The federal grant will be used to conduct of a study of a specific type of gene in hopes of developing new ways to treat obesity and type 2 diabetes
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Emergency hospital admissions for drug overdoses have declined in Maine since 2017
The trend mirrors a statewide decrease in overdose deaths, with improved access to Suboxone and naloxone.
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Maine Med patient proves after surgery that necessity is the mother of invention
Mechanical engineer Bob Hussey used zip ties and the cover of a telephone jack to improve an ostomy bag he was using after having his colon removed. His device now has a patent pending and is being refined as part of the hospital’s innovation program.
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Maine Med gets $2.2 million grant to study potential link between common chemicals and teenage obesity
The research will look into possible relationships between childhood obesity and osteoporosis among children exposed to PFAS.
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New president of Maine Med says hospitals can’t go it alone
Jeffrey Sanders believes collaboration with the community is the key to improving the state’s health care landscape.
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Owners of L.L.Bean donate $4 million to Maine Med expansion
The family of former L.L.Bean president and board chairman Leon Gorman has donated $4 million to Maine Medical Center to pay for the lobby of the hospital’s $525 million expansion. The lobby will be located in the new 265,000-square-foot Congress Street building, which will also include a new main entranceway, as well as 64 patient […]
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Maine Med unwraps plans for six-story patient center
Maine Medical Center is moving forward with the third and final phase of the hospital’s $525 million expansion project, filing site plans for a six-story building on Congress Street in Portland’s West End. Maine Med’s application, filed Tuesday with the Portland Planning Board, proposes a 265,000-square-foot building with a main entrance on Congress Street aimed […]
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Maine Med buying building occupied by Pizza Villa restaurant, a West End institution
Maine Medical Center is buying the building that houses Pizza Villa, a neighborhood institution in Portland’s West End for more than 50 years, as part of its $512 million expansion. The hospital said it has no immediate plans to change the property and will work with longtime owners Tony and Phil Regios, who are planning […]
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Tsukasa Horie
PORTLAND — Tsukasa Horie, M.D., passed away Sunday, April 15, with his family at his side. He was born in Niihama, Ehime-ken, Japan, in 1926, son of Isamu and Mineko Horie. After an early education in Niihama, Saijo and Matsuyama, he entered Tokyo Medical and Dental University, graduating with a medical degree in 1956. He was […]
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License plate approved for Barbara Bush Children's Hospital
AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine Republican Gov. Paul LePage has signed a bill creating a specialty license plate for The Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital. The governor signed the bill Thursday, two days after the death of the former first lady. The plate will be available later this year, and $10 for every new plate sold and […]