health

Be Careful if You See This
Be Careful if You See This
Be Careful if You See This
It's a pretty common occurrence around Maine to see brown tailed moth webs in trees. Most people find these webs to be harmless and nothing more than an eyesore. But be careful, because for some people, close interactions with what comes out of those webs can cause some serious health concerns...
Want To Live Longer? Move To Portland, Maine
Want To Live Longer? Move To Portland, Maine
Want To Live Longer? Move To Portland, Maine
A new study just released from Stanford, MIT, Harvard, McKinsey, and the U.S. Treasury looks at what are America's longest-living cities. The study, published in The Journal of the American Medical Association, used income versus life expectancy in a sample involving more than 1.4 billion person-year observations of Americans between the ages of 40 to 76. After comparing the taxes people earned t
Do You Live In Maine’s Healthiest County?
Do You Live In Maine’s Healthiest County?
Do You Live In Maine’s Healthiest County?
Are you living in a county where there's an epidemic of obesity? A large percentage of smokers? A large amount of excessive drinking? The informational website County Health Rankings and Roadmaps unveiled their rankings of Maine's healthiest county to Maine's least healthiest...
Lyme Disease Scare
Lyme Disease Scare
Lyme Disease Scare
Just in time to make your skin crawl, researchers claim that more than 50% of Maine's ticks carry lyme disease and other pathogens.