https://preprod.pressherald.com/news/healthcare/page/187

Health care

Published
October 15, 2018

Scarborough company on front lines of battle against the flu

Abbott makes easy-to-use tests that quickly diagnose the strain, allowing treatment to begin in the crucial early stage of the illness.
Published
October 14, 2018

Democratic candidates go all-in on health care as focus of campaigns

Democratic arguments about health care are resonating with voters in the final weeks before the midterm elections.
Published
October 14, 2018

Maine’s candidates for governor weigh in on health care policy

How each would tackle Medicaid expansion, the opioid crisis and protecting Maine's most vulnerable exposes differences.
Published
October 10, 2018

Trump signs Collins’ bills to prevent patients from overpaying for medications

The bills, co-authored by Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, will allow pharmacists to inform customers if paying cash for their prescriptions will be cheaper than using insurance.
Published
October 10, 2018

CVS-Aetna deal OK’d by antitrust watchdog

The $68 billion marriage of insurer and drugstore chain won't harm consumers, the Justice division concludes, with one caveat.

advertisement

Published
October 7, 2018

As lawyers argue Medicaid expansion case, uninsured Mainers forgo health care

Thousands of low-income residents who don't have health insurance are skimping on medications or passing up on treatment as they wait for access to Medicaid coverage that voters approved 11 months ago.
Published
October 6, 2018

Judge’s ruling means Missouri clinic can’t resume abortions

The state is down to one clinic performing abortions, and that one is located in St. Louis.
Published
October 2, 2018

Studies of healthy people at risk aim to prevent Alzheimer’s

The goal is to try to block the earliest steps of plaque formation in people who show no symptoms of dementia but are at higher risk for it because of a gene that makes it more likely.
Published
October 1, 2018

Maine health care provider finds success recruiting nurses from Philippines

Lewiston-based St. Mary's Health System recently hired 13 nurses to fill persistent vacancies.
Published
September 25, 2018

Appendicitis study finds antibiotics a viable alternative

Patients who are not at risk of their appendix bursting are good candidates for antibiotics and results find the treatment has a 64 percent success rate.