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PublishedSeptember 5, 2019
Central Maine Healthcare CEO teases additions, improvements
Jeff Brickman said two or three new urgent care centers by the end of next summer.
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PublishedAugust 29, 2019
Maine plans state-based marketplace for Affordable Care Act insurance
The state would conduct its own marketing, outreach and assistance to help people sign up for health insurance.
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PublishedAugust 26, 2019
In landmark ruling, judge orders Johnson & Johnson to pay $572 million for its role in opioid crisis
Several similar lawsuits against drug manufacturers have been filed in Maine.
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PublishedAugust 24, 2019
Central Maine Healthcare’s physician turnover turns around
The hospital system hired more health care providers this past year than it had the previous two years combined, and those new employees are sticking around. But some say problems remain.
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PublishedAugust 22, 2019
In Maine and nation, swift fallout from quitting federal family planning program
Planned Parenthood and Maine Family Planning are having to tap reserves, intensify fundraising efforts.
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PublishedAugust 21, 2019
Medicaid expansion improving access to treatment for opioid use
About 10% of the 35,000 Mainers who have gotten health care coverage since the state expanded Medicaid are receiving treatment for opioid use.
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PublishedAugust 20, 2019
New U.S. guidelines say more women may need breast cancer gene test
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommended more women should consider gene testing for hereditary breast or ovarian cancer, especially those who've already survived cancer once.
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PublishedAugust 19, 2019
Planned Parenthood predicts women will ‘delay or go without’ care as it leaves federal program
Maine Family Planning also pulls out of the program rather than abide by a Trump administration rule prohibiting participants from referring women for abortions.
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PublishedAugust 12, 2019
St. Mary’s filled positions while planning layoffs
A hospital system spokeswoman said just two new hires were affected in Lewiston. Employees say there were more.
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PublishedAugust 11, 2019
Moroccans struggle with life-threatening sensitivity to light
The genetic disorder is called xeroderma pigmentosum, or XP, more common in North Africa than much of the world.
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