Health - Portland Press Herald

More options exist for kicking the smoking habit than ever before

About 19.3 percent of adult Mainers smoke, compared to the 16.8 percent national average.

by Christine Fleuriel and Susan A. Bloomfield Healthy Maine Contributors June 12, 2016June 9, 2016

With the plethora of health care and medical websites, how can you be sure of what you find?

Here’s what you need to know about this month’s biggest stories.

by jennifer van allen Healthy Maine Contributor June 12, 2016June 9, 2016

The state scores high marks in national assessments of its ‘Baby Friendly’ birthing facilities.

by CAROL COULTAS Healthy Maine Editor June 12, 2016June 9, 2016

Maine employers find that workplace programs they started to control costs often lead to healthier and happier employees.

Gov. Paul LePage again blames asylum seekers for the increase in Maine, but that can’t be confirmed in available public health records.

by SETH BORENSTEIN The Associated Press June 9, 2016June 10, 2016

Overdoses and accidental poisonings are up 78 percent over a decade, pushing aside car crashes as the top killer in the U.S.

by MIKE STOBBE The Associated Press June 7, 2016June 7, 2016

In recent years, women have surged ahead of men.

The generic equivalent of Narcan – naloxone – has risen in cost up to 17-fold over the past two years.

by The Washington Post June 5, 2016June 6, 2016

Doubling the typically 5-year course lowers the risk for older women, a study shows.