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PublishedNovember 20, 2016
Maine’s rural hospitals struggling to survive seismic changes in health care
As technology and health care trends drive patients to larger hospitals for most surgical procedures, the state's smaller, local hospitals are left with few options for maintaining their own financial health.
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PublishedNovember 19, 2016
Mercer family maintains positive outlook raising turkeys for Thanksgiving despite dad’s illness
Scott Greaney, his wife and three kids have run the farm with humor and love during Greaney's cancer, chemotherapy and other illnesses.
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PublishedNovember 17, 2016
Landmark report by surgeon general calls drug crisis ‘a moral test for America’
Part of the reason for the report is to change attitudes about addiction and the stigma that users feel, and to present evidence that addiction is a treatable brain disease, with new therapies under development.
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PublishedNovember 13, 2016
Three arthritis pain drugs equally safe for the heart
Fear that Celebrex would be worse than the alternatives proves unfounded in a new study.
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PublishedNovember 12, 2016
Local veterans ponder the future of Togus under Trump
While some said they did not support the Republican, others said they think he's the right choice to improve care for veterans after a series of problems have rocked the VA.
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PublishedNovember 11, 2016
Infectious brain disease confirmed in patient treated at Maine Med
The Portland hospital took the precaution this week of suspending elective surgeries in order to sterilize its surgical equipment and facilities.
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PublishedNovember 11, 2016
As scare over rare prion disease eases, Maine Medical Center resumes surgeries
The Portland hospital completes a precautionary sterilization of equipment while awaiting test results on a patient who showed signs of the fatal brain condition.
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PublishedNovember 9, 2016
Maine Med postpones elective surgeries over suspected case of fatal disease
A patient suspected of having the rare and always fatal prion disease is being tested at a national lab.
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PublishedNovember 4, 2016
Mumps outbreak among students at Bates and Bowdoin
The Maine CDC is working with the schools on containing the outbreak.
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PublishedNovember 3, 2016
Audience gets rowdy at legal pot debate at Unity College
Two advocates took questions about Maine's Question 1, which aims to legalize recreation marijuana use.
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