Credit will reduce income tax paid by rural doctors
Health
Health and lifestyle stories from the Portland Press Herald.
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Treatment leads to muscle regeneration
Physical therapy and implants of scaffolding-like material from pigs coax new muscle growth in five men.
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Posted inHealth, News
American Lung Association grades breathability of Maine counties
Bangor’s air quality is among the nation’s best, says the group’s pollution report. Not so for Portland.
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Maine mother’s death after childbirth leaves family questioning
A Lewiston woman had complications during the birth of her second child and died a few days later.
Posted inHealth, Maine, News
Vote to ask Mainers to fund cancer research lab
The $10 million bond would help pay for an advanced ‘mouse hospital’ for testing and create up to 200 jobs, possibly at Jackson Laboratory in Bar Harbor.
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Obamacare gives Maine voters a clash of candidates
The issue highlights big differences among Maine’s three gubernatorial candidates and hands the parties something to ‘fire up the base.’
Posted inHealth, Nation & World
Oregon will shut down insurance exchange
It’s the first state to abandon its marketplace and shift its customers to the U.S. exchange.
Posted inHealth, Life & Culture, Nation & World, News
With ‘bionic eye,’ Michigan man now sees hope
Thanks to a the surgical implantation of a new high-tech device, he’s regained enough of his eyesight to catch small glimpses of his wife, grandson and cat.
Posted inHealth, Nation & World
Hawaii provides model for health reform
Thanks to a tradition of health care, the state has better coverage, treatment than other states. And it’s healthier.
Posted inHealth, News
New clinic for Portland’s homeless opens doors Tuesday
The nonprofit Portland Community Health Center at 63 Preble St. will begin seeing patients Tuesday.