Get Ready Mailbag: What kind of flu shots are there?

Welcome to another installment of the Get Ready Mailbag, when we take time to answer questions sent our way by readers like you. Have a ques...

Partnering to Create Healthy Futures

Maine's statewide Community Transformation Grant (CTG) is facilitating partnerships among state and local organizations to implement an ...

Get Smart About Antibiotics

What do sinusitis, most sore throats, bronchitis, runny noses and the regular cold have in common? They are upper respiratory tract infectio...

Food Reward Friday

This week's winner: the Taco Bell Doritos Locos Taco! Read more »

Influenza update 11/15/12

Maine CDC recently reported the first flu activity for the 2012-2013 season. For more information and clinical recommendations for this flu ...

Make sure your medicine works when you need it: Get smart about antibiotics!

Picture this: You’re coughing and sneezing. Not sure if you have a cold or the flu, you head to the bathroom and open the medicine cabinet. ...

Abbott hepatitis C drugs bring high cure rates in trial

 A trio of oral medicines from Abbott Laboratories Inc to treat hepatitis C produced unprecedented cure rates in patients who had failed to ...

7 strange health tips that work

Balance hormones with spearmint tea For ladies suffering from hormonal problems including acne or facial hair, research has found that spe...

3 Ways Oral Sedation Eliminates Dental Anxiety

Original article found here /p> The miracle that is sedation dentistry emerged upon the scene in the 1960s, with the first known d...