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A young woman whose name most Manchester students have never heard is on the verge of changing the city’s health curriculum for the better.
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City school board turns into the food police.
BY CLAYTON HOLTON
Why grow-your-own marijuana is needed in New Hampshire.
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How good is Medicaid at improving the most basic health outcomes for the poor? Not very good, a new study of Oregon's Medicaid system shows.
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Gov. Maggie Hassan says she favors medical marijuana, but not allowing patients to grow their own. That is a change from her Senate days.
JERRY REMY
Most Americans - even those who are legislators - know very little about the details of President Obama's Affordable Care Act, so-called Obamacare. Next year, when it goes into effect, we will learn...
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Taxing "the wealthy" or "businesses" to pay for emotionally appealing government initiatives - such as expanding health insurance coverage for the general public - tends to be a winning political...

NH vote nears on expansion of Medicaid

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Senate Republicans on the Finance Committee continue to be skeptical of expanding Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act.

House Republicans repudiate Obama health care program again

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House Republicans voted for the 37th time Thursday evening to repeal all or part of President Barack Obama's health care law, underscoring once again the deep partisan divide over the landmark 2010...

Dartmouth-Hitchcock, New London Hospital seek to strengthen ties

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Representatives from Dartmouth-Hitchcock and New London Hospital filed a proposal with the state Tuesday for an affiliation that both say will better serve the area’s health care needs.

Public awareness of ACA health insurance pushed

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The state is facing a major challenge in helping an estimated 125,000 uninsured residents obtain health insurance under the Affordable Care Act by March of 2014, according to expert witnesses before...

Bike/Walk to Work Week takes aim at NH traffic congestion

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Commuters around the state this week will be using alternative modes of transportation during national Bike/Walk to Work Week.

Obama uses 2012 campaign tactics to sell health care law

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Seeking to ensure his landmark health care law is successfully implemented, President Barack Obama is reprising his 2012 election strategy in hopes of enrolling millions of uninsured Americans in...

HNH Foundation plans 'Weight of the Nation' screening

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The foundation is funding public screenings of "Weight of the Nation," the award-winning HBO documentary series, to educate people on the obesity epidemic and get them talking about it.

Flexible county nursing home admissions urged

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About a dozen residents turned out for a public forum Tuesday on the admission policy for Carroll County's Mountain View Community Nursing Home and Rehabilitation Center.

Data show prices for hospital care vary widely, even within same city

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The actual cost of hospital care became a lot clearer for consumers on Wednesday when the Obama administration released the average prices charged by more than 3,000 U.S. hospitals for the 100 most...

Associate professor at Dartmouth medical school surrenders license

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CONCORD - An associate professor at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth has agreed to surrender his medical license to resolve allegations of professional misconduct.

Associate professor at Dartmouth medical school surrenders license

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CONCORD - An associate professor at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth has agreed to surrender his medical license to resolve allegations of professional misconduct.

Catholic Medical Center IRS filings make no mention of Arsenault contract

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Annual reports that Catholic Medical Center files with the IRS make no mention of a consulting contract between the hospital and the Rev. Msgr. Edward Arsenault, the Catholic priest under...

10 UPDATED: Stripped-down medical marijuana bill passes Senate panel with no home-grow option

6 State senators urged to provide funds for alcohol, drug treatment

15 Tons of turned-in, unwanted medication shows public health risk resulting from not following doctors' orders

0 Big insurers wary of entering new Obamacare markets

0 Dartmouth-Hitchcock clinic in Keene is touted as 'exemplary'

0 Health officials urged to request treatment program dollars

0 New club has Londonderry girls running with confidence

0 AIDS home in Gilsum closing due to mandates

0 Henniker students will be walking and learning to improve health

2 NH Medevac unit headed to Afghanistan hopes for repeat of no casualties

17 Supporters of decriminalization opitimistic medicinal pot will pass Senate

0 Pembroke Academy illness attributed to norovirus

0 Dressing down for a good cause in Berlin

11 NH tobacco cash proves a windfall

1 State firm finds market helping doctors comply with new law

0 Derry Planning Board OKs two-story medical office

0 Affordable health insurance on the way for New Hampshire small businesses, workers

2 Health care facilites keep track of 'adverse events'

 NH Angle
Links to news and happenings around the world with a Granite State connection updated daily.

0 Surry dermatologist's medical license revoked over prescribing to himself

0 Libertarian activist dies days after appealing to Hassan to allow sick to grow own Rx pot

0 Vt. marijuana decriminalization heads to governor

0 Grant Bosse: NH grapples with the end of a 20-year old budget gimmick

0 Obama appeals court decision allowing abortion pill to be sold to kids of all ages

0 Rib-X Pharmaceuticals appoints John E. Sununu to the Board of Directors

0 NH Nurse Assoc. president: Medicaid expansion spreads coverage, reduces costs

0 Bow Lake property to be developed to accommodate returning veterans

0 Wheelchair-bound blind woman asks Keene for a crosswalk

0 Northern New England seeing surge in heroin use

0 New England colleges try new ways to curb binge drinking

0 Special Report on Homelessness: Numbers on rise as schools help kids cope

0 Judge rejects bid to block over-the-counter abortion pills for kids of all ages

0 Merrimack ambulance company alleges dirty dealing in Manchester contract

0 NH incident highlights drum circles could be bad for your health

0 UNH law student's brain aneurysm clip wins $25K prize

0 NH Supreme Court hears Portsmouth Hospital ownership case

0 NH health centers receive $770K to help uninsured apply

0 RX pot bill snubs war veterans suffering from PTSD

0 Sen. Jeanne Shaheen: NH taxpayers can afford to help vaccinate children all around the world

0 Landlords invited to bedbug seminar in Laconia on May 21

0 Conway hospital remains on path to join MaineHealth despite Maine Med's financial woes

0 Hardy Macia, 2012 House candidate with Hodgkin's Lymphoma, makes medical marijuana plea (VIDEO)

0 Costs for some charges vary by more than 100% among NH hospitals

0 Suspended NH doctor says he was helping patients battle addiction

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