LEWISTON — Have you ever heard Patrick Dempsey beat-box? Kindly, the well-known actor may want to stick to his day job. But that was all right with the crowd as the 2019 Dempsey Challenge got rolling early Saturday morning. A large group of runners and walkers who gathered at Simard-Payne Memorial Park were treated to […]
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Date for 3rd annual Maine Goes Gold For Childhood Cancer Awareness set
A full day of family activities is planned for Saturday, Aug. 31.
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Nominations now open for 2019 Amanda Dempsey Award
Nominations will be accepted through Aug. 14.
Posted inThe Penobscot Times
Practice sunshine safety
Sunshine can cause health risks, as noted in the designation of this month as UV Safety Awareness Month.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics
New Maine law will allow terminally ill patients to end their lives with medication
Gov. Janet Mills acknowledges a ‘moral dilemma’ as she signs the bill to legalize medication-assisted suicide.
Posted inNews
Aid coming to try to improve Maine’s high cancer death rates
Maine health officials are receiving more than $2 million to try to improve the state’s efforts to prevent cancer
Posted inMaine, Politics
Angus King undergoes final radiation treatment for prostate cancer
The 74-year-old senator said he has ‘dodged cancer three times now’ – including this residual recurrence of prostate cancer – thanks to health insurance and access to care.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, Nation / World, News
Across Maine, prices for the same medical procedures are often staggeringly different
Low patient volumes and scarce competition among providers help make the state one of the most costly for health care in the U.S.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics
Advocates urge lawmakers to ban vaping products from Maine public schools
The measure follows a budget proposal by Gov. Janet Mills to spend $10 million in tobacco settlement money to reduce youth smoking rates, as well as vaping.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Cancer survivor speaks to give hope
LEWISTON — The tumor in Eagle Farrington’s throat had grown so large that his doctor didn’t know how he was still breathing. Biopsies had not been helpful, but certain things were clear: The tumor was large, it was growing and it was taking over Farrington’s voice box. To save his life, doctors told him, they’d […]