The board of the state’s largest health care network says operations would be more fair and efficient, but some network affiliates say local boards are in a better position to make decisions.
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Health and lifestyle stories from the Portland Press Herald.
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Number of chubby tots, babies slimming down, study shows
The new results are unexpected, given rising rates earlier in the decade.
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Study: Rural mothers’ opioid use drives surge in affected babies
The rates correspond with women’s use of the drugs during pregnancy.
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Interactive: Watch Lyme disease spread across the Northeast
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has tracked reported cases of Lyme disease in each U.S. county since 2000. During that period, Lyme has become much more common, especially in Maine, which had only 71 reported cases in 2000, and 1,336 cases so far in 2016 as of Dec. 5. Historically, the disease has […]
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Despite drought, Lyme disease cases came roaring back this fall
Scientists say ticks likely fled to the deep woods over the hot, dry summer, but returned to put 2016 on pace for a Lyme record.
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Nation’s overdose death toll soars to more than 50,000
The disastrous tally is pushed to new heights by increasing abuse of heroin and prescription painkillers.
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21st Century Cures Act includes funding for opioid treatment programs
Over two years, $1 billion will be distributed to the states, but it’s not clear how much Maine will receive.
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Mind-controlled robotic hand improves patients’ grasp
A small-scale study tests a device that responds to brain activity and eye movement.
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LePage says unit for forensic mental-health patients may be built in Freeport
He says the secure treatment facility also could be located ‘down south’ or in the Bangor area so Democrats can’t block it under an obscure law affecting construction on state grounds in Augusta.
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UNE researcher discovers potential blood test for aggressive breast cancers
Srinidi Mohan, an associate professor of pharmacy, happened upon a promising molecular marker while doing unrelated research on nutritional supplements.