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- Health care: desperate measures 9 Feb 2010 10:41 GMT
... impact of progressively desperate efforts to control health care costs. First up: the bad ideas. ... D.O., a physician in Bangor, is chief medical officer of Eastern Maine Healthcare Systems and is on the staff ...
- Properly Disposed Drugs Can End Up In Water 9 Feb 2010 04:31 GMT
... in the water anyway, a study from Maine suggests. Tiny amounts of discarded drugs have been ... human excretion flushed into sewers or leftover medicine thrown down the drain. Research shows that ... a geologist with the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention. And some scientists urge ...
- Even if you're careful, drugs can end up in water (Yesterday) 9 Feb 2010 06:55 GMT
... drugs can end up in water PORTLAND, Maine -- The federal government advises throwing most unused ... human excretion flushed into sewers or leftover medicine thrown down the drain. Research shows that ... a geologist with the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention. And some scientists urge ...
- Even if you're careful, drugs can end up in water 9 Feb 2010 14:51 GMT
... PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - The federal government advises throwing most ... human excretion flushed into sewers or leftover medicine thrown down the drain. Research shows that ... a geologist with the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention. And some scientists urge ...
- Cross-sections of Maine giant elm to be displayed 9 Feb 2010 05:10 GMT
... the tree was 217 years old The Maine Forest Service says the giant elm nicknamed ... - survived 14 bouts of Dutch elm disease thanks to his caretaker, Frank Knight, who's ... everything when it comes to the Obama health plan. The day after the Congressional Budget ...
- Maine could tell drug makers to discard old meds 9 Feb 2010 12:04 GMT
... Maine could tell drug makers to discard old meds PORTLAND, Maine — The federal government advises throwing most ...
- Bangor Daily News, Maine, Joni Averill column: Valentine's buffet, auction to benefit church 9 Feb 2010 14:11 GMT
... Road in Orrington, or calling Alyson Coffin at 989-7008. Although this is a southern Maine event, it might appeal to many women. Maine Cancer Foundation of Portland has announced online registration is now open to enroll in its ...
- Cross-sections of Maine giant elm named Herbie to be put on display; tree lived to be 217 9 Feb 2010 05:16 GMT
... Cross-sections of Maine giant elm named Herbie to be put on ... after losing a battle with Dutch elm disease. Peter Lammert of the Maine Forest Service ...
- Cross-sections of Maine giant elm to be displayed 9 Feb 2010 05:15 GMT
... before it was cut down Jan. 19 after losing a battle with Dutch elm disease. Peter Lammert of the Maine Forest Service says each of the 4-inch cross-sections weighed 1,600 pounds. Word of Herbie and ...
- First Lady launches 'Let's Move' campaign against childhood obesity -- David Rogers remembers Jack Murtha, first Vietnam veteran elected to Congress -- Special election May 18 9 Feb 2010 13:52 GMT
... THE AGENDA -- L.A. Times 1-col. lead, “HEALTH SUMMITS SETS UP A PARTY FACE-OFF: Democrats ... that stand up to objective scrutiny.’ ... Maine Sen. Olympia Snowe, a moderate who was ... ,” by Ian Urbina in Port-Au-Prince: “Private medical evacuations of critically injured Haitian children to ...
- York Hospital fears big tax hit 9 Feb 2010 07:55 GMT
... YORK, Maine — York Hospital President Jud Knox is ... to get a 3-1 match in federal Medicaid dollars. The state then returns money to ... of changing the formula came before the Health and Human Services Committee recently, the vote ...
- HHS secretary asks insurer to justify rate hike 9 Feb 2010 05:50 GMT
... administration on Monday asked California's largest for-profit health insurer to justify plans to hike customers' ... what percentage of customers' premiums go to medical care versus administrative costs. In a statement, ... rate hike on 11,066 individual policies in Maine. In November, Oregonians holding individual policies with ...
