Sebasticook Family Doctors in Newport joins the New England Telehealth Consortium.
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Health and lifestyle stories from the Portland Press Herald.
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Brunswick’s Parkview hospital files for bankruptcy
Parkview Adventist Medical Center will close its emergency department and acute inpatient care departments on Thursday for a planned merger with Mid Coast Health Services of Brunswick.
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MaineCare cuts imperil addicts seeking treatment
With eligibility requirements tightened for the state’s Medicaid program, more people are caught in the revolving door of short-term detoxification.
Posted inHealth, Nation & World
Cigarette smoking kills 345,962 Americans each year
Researchers say their findings show further controls are needed to bring down mortality rates.
Posted inHealth, Nation & World, News
Privacy concerns arise over federal storage of health data
The vast scope of information and the lack of a plan to destroy old records discomfits many.
Posted inHealth, Maine, News
Right-to-die bill may come up for vote in Maine Legislature’s final week
Maine could become the sixth state to allow a dying patient to be prescribed a lethal drug.
Posted inHealth, Maine, News
Press Herald pressing Maine CDC to identify schools with chickenpox outbreaks
A public records request seeks disclosures to keep Mainers informed about the highly infectious disease, so they can take steps to protect themselves
Posted inHealth, Nation & World
New drugs for cholesterol may get OK
The breakthrough is especially promising for patients who can’t tolerate statins.
Posted inHealth, Nation & World
Study: For-profit hospitals are expensive
All but one of the top 50 most expensive hospitals on the list are for-profit.
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Aging doctors face the question of retirement
The country’s largest group of doctors plans to give physicians a tool to gauge their competency.