A study finds comb jellies that can rapidly regenerate lost body parts evolved a unique nervous system that may help scientists create neurons.
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Health and lifestyle stories from the Portland Press Herald.
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Judge dismisses drug trade group from lawsuit challenging Maine law
PhRMA had joined other plaintiffs challenging a 2013 Maine law that lets consumers buy prescription drugs online from foreign sources.
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Controversial Maine welfare consultant allegedly plagiarized report
Two welfare policy experts say passages from the Alexander Group report on Maine’s welfare system were lifted without proper attribution from a 2011 paper by a Washington, D.C., think tank.
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Bill Nemitz: In Portland’s Sagamore Village, Agnes Dugas puts care in health care
The longtime volunteer is honored by many she has helped, for ‘doing the little things that count.’
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Is U.S. spread of Middle East respiratory syndrome a worry?
Health officials say the risk of MERS to the general public remains low.
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Maine Med offering new lung cancer screenings
The tests are designed for heavy, former smokers.
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Up to 10,000 marketplace enrollees eligible for Medicaid if it had been expanded in Maine
The estimate indicates how many residents left out of expansion got low-cost plans in the marketplace.
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Maine’s Togus says wait times for veterans not a concern
Other VA hospitals have been investigated for such problems, but not Togus.
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Pricing strategy aims to control health care costs
Reference pricing puts a hard dollar limit on what health plans pay for some expensive procedures.
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Health care surprise: The doctor is not in
Enrollees in narrow networks discover they have lost access to their regular physician – even though some checked in advance.