LEWISTON — Raymond and Doris Masse, who’ve been married for 58 years, are grateful to be able to celebrate another Thanksgiving with their family. Two weeks ago he suffered a heart attack. “I was sitting right here,” he said from his living room chair. It was 10:15 p.m. on Nov. 8. His wife had just […]
heart attack
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Doctor: Use common sense in shoveling; regular exercise helps
LEWISTON — Natalie McCarthy is giving up her shovel. The 84-year-old retired insurance worker likes to keep her walks and pathways clear of snow, and she recently did some shoveling. But later that night, her hands went numb. “It frightened me,” she said. She went to Central Maine Medical Center. “They rushed me in, did […]
advertisement
Posted inFranklin, The Franklin Journal
Alfred man suffers heart attack, dies while hunting in Industry
INDUSTRY — An Alfred man had a heart attack Monday morning while hunting in woods off Hymie Norton Road, Maine State Police Sgt. Blaine Bronson said. James Chadburn, 68, left a hunting camp in Industry at 7:30 a.m. His brother found him face down in the woods, about a half-mile from the main road and […]
Posted inNation / World, sj-web
Study: Novel heart failure drug shows big promise
A new study reports one of the biggest potential advances against heart failure in more than a decade — a first-of-a-kind, experimental drug that lowered the chances of death or hospitalization by about 20 percent. Doctors say the Novartis drug — which doesn’t have a name yet — seems like one of those rare, breakthrough […]
Posted inMaine, sj-web
Officer stops man for speeding in Kennebunk, then saves his life
KENNEBUNK (AP) — Getting pulled over for speeding may have been the luckiest thing that happened to an elderly man in Maine. Gavin Falconer was stopped on Saturday by a police officer in Kennebunk. But shortly after giving the officer his license and registration, the 84-year-old suffered an apparent heart attack and slumped over in […]
Posted inMaine, sj-web
Washington County Sheriff’s Office chief deputy dies unexpectedly
BANGOR — Shawn Donahue, 41, a Washington County law enforcement veteran who had been serving as the chief deputy of the Washington County Sheriff’s Office, died Saturday afternoon of an apparent heart attack while traveling to Bangor to visit family. Washington County Sheriff Donnie Smith confirmed the death Saturday evening. “It’s just a terrible tragedy […]
Posted inMaine, sj-web
Monmouth man wants to thank mystery lifesaver
MONMOUTH (AP) — A Monmouth man says he may not be alive if not for the mystery woman who stopped and helped him after a heart attack. Leonard Crocker, who works for the Monmouth Public Works Department, lost consciousness by the side of the road March 17 just after his crew finished cutting trees. While […]
Posted inMaine, sj-web
After near-death experience, Caribou woman cherishes family most
CARIBOU — Just five months after Jeanine Watson of Caribou married her husband Paul, and less than an hour before their first official Christmas together as husband and wife, she was technically dead in the skies above a forlorn stretch of Maine. What had started out as a big Christmas Eve party for family and […]