Tick Talk CAMDEN — May is Lyme Disease Awareness Month, as declared by the Maine Legislature and the Maine Center for Disease Control. The Camden Public Library will host a “Tick Talk” with Dr. Beatrice M. Szantyr at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 24. Szantyr will present an illustrated talk on the ...
CARIBOU, Maine — According to state health statistics, there are about 6,000 people in Aroostook County who use needles, lancets or syringes — also known as medical sharps — to treat illnesses such as diabetes. In Maine, more than 12 million injections by sharps are completed each year. The state ...
The long-awaited 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans has finally arrived — only 13 months late. I’ve read and reread the recommendations and, for the life of me, I can’t figure out what took so long for these revisions to come forward. There isn’t any significant change from the 2005 Dietary ...
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The prevalence of obesity in the U.S. largely leveled off over the last decade, even as some individual groups, such as boys from ages 6 to 19, saw increases, according to government data. Obesity rates in adults rose slightly to 35.7 percent from 30.5 percent between 1999 and 2010, compared ...
CHICAGO — Tara Lawton says she quit going to her health club in part because she sensed she didn’t fit in. People always seemed to be staring at _ and silently judging _ her 280-pound body. Then Lawton stumbled on the Facebook page for Downsize Fitness, a discreet new gym ...
After long days discussing America’s obesity problem, Melinda Sothern has had enough of windowless conference rooms. “I need to exercise,” she says, pausing to review her plans in the San Diego Convention Center lobby. She plans to rent a bicycle in Coronado, Calif., and ride, fast and far. Sothern, 55, ...
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