Aspartame joins a category with more than 300 other possible cancer-causing agents, including things like aloe vera extract, Asian-style pickled vegetables and carpentry work. The guidance on use of the sweetener, though, isn’t changing.
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Posted inBusiness, Health, Maine, News
Hospital facility fees to be investigated under new law
Legislation signed Tuesday by Gov. Janet Mills creates a task force to examine the fees, which also will be shared publicly.
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Maine proposes dropping COVID-19 vaccine mandate for health care workers
The state’s health department says the requirement achieved the intended benefit of savings lives, protecting health care capacity and limiting the spread of the virus. An industry that struggled with pandemic-era staffing shortages welcomes the change.
Posted inHealth, Lewiston-Auburn, News
Health center in downtown Lewiston sees surge in demand, plans expansion
‘We’ve never seen (this) volume of need,’ said Coleen Elias, CEO of Community Clinical Services. ‘Folks just walking in looking for help. They truly have nowhere else to go.’
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MaineGeneral Health seeks to expand Augusta cancer center, with $36 million project up for review
Officials said the Harold Alfond Center for Cancer Care is seeing many more patients than anticipated when it was built, and demand for services is projected to continue increasing.
Posted inFranklin, Health, News, The Franklin Journal
Franklin Memorial Hospital president explains change of license to critical access hospital status in Farmington
The change is expected to take place on Oct. 1, 2023.
Posted inAndroscoggin County, Health, Lewiston-Auburn, Maine, News
Lewiston council denies permit for Church of Safe Injection barbecue
A statement from the Church of Safe Injection said it’s ‘evident’ from listening to the councilors who voted to deny the permit that ‘there is considerable confusion about our organization and what we do.’
Posted inHealth, Maine, News
LifeFlight planning to take off on land with new ambulance service
The helicopter medical service plans to buy three special ground ambulances for $1.92 million to relieve transportation pressures.
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Maine’s childhood vaccination rate goes from one of nation’s lowest to one of the highest
Only medical exemptions to school-required vaccinations are permitted under the law that eliminated religious and philosophical opt-outs 2 years ago.