The synthetic painkiller is often added to heroin, fueling deeper addiction and killing many users.
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Health and lifestyle stories from the Portland Press Herald.
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Americans have apparently learned how to avoid lightning, so fewer are dying
Another reason is that we simply spend less time outdoors.
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CBO: Deficit would jump, premiums rise if Trump ends Obamacare subsidies
Projections say insurers would raise premiums by as much as 25% if the government ends payments for low-income patients.
Posted inBusiness, Health, Maine, News
More companies self-insure workers to avoid rising health care premiums
Some businesses are saving money by dropping their insurance provider and paying employee medical claims themselves, but there are risks and it doesn’t work for everyone.
Posted inHealth, Maine, News
Powerful opioids suspected in rash of overdose deaths in Portland area
Anecdotal evidence of an overdose increase in the last two weeks raises suspicion that heroin is being mixed with drugs like fentanyl or carfentanil.
Posted inHealth, News
Mental health disorders are the most common complication of pregnancy
But just 15 percent of the women affected by postpartum depression seek professional help.
Posted inHealth, Nation & World, New England, News
Veterans affairs chief vows improvements to center in New Hampshire
Secretary David Shulkin also announces plans for a full-service veterans hospital in the state.
Posted inHealth, Maine, News
Draft rules would impose age limit on over-the-counter naloxone sales
The Maine pharmacy board must still give final approval to regulations that would allow the overdose-reversing drug to be sold without a prescription.
Posted inHealth, Maine, News
Portland wasn’t required to report MRSA infections at rec camp
The skin infections shouldn’t cause serious harm if properly treated, public health officials say, and there are no requirements to report such cases either to state or federal health agencies.
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Researchers make first safe repair of heart defect-causing gene in human embryos
Scientists have discovered that embryos can fix themselves if they’re helped early enough.