Recent Stories
The Doctor Will See You Now — On Your Smart Phone
Telemedicine — using electronic communications to exchange medical information — is not a new idea. Just a few months ago, I wrote about a home care agency in Maine that uses telemedicine to help elderly clients stay home [...]
Calling All Volunteers: Catching Health on the Morning Report:
Yesterday on the Morning Report with Jackie Ward, I shared some fun and easy ways to help support two great organizations in Maine. Have you signed up for the Catching Health Newsletter yet? Do it [...]
Diagnosed with Cancer? Them’s Fighting Words.
Chris Kuhn and Dave Langdon Back in 2005, Chris Kuhn and his colleague and friend Dave Langdon were trying to come up with a name for a celebratory lobster bake [...]
Veggies for All: Fresh produce for the local food pantry
On the third Saturday of every month, from 6:00 to 8:00 am cars line up at the drive-through window of the Volunteer Regional Food Pantry in Unity, Maine. In that hour and a half, the [...]
Taking Action Against Pancreatic Cancer
Source: Sarah Swanson As far back as she can remember, Sarah Swanson liked to hang out at her mother’s jewelry store — G. Irwin Co. in Kittery. It’s closed now. [...]
Catching Health on the Morning Report
Today on the Morning Report, Jackie Ward and I talked the risk of falling for people over 65 AND we talked about a significant brain aneurysm symptom. […]