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Health Care

Published
March 27, 2016

Data suggest use of heroin rose in Maine as access to pills waned

The correlation emerges in a Telegram review of drug addiction treatment; meanwhile, state efforts to further restrict prescription opioids proceed carefully.
Published
March 24, 2016

Why pediatricians care so much about the Supreme Court’s birth control case

They say it has far-reaching implications for the health of America's children, including vaccinations.
Published
March 21, 2016

Health insurance gains are a result of Obama’s law, not economy

Under 'Obamacare,' the share of Americans without health insurance has dropped to a historic low of about 9 percent, with room to go even lower.
Published
March 20, 2016

Pay raises contrast with performance of Maine’s health care co-op

Maine's Community Health Options members are likely to see significant increases in premiums next year.
Published
March 17, 2016

Waterville Social Club may close as part of state reconfiguration

The club serves people with mental illnesses and emotional distress.

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Published
March 16, 2016

Maine doctors back 2 bills to restrict opioid prescriptions, but seek flexibility

The measures would set limits on the length of prescriptions for opioid pain relievers, which are addictive and have played a large role in the state's heroin epidemic.
Published
March 16, 2016

N.H. to investigate pediatric cancer cluster along seacoast

The state is looking into cases of rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare form of cancer, in Rye, New Castle, Greenland, North Hampton and Portsmouth.
Published
March 15, 2016

Try other painkillers before prescribing opioids, new federal guidelines say

However, doctors don't have to follow the new recommendations, which are aimed at curbing addiction.
Published
March 14, 2016

First-ever dissolving heart stent gets FDA review

Abbott Laboratories' Absorb stent, already sold in Europe, is made of a material that's designed to stay intact and release medicine for a year, then break down over the next two years.
Published
March 13, 2016

The ‘Doc on Dore Hill’ finds success ‘accidentally’ in Athens

Chiropractor Edwin Dunton and his massage therapist wife, Jodi-Ann, will set up shop full time in town after commuting for four years on weekends from Massachusetts.