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Kevin Strong, a Camden resident and pediatric hospitalist at Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston, has created Dunk the Junk, a nonprofit organization and hip hop-filled, graffiti-covered campaign to encourage kids to drop soda and junk food in favor of fruits, vegetables and other healthy fare.

Maine pediatrician promotes healthy eating with hip hop, graffiti

As a pediatrician, Kevin Strong has seen children grow obese before they’re old enough to enter kindergarten. He worried about their health, about their self ...

Study: Men find drunk, dumb-looking women more attractive

Ask a straight man, “How do you like your women?” and it’s unlikely he’ll answer, “Dumb and sleepy.” But according to new findings, these characteristics ...
HEALTH UNSURANCE

Treatment not covered

I have a chronic health condition that has not responded to any of the usual treatments.  My doctor suggested a drug that might work – ...

Doctors report rise in kids eating detergent packs

DALLAS — Miniature laundry detergent packets arrived on store shelves in recent months as an alternative to bulky bottles and messy spills. But doctors across ...
Dr. Erik Steele
ERIK STEELE

Your family doctor is now a team

When it came to being your family doc, I tried darn hard to do it all. I delivered your babies, took care of you in ...

$500 or $50 co-pay? Mass. Blue Cross Blue Shield offers a choice

The health plan is experimenting with a novel attempt to reduce the cost of health care without sacrificing quality.

Maine mom heads to DC to demand safer products for her daughters

On Monday, May 21, two dozen Maine women boarded a ...

Blue Hill Memorial Hospital’s 5K Fun Run training program set for June 2

Opening day for Blue Hill Memorial Hospital’s 5K Fun Run ...
STUDENTS SPEAK

Fit as a Fiddle

By Brady and Emma It is no secret that obesity ...
CHANGE UP

Saving Mothers’ Lives- a collaboration of business, non profits and government

The just published summer edition of the Stanford Social Innovation ...
CONTRIBUTORS

Maine needs a healthy Head Start or we will fall behind

“Corporations are people” Mitt Romney is often quoted, arguing that ...
AND JUSTICE FOR ALL

“In the best interest of the child” – Do you know what this means…?

37 mins ago It was an SS Nazi slogan, now used by today’s ...
RECOVERY ROCKS

Spirituality Opened the Doors that Religion Could Not

Spirituality is best defined as a relationship between oneself and ...

Human rights panel finds Lewiston hospital discriminated against gynecologist

AUGUSTA, Maine — A gynecologist was fired illegally because of ...

Biddeford doctor reprimanded over narcotics prescription practices

BIDDEFORD, Maine — A physician affiliated with Southern Maine Medical ...
GET PUMPED WITH RYAN

Quitting is never an option

As a longtime sportswriter, I’ve seen athletes hang their heads ...

Death rate drops among Americans with diabetes

ATLANTA—A 40 percent decline in the death rate of diabetic ...

Poisoning kills more Americans than car crashes, report says

Sales of prescription painkillers and related deaths have tripled since 1999, according to the report.
EAT THIS

Help is available for celiac disease

Celiac disease is a condition that damages the lining of ...
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