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PublishedApril 6, 2015
Medicare bill could help doctors, children, but long-range savings are debatable
Paying for the bill would come from raising monthly premiums for medical care and prescription drugs for top-earning Medicare recipients.
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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 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
Mississippi hospital restarts search after considering Togus chaplain for job
Last month, a newspaper reported that James T. Luoma, a convicted killer, was a top candidate for a new VA job, but a former chaplain says he might not be hired now.
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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 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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PublishedMarch 17, 2015
Exercise found to help treat breast cancer
Once breast cancer gains a foothold, regular aerobic exercise makes a tumor more vulnerable to the effects of chemotherapy.
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PublishedMarch 16, 2015
New cholesterol drugs may lower heart attack risk
The federal government will decide this summer whether to allow two of the drugs on the market.
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