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BY CHARLES ARLINGHAUS
This is not a time to expand Medicaid.
EDITORIAL
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.
EDITORIAL
City school board turns into the food police.
BY CLAYTON HOLTON
Why grow-your-own marijuana is needed in New Hampshire.
EDITORIAL
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.
EDITORIAL
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...
Farmington Police Chief Kevin Willey learned more about the seven habits for happy kids from these third grade students who were playing a game which incorporated the concepts Monday as part of the Leader in Me program at Valley View Community School in Farmington.

Elementary students in Farmington offered seven habits of healthy kids

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Efforts at Valley View Community School help inspire community, now and in the future.

Rabid cat found, shot in Hillsborough

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A cat that attacked three people on Monday was rabid, police said.

Rabid raccoons in Hanover raise ‘rabies season’ concerns

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Two raccoons captured and destroyed by police in rural neighborhoods last week have tested positive for rabies.

Heroin use, deaths spike in New Hampshire

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New Hampshire has seen a sharp spike in the number of people using - and dying from - heroin. And authorities say it's linked to the epidemic of prescription drug abuse.

Mike Cote's Business Editor's Notebook: Vending machines go natural

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ecovending, a fledgling Manchester-area company, supplies vending machines to businesses, nonprofits and schools. The snack foods are not necessarily less caloric than their convenience-store...

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.

0 Flexible county nursing home admissions urged

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

0 Associate professor at Dartmouth medical school surrenders license

0 Associate professor at Dartmouth medical school surrenders license

1 Catholic Medical Center IRS filings make no mention of Arsenault contract

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

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

0 Belknap County interest in Medicare rehab biz opoosed by Catholic Charities

0 NHPR: NH casino would mean building addiction services from the ground up

0 36 injured veterans to receive Segways at Va. event

0 Arthur Caplan: Stop critiquing the DSM 5

0 Nurse fired over link to hepatitis C outbreak sues Exeter Hospital

0 Vt. approves doctor-assisted suicide

0 Kaiser Family Foundation analysis finds poverty rate among NH seniors three times higher than U.S. Census finding

0 Hudson veteran speaks about her own sex assault in the military, wants victims to know they are not alone

0 ConVal Schools: Seeds of change found in the lunch line

0 Parenting.com: Why kids get sicker at night

0 Pair of rabid racoons found in Hanover

0 Marathon wounded: Ron, Karen, and Krystara Brassard of Epsom

0 'Laboratory in a can' monitors red tide off coast

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

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