A study shows aspirin may not prevent first heart attacks or first strokes.
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Posted inHealth, Maine
Riverview patient plans to sue state for $1 million
Arlene Edson was pepper sprayed while she was naked, alone in her room and not threatening employees, according to an investigation at the Augusta mental hospital.
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Posted inHealth, Nation & World
China opens Ebola center in Liberian capital
Liberia is a close trading partner with China, which has pledged $81 million to aid West Africa’s fight against the disease.
Posted inHealth, Nation & World
Study says 70 percent of Americans with HIV don’t have disease in check
Younger people are more likely not to have HIV under control, the CDC says.
Posted inHealth, Maine, News
Mainers with disabilities to gain Medicaid services in lawsuit settlement
The state has settled the class-action lawsuit filed last year on behalf of people with autism and intellectual disabilities who were waiting for services.
Posted inHealth, Maine, News, Politics
Outspoken critic of Obamacare helped to turn LePage against state exchange
Michael F. Cannon predicted that relying on a federal exchange instead would force Congress to revisit the law.
Posted inHealth, Maine, News
Togus VA system probed over allegations of shortcuts, omissions
An October memo by a federal watchdog agency outlines allegations that, if proven, would link Maine for the first time to issues similar to those at veterans hospitals nationwide.
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Central Maine business briefs
Doucette joins Bingham Area Dental Center; McKee, Billins named New England Super Lawyers; Augusta-Gardiner KOA wins awards
Posted inHealth, Maine
Anthem passes rate hike for Maine’s ‘legacy’ policy holders
Individual health policy holders who predate the ACA, more than 11,000 of them, will have an average premium increase of 13.4 percent
Posted inHealth, Maine
Maine groups aiding health care enrollees cite heavy interest
The flood of new people applying for coverage stands in stark contrast to last year’s glitch-plagued rollout of the health insurance program.