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.’
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New study shows chronic fatigue may be linked to gut bacteria
One of the study’s authors notes that it provides evidence against the ‘ridiculous concept that the disease is psychological in origin.’
Posted inHealth, Maine, News
Young Mainers show most dislike for Affordable Care Act in new poll
The poll also reveals that residents are evenly divided in their opinions of the health care law, but more are in favor than the national average.
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Panel advises against annual pelvic exams for many women
A medical task force that advises the government says there’s not enough evidence to support yearly, routine exams for women who are healthy and not pregnant.
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FDA approves first pill to treat all forms of hepatitis C
Hepatitis C affects at least 2.7 million people in U.S. and caused more than 19,000 deaths in 2014, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Supreme Court won’t hear challenge to pharmacies dispensing emergency contraception
The challenge was brought by a store in Spokane, Washington, owned by a religious Christian family that believes that use of such contraception is tantamount to abortion.
Posted inHealth, Maine, News
Foundation gives $5 million to fight lung cancer in Maine
The grant to Maine Medical Center from the Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation will be used to improve prevention, early detection and treatment of lung cancer.
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Opioid overdoses also a problem for prescription users
The CDC says 165,000 people taking pain medications died during a 15-year period.
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Flu nasal spray vaccine fails again, health officials report
An expert panel recommends that doctors stop giving it to patients.