Tackle football before age 12 could result in earlier CTE symptoms, study finds

Health care

Published
April 30, 2018

Tackle football before age 12 could result in earlier CTE symptoms, study finds

The study says ‘youth exposure to tackle football may reduce resiliency to late life neuropathology.’
Published
April 30, 2018

Medicaid expansion advocates sue to force LePage administration to implement program

Maine Equal Justice Partners, which led the campaign to pass expansion at the ballot box, wants to hold the state to deadlines outlined in the law passed by voters in November.
Published
April 30, 2018

New Maine law exempts veterinarians from some opioid prescribing restrictions

Pharmaceutical company Mylan Laboratories and the Maine Hospital Association lobbied for the law.
Published
April 29, 2018

University of New England sounds alarm on growing need for cadavers, a crucial medical-training tool

The Biddeford campus has Maine’s only program for whole-body donations, and as educational needs and class sizes grow, the school hopes to encourage more people to donate their bodies to science.
Published
April 26, 2018

Bangor-area health system partners with Mass General

The clinical association will bring the Boston hospital’s resources to the area.
Published
April 24, 2018

Maine students to be required to get meningitis vaccine

The protection against the bacterial form of the disease had previously been a recommendation, but public health officials want more protection for students entering seventh and 12 grades.
Published
April 24, 2018

FDA cracks down on Juul e-cigarettes popular in schools

Some teenagers are using them as a discrete way to vape at school and in public.
Published
April 19, 2018

Recreational vs. medical: Taxes divide pot advocates, LePage

The governor has warned lawmakers against having different tax structures for medical and recreation use.
Published
April 19, 2018

From Medicaid expansion to pot sales, partisan stalemate in Augusta leaves key issues unresolved

A late-night impasse over adjournment has members of the 128th Maine Legislature vehemently blaming political opponents, with time running out and the fate of unfinished legislation unclear.
Published
April 18, 2018

Maine to receive more than $2 million to fight opioid epidemic

The federal money is part of $485 million split among the 50 states and four U.S. territories.