Community Health Options’ March report shows stabilizing operations.
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Scientists develop robots that can stitch you up better than a surgeon
The project is a ‘baby step’ toward an autonomous machine operating on people – but under human supervision.
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Sixth Maine health center gets federal grant
Pines Health Services in Caribou receives $1 million.
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Medical errors may be third-leading cause of death, researchers say
The analysis by two Johns Hopkins Medical School doctors finds that such errors may account for 251,000 deaths a year, almost 10 percent of the total deaths in the United States.
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Leading expert to speak at hospice conference in Portland
Registration for Dr. Diane Meier’s talk is closed, but Hospice of Southern Maine will show a video of her presentation at six community forums in the coming months.
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Significant premium increases expected under Affordable Care Act
Maine’s largest provider faced higher claims last year, and says rates will rise in 2017.
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Supporters rally to save public health clinic in Portland
City Manager Jon Jennings has proposed closing the city-run clinic and moving services to a nonprofit provider.
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Life expectancy dips a bit for white women in U.S.
Some recent reports have shown rising suicide and drug overdose death rates for white women – particularly middle-aged ones.
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Pancreas cell transplants can aid high-risk diabetics
Researchers plan to seek an FDA license to use the therapy in a small number of Type 1 patients.
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New drug proves effective in melanoma trial
More than a third of advanced-melanoma patients had double the survival rate typical of the disease.