Health care
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PublishedDecember 7, 2016
21st Century Cures Act includes funding for opioid treatment programs
Over two years, $1 billion will be distributed to the states, but it's not clear how much Maine will receive.
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PublishedDecember 6, 2016
Mind-controlled robotic hand improves patients’ grasp
A small-scale study tests a device that responds to brain activity and eye movement.
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PublishedDecember 6, 2016
LePage says unit for forensic mental-health patients may be built in Freeport
He says the secure treatment facility also could be located 'down south' or in the Bangor area so Democrats can't block it under an obscure law affecting construction on state grounds in Augusta.
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PublishedDecember 6, 2016
UNE researcher discovers potential blood test for aggressive breast cancers
Srinidi Mohan, an associate professor of pharmacy, happened upon a promising molecular marker while doing unrelated research on nutritional supplements.
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PublishedDecember 4, 2016
Maine used to be a leader in caring for adults with intellectual handicaps. What went wrong?
The state has been scaling back its support for years, forcing families onto years-long waiting lists and potentially creating ‘mini-Pinelands, all over the state.’
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PublishedDecember 3, 2016
McConnell sees eventual alternative to Obamacare
The Senate majority leader warns that changes to the president's signature legislation won't come quickly.
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PublishedNovember 20, 2016
Maine’s rural hospitals struggling to survive seismic changes in health care
As technology and health care trends drive patients to larger hospitals for most surgical procedures, the state's smaller, local hospitals are left with few options for maintaining their own financial health.
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PublishedNovember 17, 2016
Landmark report by surgeon general calls drug crisis ‘a moral test for America’
Part of the reason for the report is to change attitudes about addiction and the stigma that users feel, and to present evidence that addiction is a treatable brain disease, with new therapies under development.
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PublishedNovember 17, 2016
Nonprofit seeks to open East Deering substance abuse treatment clinic
The residential home on Portland's Washington Avenue would be the second such facility for Crossroads for Women.
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PublishedNovember 16, 2016
Obamacare enrollment steady in first weeks of new season
At least a million people have signed up for new or renewed coverage on the HealthCare.gov website.
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