Patrons of these walk-in clinics can get quick, cheaper health care services – and buy cosmetics and toiletries.
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Health and lifestyle stories from the Portland Press Herald.
You need a doctor, but finding one isn’t always easy
Use these tips to make finding a primary care provider easier.
Wait time shortens as medical practices become more efficient
Maine ranks No. 3 in the country for shortest wait time for medical care.
Mainers need more vitamin D. Fact or fiction?
The director Center for Clinical & Translational Research at Maine Medical Center is recruiting people now to participate in a three-year clinical trial he’s conducting with Tufts Medical Center to test the efficacy of vitamin D to prevent diabetes.
Website gives consumers tools to compare medical procedures
The recently launched comparemaine.org allows Mainers to compare costs, infection rates and patient satisfaction at 200 health care facilities.
Workers grapple with lack of paid sick leave
Employers with generous benefits say workers don’t abuse paid time off.
Maine doctors back 2 bills to restrict opioid prescriptions, but seek flexibility
The measures would set limits on the length of prescriptions for opioid pain relievers, which are addictive and have played a large role in the state’s heroin epidemic.
N.H. to investigate pediatric cancer cluster along seacoast
The state is looking into cases of rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare form of cancer, in Rye, New Castle, Greenland, North Hampton and Portsmouth.
Try other painkillers before prescribing opioids, new federal guidelines say
However, doctors don’t have to follow the new recommendations, which are aimed at curbing addiction.
Labeling students ‘fat’ doesn’t spark healthy changes, researchers find
A study of New York kids adds to growing agreement that school reports aren’t helping.