LEWISTON — The Patrick Dempsey Center for Cancer Hope & Healing at Central Maine Medical Center is offering a free support group for children affected by cancer and their parents or adult caregivers. CLIMB (Children’s Lives Include Moments of Bravery) is a six-week program designed by the Children’s Treehouse Foundation and will take place Mondays, […]
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CMMC gala raised raised $100,000
Central Maine Medical Center raised $100,000 with its spring annual dinner-dance affair, the largest amount yet raised through the event. “A Healthier Future … Under Construction” was the theme of CMMC’s 15th annual Spring Gala held April 9 in Lewiston. Funds raised through the event will support CMMC’s ongoing emergency department and lab renovation-expansion project. […]
Presentations to address weight loss plateau
LEWISTON — “Getting Beyond the Weight Loss Plateau” will be the subject of two Central Maine Medical Center Accenting Your Health presentations set for June. Nate Littlefield, Wellness Center supervisor at CMMC, will discuss the “ups, downs and plateaus of weight management” that many people face in maintaining their “goal weight.” His presentation will focus […]
CMMC launches first golf ball drop
AUBURN — Central Maine Medical Center will launch its inaugural Golf Ball Drop Monday, June 20, in Auburn. This unique fundraiser, which benefits the CMMC Arbor House, involves the sale of raffle tickets representing numbered golf balls. On June 20 at 5 p.m., the numbered golf balls will be dropped from a significant height onto […]
CMMC offering wellness programs
LEWISTON — Central Maine Medical Center’s Wellness Solutions is offering the following programs beginning Monday, June 6. Bellydancing – Imari (a.k.a. Lisa Cummings) will lead this six-week series presenting bellydancing as a therapeutic, energetic and beautiful cardiovascular exercise suitable for all ages and body types. Wednesdays from 7:15 to 8:15 p.m Cardio Sculpt and Sweat […]
Photographers on display at CMMC
LEWISTON — The works of two Maine photographers are on display at the Central Maine Medical Center Woman’s Hospital Association Rotating Art Gallery. Photography by Ralph Staples and Jim Walker will be on display in CMMC’s main lobby corridor through June 25. Staples of Chelsea is a nature and landscape photographer who has studied at […]
CMMC presentation to address stress
LEWISTON — “The ABCs of Identifying and Managing Stress — Just for the Health of It” will be the subject of two Central Maine Medical Center Accenting Your Health presentations set for May. Deborah Taylor, Ph.D., Associate Program Director of the Central Maine Medical Center Family Medicine Residency, will discuss the impact of chronic unmanaged […]
Dempsey Center offers music and meditation workshop
LEWISTON — The Patrick Dempsey Center for Cancer Hope and Healing at Central Maine Medical Center is offering a free music and meditation workshop for cancer patients, survivors and caregivers. The six-part series will take place from 6-7:30 p.m. on Tuesdays, May 3 through June 7, at the Dempsey Center, 10 High St., Suite 301. […]
Dempsey Center offers free oral, head and neck cancer screenings
LEWISTON — The Patrick Dempsey Center for Cancer Hope & Healing at Central Maine Medical Center and the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention have partnered to offer free screenings for oral, head and neck cancer. The screenings will take place from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on Friday, April 29, at the Trinity […]