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Health care

Published
March 1, 2016

Kidney donor and recipient recovering after transplant surgery

The operations reportedly went well, and Linda Deming of Pownal is looking forward to eating bananas and baked potatoes again.
Published
March 1, 2016

Kidney donor, recipient meet face to face on eve of transplant

Linda Deming, Amber McIntyre and their spouses have dinner before surgery that the ailing Deming says she never thought was going to happen.
Published
February 29, 2016

Scientists find evidence Zika can cause paralysis

Researchers analyze blood samples from a Guillain-Barre syndrome outbreak in Tahiti.
Published
February 29, 2016

Carbon dioxide in indoor air could pose health concerns

Scientists say exposure to the gas can impair performance and decision-making.
Published
February 29, 2016

Augusta family planning clinic to prescribe abortion pills via webcam

Maine Family Planning says patients will be able to use the telemedicine system to connect with a physician at 16 regional clinics.

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Published
February 28, 2016

Study: Most young men ignorant of emergency contraception

The discovery that 42 percent of them do know of it, however, 'pleasantly surprises' one of the study's co-authors.
Published
February 25, 2016

Cleveland surgeons perform nation’s 1st uterus transplant

The Cleveland Clinic said last fall that a clinical trial would attempt 10 transplants.
Published
February 25, 2016

Maine reports first case of Zika virus infection, in recent traveler to tropics

The Hancock County resident did not require hospitalization and is recovering at home, the state epidemiologist says.
Published
February 23, 2016

New twists as Maine lawmakers again consider Medicaid expansion

The sixth and latest effort includes a tie to the heroin crisis and small coverage premiums for some, but many Republicans balk.
Published
February 21, 2016

Colombian city suffers outbreak of rare disorder

Turbo records five cases of Guillain-Barre syndrome, whose precise link to the Zika virus remains unclear.