Health and Wellness

1. Living with Diabetes: help for diabetics in Maine

   A few facts: Diabetes affects 25.8 million people, or 8.3% of the U.S. population. Among U.S. residents aged 65 years and older, 10.9 million, or 26.9% had diabetes in 2010. That’s  an incredible number of people living … Continue

2. Incontinence: new hope with sacral nerve stimulation

   New Hope for People with Urinary and Bowel Incontinence By Roxanne Jones, Freelance writer specializing in health and medicine If you think that incontinence is a normal part of aging and something you just have to live … Continue

3. Eating for MS & Alzheimers: brain cell biology

   We see daily articles about eating various high-protein/low-carb or low-fat/low-calorie or other permutations of diet that will make us thinner, healthier or better looking. Check out this video, in which a doctor talks about the hunter-gatherer diet … Continue

4. Mid Coast Medical Group Practice Manager

   Ross H. Cunningham, MBA, of Lisbon Falls, has been named Practice Manager of Mid Coast Medical Group – Women’s Health Care. As Practice Manager, Cunningham will oversee the daily operations of the Women’s Health Care practice, which … Continue

5. The Dreaded Dead-of-Night Phone Call: Preparing Yourself and Your Parents for a Medical Emergency

   Answering the Call: Emergency Help for Seniors The midnight phone call. It’s something we all dread, first when we have teenagers, then when the kids go off to college and lives of their own, and finally when … Continue

6. Fall Alert: Reduce Your Risk of Falls

   Each year, more than 1.8 million people over age 65 are treated in hospital emergency rooms for injuries associated with, among other things, stairs, bathtubs, furniture, and rugs/carpeting.  Thousands of these injuries are related to falls.  In … Continue

7. Hearing Aid Technology: Mid Coast Hospital Adds New Audiologist

   Mid Coast Hospital welcomes Anna K. Strange, AuD, to its Rehabilitation Services staff. Dr. Strange is a clinical and dispensing audiologist and joins the Audiology Department at 310 Bath Road. She received her clinical doctorate from Bloomsburg … Continue