With the state fifth in the nation in parental opt-outs, a legislator wants to make the process harder, but one critic says the plan goes too far.
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Health and lifestyle stories from the Portland Press Herald.
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Opening of urgent care clinic adds to Maine trend
ClearChoiceMD of Scarborough, which is not hospital-affiliated, is part of a national boom offering quicker and often cheaper treatment than emergency rooms.
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N.H. hospitals improving on rate of errors, readmissions
The hospital association estimates there was a savings of more than $40 million.
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Top Irish court allows brain-dead pregnant woman to go off life support
Because of strict abortion laws, doctors had refused family pleas to allow the woman to die.
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Redefining care saves federal money, earns MaineHealth a $9.2 million windfall
Medicare compensates the parent of Maine Medical Center for efficiencies as the health care system moves toward rewarding prevention and patients’ outcomes.
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Maine researchers seek new pain treatments
UNE and Mercy Hospital are part of a national network trying to understand chronic pain and find ways to help those who suffer.
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Choosing new limb lets patient step to new life
Elective amputation is not common, but those who choose it seek a fuller, more active life through advances in prosthetics.
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Vermont ponders how to change health care
The state faces plans that are far less ambitious than Gov. Peter Shumlin’s goal of universal coverage.
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Feds penalize Maine Med and five other hospitals in the state for patient injuries
The ‘harshest ever’ sanction for mistakes in procedures will lower federal funds.
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Burial practices fuel spread of Ebola in Sierra Leone
Traditional touching of bodies by loved ones is causing up to 70 percent of new cases.