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Health care

Published
June 20, 2016

One free meal can sway doctors who prescribe drugs

'Doctors are human, and humans respond to gifts,' a physician says.
Published
June 17, 2016

Advisers say one in five U.S. trauma deaths is preventable

A group urges establishing a national system that puts the military's expertise to work at home.
Published
June 17, 2016

Puerto Rico sees spike in number of Zika cases

About 1 percent of the nation's blood donors recently tested positive for Zika.
Published
June 15, 2016

Premiums for low-cost Obamacare plans likely to jump next year

A sampling of markets, including Portland, finds premiums may go up an average of 11 percent, but there are ways to come in under that.
Published
June 14, 2016

FDA approves device that drains calories out of stomach

The device's maker says the system keeps about 30 percent of ingested food from causing weight gain.

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Published
June 14, 2016

Robotic advance: Severely injured walk again with exoskeleton

Robotic devices go beyond compensating for lost function to helping to restore it.
Published
June 14, 2016

Study links opioids to fatalities beyond overdoses

The drugs may contribute to heart-related and other deaths, a new study shows.
Published
June 13, 2016

Maine schools’ rate of protection against measles improving

The Maine CDC releases school-by-school vaccination data after a Freedom of Access request by the Portland Press Herald.
Published
June 10, 2016

Cases of infectious disease rise, but data show no clear links to immigrants

Gov. Paul LePage again blames asylum seekers for the increase in Maine, but that can't be confirmed in available public health records.
Published
June 9, 2016

More Americans are dying from accidents each year, report says

Overdoses and accidental poisonings are up 78 percent over a decade, pushing aside car crashes as the top killer in the U.S.