Low levels of lactobacillus in pregnant women appear to be a harbinger of preterm babies, a study finds.
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Health and lifestyle stories from the Portland Press Herald.
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Connecticut requires infertility insurance coverage for those over 40
The insurance commissioner says the cutoff at age 40 didn’t account for recent medical advances.
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Drugmaker who makes pill for women’s sexual desire faces scrutiny
Critics worry about the history of the husband-and-wife team behind Sprout Pharmaceuticals.
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Maine’s high court rules that state can vaccinate a child against parent’s wishes
The Maine Supreme Judicial Court upholds a lower court decision that the state can vaccinate a child despite the objections of a mother who does ‘not believe in viruses.’
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Battling the bulge: NIH study finds low-fat beats low-carb diet for losing body fat
A computer model by the study’s authors projects that over six months, subjects who stick with a low-fat diet will lose 6.5 more pounds of body fat than those who restrict carbs.
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UNE researchers pursue substitute for addictive painkillers, a factor in the heroin epidemic
If they can identify a drug that offers relief without the dependency, fewer people may get hooked on prescription pills and turn to cheaper, illegal opiates.
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Maine’s uninsured rate drops but remains highest in New England, poll shows
Experts say Maine’s 9.4 percent rate is unlikely to improve much without a Medicaid expansion, which Gov. Paul LePage opposes.
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N.Y. deploying teams to test for Legionnaires’ disease in Bronx
So far, 10 people have died in the outbreak, making it the deadliest in city history, health officials say.
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Study suggests decade-earlier dementia onset is tied to pollution
Early onset dementia used to cover people developing the disease in their late 60s. Now, it’s occurs in people much younger than that, the research showed.
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Parkview hospital pledges to keep providing services despite loss of Medicare funding
The Brunswick hospital, which is being sold to Mid Coast Health Services, is appealing the decision that cut off the federal reimbursements in June.