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Health care

Published
June 7, 2016

For the first time, more than 4 in 10 American women are obese

In recent years, women have surged ahead of men.
Published
June 6, 2016

Price of opioid overdose antidote soars as Maine epidemic rages

The generic equivalent of Narcan – naloxone – has risen in cost up to 17-fold over the past two years.
Published
June 5, 2016

Extending hormone therapy to 10 years reduces breast-cancer recurrence

Doubling the typically 5-year course lowers the risk for older women, a study shows.
Published
June 4, 2016

‘Liquid biopsy’ offers hope for a blood test to find cancer

Such tests are designed to pick up in the bloodstream small pieces of DNA shed by cancerous tumors – information that then can be used to treat and monitor the disease.
Published
June 1, 2016

Riverview Psychiatric Center fires another nursing director

Larry Dean Plant, who gave up his private practice in Portland to take the job last year at the troubled facility, says he was told that the state hospital couldn't afford his salary.

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Published
June 1, 2016

Maine scientist seeks keys to how sea urchins avoid aging process

James Coffman of the MDI Biological Laboratory is surprised to learn that the cells of even a short-lived species don't degrade over time, an ability that would benefit humans.
Published
May 31, 2016

Sexually transmitted disease cases spike in Maine

The rising chlamydia and gonorrhea numbers mirror a national trend, and public health experts say the reasons could include a lingering resistance to condom use and less fear of having unprotected sex.
Published
May 29, 2016

Portland groups pull together to offer opioid addicts a way out

A collaborative effort by Mercy Hospital, the city of Portland and several nonprofits hopes to increase the number of detoxification beds and develop new housing for people in recovery from opioid addiction.
Published
May 26, 2016

FDA approves implant to help addicts kick opioids habit

The device slowly releases a drug that curbs cravings and withdrawal symptoms over six months.
Published
May 26, 2016

Dreaded antibiotic-resistant ‘superbug’ reaches U.S.

A medical journal reports that this is the first time that bacteria resistant to an antibiotic of last resort are found in a patient here.