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Six Numbers You Should Know and Why
If you're like most people, you keep track of a lot of numbers — important numbers. There are six more numbers you should know that can tell you about the state of your health.
Mast Cell Disease: When your immune system becomes the enemy
Three years ago, Crystal Goodwin, who just turned 29, lived a fairly normal life. A rare disorder call Mast Cell Activation Syndrome changed Crystal's life almost overnight.
Ebola: Maine Medical Center Separates Fact From Fiction
Source: Maine Medical Center In an effort to help staff separate fact from fiction, this afternoon Maine Medical Center’s Communications and Marketing department sent out its first MMC Daily Briefing [...]
How Medical Marijuana is Helping Mark Bushey Cope with ALS
In November 2013, Mark Bushey was diagnosed with ALS, the horrible disease that prompted so many of us to do the ice bucket challenge to help raise money for ALS research. To help him cope with [...]
World Thrombosis Day
Source: Vein Healthcare Center Guest post by Dr. Cindy Asbjornsen You may not be familiar with the word “thrombosis,” but you’ve probably heard the term “blood clot.” Thrombosis is a [...]
DCIS. What Is It? Watch Catching Health on the Morning Report
Sharing my DCIS story with Sharon Rose Vaznis and reminding women to get their mammograms. […]