The addition of employees, including surgeons and specialists, has resulted in 34,923 outpatient visits through June, up 21.3 percent from the same period last year.
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Memory care center plan going to Farmington Planning Board
Woodlands Senior Living seeks to build a $4 million facility for people with Alzheimer’s disease and dementia.
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First death related to Zika virus in U.S. documented in Utah
The patient contracted the virus while traveling abroad, but state health officials won’t say where.
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Plan for ‘social detox’ center in Bangor generates debate
The 10-bed facility wouldn’t offer medication to help with withdrawal because not enough doctors in the area prescribe it. Some critics question the center’s value for addressing Maine’s addiction crisis
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States with medical marijuana say painkiller prescriptions are 6 percent lower
Health care spending also drops by $165 million in these states.
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Alzheimer’s may gain early foothold, research shows
More genetic variants linked to the disease are found in people whose hippocampus is smaller.
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Workout buffs go for landmark exercises
What started as a run up the stairs at Harvard Stadium has attracted a national, free workout group known as the November Project.
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Bath native working to contain Zika virus in Puerto Rico
Christine Prue returns from working 75 days in the U.S. territory, where more than1,900 people have been stricken.
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Pilot program in Augusta and Waterville gives out Narcan kits
Part of MaineGeneral Medical Center’s broader strategy to address the opiate crisis, the program teaches addicts and their family and friends to administer the life-saving drug.
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Team emphasizes support for addicted moms, infants
A Massachusetts special care nursery works with the mothers ‘as opposed to working against them.’