Health care
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PublishedApril 6, 2015
Taxpayer refunds vary under ACA
Some have to pony up and others are getting a refund under President Obama's health care law.
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PublishedApril 5, 2015
D.C. doctors quick to prescribe pot
The number of users in Washington has more than tripled since the city relaxed its rules.
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PublishedApril 2, 2015
‘Moment of truth’ lung scan lights up incentive to quit
Now covered by Medicare, the preventive procedure – coupled with smoking cessation efforts – expands at Mercy and other Maine hospitals.
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PublishedMarch 28, 2015
Message on car’s window brings potential kidney donor to South Portland woman
A 30-year-old Windham man with three children offers one of his kidneys to a woman he'd never met.
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PublishedMarch 27, 2015
Public health experts see anti-vaccine bill as scare tactic
A bill submitted this week aims to create a new state program to investigate vaccine injury claims.
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PublishedMarch 25, 2015
Maine gets a clean bill of health in annual nationwide ranking
Led by southern Maine, the state has better numbers than the national median, but some rural counties lag in obesity and smoking rates.
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PublishedMarch 23, 2015
Hospitals: LePage budget threatens medical services
Cutting MaineCare rates and taxing nonprofits would put holes in the social safety net, they say, but the state sees room for hospitals to absorb the hits.
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PublishedMarch 21, 2015
Alzheimer’s treatment shows promise
A study shows a drug being developed by Biogen reduces brain plaque in some patients.
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PublishedMarch 20, 2015
Poll: Most in U.S. don’t know of Supreme Court health care case
But when the potential fallout is explained, most say it would hurt the country and they would look to Congress or the states to fix it.
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PublishedMarch 17, 2015
Breast biopsy accuracy is questioned in study
The results indicate that pathologists are very good at determining when invasive cancer is present in breast tissue, but less adept at making the right diagnosis with less serious conditions.
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