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Health care

Published
November 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.
Published
November 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.
Published
November 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.
Published
November 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.
Published
November 13, 2016

Three arthritis pain drugs equally safe for the heart

Fear that Celebrex would be worse than the alternatives proves unfounded in a new study.

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Published
November 12, 2016

Maine veterans hope for stronger connection to VA under Trump

Some say Donald Trump is the right choice for improving their care after problems have rocked the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
Published
November 11, 2016

Infectious brain disease confirmed in patient treated at Maine Med

The Portland hospital took the precaution this week of suspending elective surgeries in order to sterilize its surgical equipment and facilities.
Published
November 11, 2016

As scare over rare prion disease eases, Maine Medical Center resumes surgeries

The Portland hospital completes a precautionary sterilization of equipment while awaiting test results on a patient who showed signs of the fatal brain condition.
Published
November 9, 2016

Maine Med postpones elective surgeries over suspected case of fatal disease

A patient suspected of having the rare and always fatal prion disease is being tested at a national lab.
Published
November 4, 2016

Mumps outbreak among students at Bates and Bowdoin

The Maine CDC is working with the schools on containing the outbreak.