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Health care

Published
April 7, 2016

CDC: Teens with sleep issues more often take dangerous risks

Researchers don't know if sleep issues cause teens to take risks, or whether sleep issues are a reflection of depression or other problems.
Published
April 6, 2016

WHO: Diabetes cases surged over 25 years

With cases worldwide nearly quadrupling, the agency urges more action to fight the disease.
Published
April 5, 2016

Flu cases surge in Maine, but total numbers are down from last year

The virus is hitting its peak about two months later than last season, and epidemiologists say surges are always unpredictable.
Published
April 4, 2016

Study: Black patients at undue risk if racial perceptions guide medicine

New research shows white medical students may be swayed by myths about physiological differences.
Published
April 4, 2016

Obesity reversing years of U.S. life-span gains, researcher says

In the first nine months of 2015, more Americans of all ages died of obesity-related diseases compared with the same period in 2014.

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Published
April 3, 2016

Maine municipalities struggle to put brakes on marijuana growth

State law complicates attempts to use zoning rules or other regulations to police pot operations.
Published
April 3, 2016

Surgery favored for heart failure cases

Patients who undergo bypass surgery and take medicine are likely to live longer than those who take drugs alone, a study finds.
Published
April 2, 2016

Statins can prevent heart attacks in lower-risk older adults, study shows

The research involves nearly 13,000 people from 21 countries on six continents.
Published
April 1, 2016

Maine state senator makes personal appeal to save mental health services

Cathy Breen, a Democrat from Falmouth, reveals that her 21-year-old daughter, who has schizophrenia, could face a gap in services because the new rules prompted her provider to close.
Published
March 30, 2016

Blue Cross finds Affordable Care Act enrollees to be sicker

Enrollees in those individual ACA plans in 2014 and 2015 had higher rates of diabetes, depression and heart disease, according to BCBS.