An analysis of trials of more than 50,000 older adults suggests that supplements aren’t warranted in fracture prevention.
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Posted inLife & Culture, Nation & World, News, Science
Spinal-cord implants that numb pain emerge as alternative to opioids
Technology breakthroughs that are just now reaching patients come from a better understanding of how pain signals are transmitted within the body.
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Posted inNation & World
Deadline for some to enroll in Affordable Care Act plans is extended
HealthCare.gov issued similar extensions previously under the Obama administration.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
MaineHealth members vote for unification
The votes create a centralized board that oversees all member hospitals.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics
Sen. Collins criticizes some provisions of Republican tax reform bill
Maine’s senior senator has strong reservations about repealing the ACA’s individual mandate, as well as making corporate tax cuts permanent while those for middle-class families would end after nine years.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-Eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: The time for universal health care and single-payer is near
We should not have to wait another 17 years to see a change that is so critically needed now.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
MDI scientist receives $1.7 million grant for being ‘outstanding investigator’
The funding from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences will assist Vicki P. Losick’s research on wound healing at the laboratory in Bar Harbor.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Anthem leaving Maine’s ACA marketplace, citing uncertainty
The insurer says it will not sell individual plans in 2018 and will reduce off-marketplace health policy options.
Posted inBusiness, News, Politics
Sen. Collins’ firm ‘no’ vote likely kills Republican health care bill
She cements her opposition to the Affordable Care Act repeal after the Congressional Budget Office says it would leave millions more uninsured.
Posted inMaine, News
As maternity services vanish in rural Maine, mothers expect to travel long distances to hospitals
Some in remote areas face hourslong drives on dark roads before they can arrive at one of a dwindling number of sites that still offer obstetrics units.