Health
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PublishedMarch 13, 2022
Frank Bruni’s memoir offers a playbook on finding silver linings
Bruni woke up one day without vision in his right eye. As scary as that was, he writes in his memoir 'The Beauty of Dusk,' it also showed him the upside of vulnerability.
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PublishedFebruary 27, 2022
Maine Gardener: Botanist makes the case for healthy hunter-gatherers
Foragers hold the key to greater nutrition, argues Arthur Haines of Native Plant Trust. But he concedes, with almost 8 billion people to feed on Earth, wild food has its limits.
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PublishedFebruary 23, 2022
U.S. pregnancy-related deaths climbed in 2020, with Black women most affected
A federal report does not include reasons for the trend and researchers said they have not fully examined how COVID-19 might have contributed.
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PublishedFebruary 23, 2022
High lead levels detected in Bath schools’ drinking water not a worry, school official says
State testing showed the presence of lead in the drinking water of three Bath schools, but school officials blame that on water fountains being shut down during the pandemic.
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PublishedFebruary 22, 2022
Home births in Maine rise as patients seek control during pandemic
Home births in Maine jumped by 23% in 2020 according to CDC data, as patients avoided hospitals.
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PublishedFebruary 19, 2022
Maine Voices: Inequities in mental health treatment are health care’s greatest injustice
Laws like the one that keeps Medicaid from covering inpatient behavioral care are not only discriminatory but also can have dire consequences for Maine families.
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PublishedFebruary 16, 2022
Sagadahoc County’s birth rate lowest in state
Births plummeted across the country in 2020, but Sagadahoc County's saw an especially stark decline.
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PublishedFebruary 6, 2022
Survey: Waterville residents report severe browntail moth infestations
City Councilor Thomas Klepach, D-Ward 3, updates other councilors recently on efforts to identify where infestations are occurring in spring and summer and help residents mitigate problem.
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PublishedJanuary 24, 2022
Extra cash for low-income mothers may influence baby brains
The findings build on evidence that cash support can improve outcomes for older children, said study co-author Katherine Magnuson.
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PublishedJanuary 24, 2022
Gov. Mills calls White House, gets more COVID-19 treatments for Maine despite undercount of cases
Maine has been getting a smaller allocation of a monoclonal antibody treatment because of a large backlog of positive tests that have yet to be screened and added to the daily total of confirmed new cases.
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