Health
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PublishedOctober 14, 2019
Regularly working 10 hours a day may increase stroke risk
Log long hours for 10 years and the risk appears to rise to 45 percent more than for those who work less.
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PublishedOctober 13, 2019
Who says you can’t eat red meat? Food advice questioned anew
Health experts are wrestling with how solid scientific findings should be before guidance is issued, how to address biases that might skew conclusions and whether the pleasure we get from eating should be considered.
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PublishedOctober 12, 2019
Taco Bell pulls beef from some stores over quality concerns
Affected locations are in Michigan, Kentucky, Ohio and elsewhere.
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PublishedSeptember 14, 2019
California woman hospitalized with mercury poisoning after using face cream from Mexico
This is the first case of mercury poisoning from a skin cream in the U.S., health officials say.
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PublishedSeptember 8, 2019
From feta to American slices, a ranking of cheeses by healthfulness
Cheese lovers rejoice! Research is starting to suggest dairy fats may have a neutral-to-positive effect on the heart.
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PublishedSeptember 8, 2019
Cookbook review: Please give us more of the excellent writing in ‘Extra Helping’
Along with the prose, Janet Reich Elsbach's new cookbook contains recipes intended to sustain new parents, new neighbors, ill and recovering patients and the grief-stricken.
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PublishedAugust 15, 2019
Maine Med’s research institute awarded $1.3 million NIH grant to study obesity
The federal grant will be used to conduct of a study of a specific type of gene in hopes of developing new ways to treat obesity and type 2 diabetes
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PublishedAugust 9, 2019
Commentary: Mail-order DNA tests can be fun, but they’re not medical advice
If you're worried about your cancer risk, you need a geneticist – not a DIY kit.
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PublishedAugust 6, 2019
Maine veterans can now get urgent care without VA referrals
Provisions of the MISSION Act get veterans access to more convenient care.
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PublishedJuly 13, 2019
Commentary: It’s not your fault that you eat so much sugar
Consumers don’t even want all this cloying sweetness. Manufacturers made the decision for them.
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