Health care
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PublishedAugust 17, 2015
Risk of premature birth linked to vaginal bacteria
Low levels of lactobacillus in pregnant women appear to be a harbinger of preterm babies, a study finds.
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PublishedAugust 15, 2015
Connecticut requires infertility insurance coverage for those over 40
The insurance commissioner says the cutoff at age 40 didn't account for recent medical advances.
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PublishedAugust 14, 2015
Drugmaker who makes pill for women’s sexual desire faces scrutiny
Critics worry about the history of the husband-and-wife team behind Sprout Pharmaceuticals.
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PublishedAugust 14, 2015
Maine’s high court rules that state can vaccinate a child against parent’s wishes
The Maine Supreme Judicial Court upholds a lower court decision that the state can vaccinate a child despite the objections of a mother who does 'not believe in viruses.'
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PublishedAugust 13, 2015
UNE researchers pursue substitute for addictive painkillers, a factor in the heroin epidemic
If they can identify a drug that offers relief without the dependency, fewer people may get hooked on prescription pills and turn to cheaper, illegal opiates.
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PublishedAugust 10, 2015
Maine’s uninsured rate drops but remains highest in New England, poll shows
Experts say Maine's 9.4 percent rate is unlikely to improve much without a Medicaid expansion, which Gov. Paul LePage opposes.
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PublishedAugust 7, 2015
N.Y. deploying teams to test for Legionnaires’ disease in Bronx
So far, 10 people have died in the outbreak, making it the deadliest in city history, health officials say.
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PublishedAugust 6, 2015
Study suggests decade-earlier dementia onset is tied to pollution
Early onset dementia used to cover people developing the disease in their late 60s. Now, it's occurs in people much younger than that, the research showed.
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PublishedAugust 3, 2015
Parkview hospital pledges to keep providing services despite loss of Medicare funding
The Brunswick hospital, which is being sold to Mid Coast Health Services, is appealing the decision that cut off the federal reimbursements in June.
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PublishedAugust 2, 2015
Predicting epidemics: No apologies for blown Ebola estimate
Martin Meltzer doesn't expect his forecasts to be 100 percent correct. He wants them to be useful.
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