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Maine girl bouncing back after 6-organ transplant - Atlanta Journal Constitution
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 23:18:29 GMT

Maine girl bouncing back after 6-organ transplant
Atlanta Journal Constitution
By CLARKE CANFIELD AP HOLLIS, Maine — A 9-year-old Maine girl is home from a Boston hospital healthy, active and with high hopes — and a new stomach, liver, spleen, small intestine, pancreas, and part of an esophagus to replace the ones that were ...
Waning hope, a 6-organ transplant, life anewBoston.com
Maine girl now home after multiple organ transplantBoston Herald

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Maine girl bouncing back after 6-organ transplant - Atlanta Journal Constitution
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:11:00 GMT

Atlanta Journal Constitution

Maine girl bouncing back after 6-organ transplant
Atlanta Journal Constitution
By CLARKE CANFIELD AP HOLLIS, Maine — A 9-year-old Maine girl is home from a Boston hospital healthy, active and with high hopes — and a new stomach, liver, spleen, small intestine, pancreas, and part of an esophagus to replace the ones that were ...
Girl has 6 organs replaced at onceCBC.ca

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Map reveals Lyme disease risk areas - Albany Times Union
Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:29:49 GMT

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Map reveals Lyme disease risk areas
Albany Times Union
AP This map released by the Yale School of Public Health on Friday, Feb. 3, 2012 shows a map which indicates areas of the eastern United States where people have the highest risk of contracting Lyme disease based on data from 2004-2007.
Map pinpoints Lyme disease risk areasAppleton Post Crescent
Map pinpoints areas of Lyme diseaseUPI.com
Exhaustive work in woods produces map showing high-risk areas for Lyme diseaseWashington Post

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State warns tattoo parties unhealthy, illegal - Press Herald
Sun, 05 Feb 2012 05:01:44 GMT

State warns tattoo parties unhealthy, illegal
Press Herald
The Maine Center for Disease Control's Health Inspection program has posted a notification about the issue on its website. The state says the number of tattoo complaints -- most of which were connected to tattoo parties -- nearly tripled from 13 in ...

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Maine on the Hill: Pingree not ready to applaud Komen's reversal - Press Herald
Sun, 05 Feb 2012 05:04:49 GMT

Press Herald

Maine on the Hill: Pingree not ready to applaud Komen's reversal
Press Herald
Pingree signed on to a widely circulated congressional letter last week that called Komen's decision "an alarming development resulting from political pressure from anti-women's health organizations." But when Komen backed down and issued a statement ...

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Husson University takes a closer look at health - WCSH-TV
Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:41:20 GMT

WCSH-TV

Husson University takes a closer look at health
WCSH-TV
BANGOR, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- Husson University opened its doors for the public to get a closer look at ways to stay healthy. Students from four different health professions at the school hosted a health fair. The goal of the fair was to help people ...

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BILL NEMITZ: Neighbors put faces to rabies worries - Morning Sentinel
Sun, 05 Feb 2012 05:04:57 GMT

BILL NEMITZ: Neighbors put faces to rabies worries
Morning Sentinel
Hence the news release from the Maine Department of Health and Human Services issued Friday under the headline "Warmer Weather May Be Cause of Increase in Rabid Animals." The numbers are enough to make you lock and bolt the door: In all of 2011, ...

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Fund for Healthy Maine improves health of citizens - Morning Sentinel
Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:06:53 GMT

Fund for Healthy Maine improves health of citizens
Morning Sentinel
With thoughtfully used money from the Fund for a Healthy Maine, Somerset Heart Health and other Healthy Maine Partnerships have created programs that have improved the health of our citizens for far less than the cost of routine medical care.

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Maine: Where many of nation's eldest population stand to lose health insurance - Government Health IT
Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:28:20 GMT

Government Health IT

Maine: Where many of nation's eldest population stand to lose health insurance
Government Health IT
LePage said that cutting off about 65000 people from MaineCare would bring Maine closer to the average state's enrollment. It would save Maine $66 million in the next 18 months, according to the proposal. Not doing so, LePage maintains, would put the ...
Budget panel zeroes in on keeping DHHS afloatBangor Daily News
Meeting with LePage 'cordial,' says Portland mayorMorning Sentinel
LePage Chides Legislature's Budget-Writing CommitteeMPBN News
Press Herald -Lewiston Sun Journal -Kennebec Journal
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Maine Health Officials Warn of Travel-Related Illnesses - MPBN News
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:04:17 GMT

Maine Health Officials Warn of Travel-Related Illnesses
MPBN News
State health officials are advising Mainers who are planning to travel outside the US during upcoming school vacations to make themselves aware of travel-related illnesses they may encounter and how to prevent becoming sick.

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