Health care
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PublishedSeptember 19, 2018
Mobile dental office coming to Portland to provide free service to veterans
Aspen Dental is bringing the rolling dentist office to Portland on Thursday and setting up appointments with veterans who don't have access to dental care.
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PublishedSeptember 17, 2018
Health dangers don’t stop after a hurricane blows through
Life-threatening hazards include snakes, submerged sharp objects, bacterial infections and disease-carrying mosquitoes.
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PublishedSeptember 17, 2018
UMaine System considers partnership in possible health care analytics institute
The proposal by tech investor David Roux would create a center for the prevention, diagnosis, cure and management of health in Portland.
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PublishedSeptember 12, 2018
UMaine System launching effort to meet growing demand for nurses
The initiative would expand programs in rural areas, help students pay for their education and take other steps to fill the 3,000 nursing vacancies projected in the state by 2025.
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PublishedSeptember 12, 2018
New law lets some Maine veterans skip course work and take nursing exam
Those hoping to be fast-tracked and become LPNs must have served in a medical corps, spent at least 12 months providing bedside patient care and left the military with an honorable discharge.
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PublishedSeptember 10, 2018
LePage vows to keep denying Medicaid applications until lawmakers ‘give me the money’
Mainers voted last fall to expand the health insurance program and lawmakers approved the funding in June, but the governor vetoed the bill.
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PublishedSeptember 9, 2018
Doctors confront hurdles for living organ donors
Obstacles to kidney and liver transplants include lost wages for those who donate and varying hospital policies.
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PublishedSeptember 7, 2018
Modest premium increases expected in 2019 as ‘Obamacare’ stabilizes
For next year, premiums in the health insurance marketplaces are expected either to drop or increase by less than 10 percent in 41 states with about 9 million customers.
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PublishedSeptember 6, 2018
Hospitals’ illegal rejection of mentally ill patients puts spotlight on Maine’s chronic lack of services
Health care experts say the incidents in Lewiston point to weaknesses and gaps in a system that's unable to meet demand and forces people into emergency departments and jails.
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PublishedSeptember 4, 2018
Hot and dry weather apparently hampering ticks that carry Lyme disease
Lyme cases are down through the month of July compared to the same period last year, and experts suspect it's because ticks that carry the disease are lying low.
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