There's No Taste Like Bad Taste - No Regerts: Insane Ink

 Update: Do strap in. Link To say I am no lover of ink, would, I have to admit, be putting it rather mildly. Given that 99.99% don't pa...

ALCOHOL MAY TRIGGER AF EPISODES

Results of a new study suggest that patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (PAF) should avoid consuming alcohol to reduce the risk of ...

AVOID CHILDHOOD CT SCANS

Children undergoing computed tomography (CT) scans with cumulative radiation doses of about 50 mGy had about triple the risk for leukemia, a...

NORMAL SALINE IS NOT SO NORMAL

In a study from England published ahead of print in Annals of Surgery, healthy volunteers given two liters of so-called "normal" s...

It's The End of The World As We Know It with Chunky Mark

You'll get no sense out of me today, I've got me 'ead on.

Summer Safe: Learn how to get ready for a wildfire

Did you catch the news this week about the wildfires that have burned thousands of acres in Colorado and New Mexico ? Unfortunately, with th...

Pertussis (whooping cough) update 6/14/12

Maine, like many other states, has been experiencing an increasing number of pertussis (whooping cough) cases over the past year. Maine CDC ...

Briton Tom Grundy Attempts Citizens Arrest On Tony Blair In Hong

Two separate reports; the first and smaller of the two, deals as much with the purpose of Blair's speech in Hong Kong, though falling as...

Lyme disease

In recognition of Lyme Disease Awareness Month, Maine CDC held a poster contest for children in grades K-8 in Maine as well as an audio publ...