping people on Medicare and younger generations covered by workplace plans.
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Trump orders overhaul of long-standing approach to kidney care
The goal is to get patients who go to dialysis centers to get less-costly home care or to receive a transplant.
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Effort to increase Medicaid patients’ access to opioid treatment is threatened
A provision in federal law designed to control costs – called the upper payment limit – is creating an obstacle.
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A peek into opioid users’ brains as they try to quit
NIH scientists seek people willing to have their brains scanned as they try to kick opioids, to see how addiction medicines may help healing.
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Lawsuit seeks to invalidate Obamacare, creating new uncertainty about health coverage for millions
A federal appeals court in New Orleans is convening Tuesday to hear arguments in a lawsuit seeking to invalidate the law.
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Maine Med’s move to end training with live animals follows national trend
Maine Medical Center had been one of only a dozen hospitals nationwide that used live animals for training in emergency medicine, a practice that has declined sharply in the last 15 years.
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Federal funds will boost Maine youth suicide prevention, including for tribes
Native American populations are among those targeted, and support will extend to broader programs across the state.
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Republican lawmakers and Mills spar over nursing home funding
The legislators criticize the governor for delaying action on a funding bill, but the Democrat says it would have set reimbursement rates too high to qualify for federal matching funds.
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Scientists say they found a cure for HIV in some mice
The researchers eliminated HIV in nine of 23 mice that were modified so their immune systems better mimicked those of humans.