- Anorexics Found To Have Excess Fat -- In Their Bone Marrow 9 Feb 2010 09:48 GMT
... Gordon, MD, MSc, director of the Bone Health Program at Children's and the study's senior ... study co-author Clifford Rosen, MD, of the Maine Medical Center. Previous work has shown that hormonal ...
- Obama has miles to go to keep all promises 9 Feb 2010 14:11 GMT
... a $689,000 grant to the Heart City Health Center as stimulus money that had an ... receiving funds through entitlement programs, such as Medicaid, or through tax programs are required to ... the urging of Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, a Republican whose vote was needed to ...
- Obama has miles to go to keep promises 9 Feb 2010 14:13 GMT
... a $689,000 grant to the Heart City Health Center as stimulus money that had an ... receiving funds through entitlement programs, such as Medicaid, or through tax programs are required to ... the urging of Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, a Republican whose vote was needed to ...
- Obama: Promises, promises (but did he keep them?) 9 Feb 2010 15:59 GMT
... a $689,000 grant to the Heart City Health Center as stimulus money that had an ... receiving funds through entitlement programs, such as Medicaid, or through tax programs are required to ... the urging of Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, a Republican whose vote was needed to ...
- Healthbeat: Successful weight loss in overweight teens 9 Feb 2010 04:32 GMT
... adolescent obesity has become a major public health concern, because overweight teens are more likely ... With issues of overweight, are the related medical concerns that can result. As an example, ... dietitian with nutrition counseling offices in York, Maine, and Portsmouth. She is also the nutritionist ...
- Maine's Top Two Youth Volunteers Selected in 15th Annual National Awards Program 9 Feb 2010 14:11 GMT
... AUGUSTA, Maine - (BUSINESS WIRE) - Krysta Moulton, 16, of ... phones, and educating the public about the disease. While researching Oprah Winfrey's African school for ... schools, district of columbia, maine, new jersey, Medical, Consulting, Accounting and other Professional Services, Insurance ...
- Valentine's buffet, auction to benefit church 9 Feb 2010 03:51 GMT
... at 38 Johnson Mill Road in Orrington, or calling Although this is a southern Maine event, it might appeal to many women. Maine Cancer Foundation of Portland has announced online registration is now open to enroll in its ...
- Study reveals people with anorexia nervosa have increased fat content in their bone marrow 9 Feb 2010 05:42 GMT
... Gordon, MD, MSc, director of the Bone Health Program at Children's and the study's senior ... by study co-author , MD, of the Maine Medical Center. Previous work has shown that hormonal ...
- Concerns over special-education changes aired 9 Feb 2010 06:13 GMT
... Emergency rules adopted by the Maine Department of Education to save money on special ... other contractors the standard rate set by Medicaid, rather than individual rates negotiated directly with ...
- Man denies killing father 9 Feb 2010 09:17 GMT
... BANGOR, Maine — A Newport woman quietly wept Monday ... prison. “He had an acute and active medical condition that he sought help for, that ... he could be treated for his mental health problems. She described her son as “bipolar.” ...
- Frances Bowden 9 Feb 2010 03:33 GMT
... WALDOBORO, Maine -- Frances Arnold Bowden, 82, a longtime ... Jan. 19, 2010, at the Pen Bay Medical Center in Rockport after a period of failing health. Frances was born May 12, 1927, in ...
- AP top news in Iowa at 4:59 p.m. CST 9 Feb 2010 07:32 GMT
... is the only New England state besides Maine that does not recognize gay marriage. The ... only when a driver is intoxicated by drugs or alcohol, eludes police, is involved in ... suggested the state should close a mental health center in Clarinda rather than one in Mount ...
- Officials ask Anthem to justify rate hike in Calif 9 Feb 2010 09:47 GMT
... In this Feb. 4, 2010 file photo, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius testifies ... rate hike on 11,066 individual policies in Maine. In November, Oregonians holding individual policies with ... least 70 percent of premium dollars on medical care as opposed to administrative costs. Poizner's ...
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