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Healthy Living Archives

Dr. Prescott
Dr. Wood
Dr. Movius
Dr. Steele
Dr. Pelligrini
08/26/2008 ACL injuries to female athletes
08/12/2008 The Pros and Cons of Pacifiers
08/04/2008 Teen Driving
07/29/2008 Agoraphobia
07/22/2008 WATER SAFETY
07/15/2008 Safely Keeping the Bugs Away
07/08/2008 Cholesterol screening of children
07/01/2008 Bisphenol A – a.k.a plastic #7
06/24/2008 Sudden Cardiac Death (SCD)
06/17/2008 Being Safe in the Sun
06/10/2008 Managing Your Stress in Tough Economic Times
06/03/2008 Personal Flotation Devices (PFD's)
05/20/2008 Binge Drinking
05/13/2008 When to Bring Your Child to the Emergency Room
05/06/2008 Treatment Options for Heavy Menstrual Bleeding
04/29/2008 Eating Disorders
04/22/2008 Mumps
04/15/2008 Shaken Baby Syndrome (SBS)
04/01/2008 Cancer Screening
03/25/2008 WHAT TO DO WHEN BABIES CRY
03/18/2008 Coping with Workplace Stress
03/11/2008 Disposal of Unwanted Medications at Home
03/04/2008 Snowmobile Safety 2008
02/26/2008 Back Pain
02/19/2008 Social Phobia: When Social Interaction Causes Overwhelming Fear
02/12/2008 Therapeutic hypothermia is a “hot” topic
02/05/2008 SMOKE EXPOSURE IN CARS
01/29/2008 Steering Your Way Through Hospitalization
01/22/2008 Vytorin
01/15/2008 CHICKEN POX: ILLNESS AND VACCINATION
01/08/2008 Weight Loss: Portion Control and Hidden Calories
12/18/2007 Sledding Can be Fun and Safe
12/11/2007 Sorting Out Your Wintertime Blues
12/04/2007 Drink Water
11/27/2007 Counting Over-the-Counter Medications
11/20/2007 Thanksgiving’s Effect on Health and the Body Myths and Facts
11/13/2007 Family Stress During The Holidays: Tips for Coping with Less than Perfect Families
11/06/2007 Hypertension
10/30/2007 Turned 50? Fail this test and you might not see 54!
10/23/2007 The Truth about Fever
10/16/2007 National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week October 22-28
10/09/2007 Spotlight on Bipolar Disorder
09/25/2007 Head Lice
09/18/2007 Major Depression – Still a Silent Epidemic
09/04/2007 LD 24 (SP 22) "An Act To Make Failure To Wear a Seat Belt a Primary Offense" (This Bill will be enacted Sept. 20th, 2007)
08/28/2007 The Treatment of Ear Infections
08/21/2007 School Phobia:  How to Recognize,
How to Cope
08/14/2007 Participation In Organized And School Sports
08/07/2007 Weight Loss and Exercise
07/31/2007 Heat Stress from Enclosed Vehicles
07/24/2007 What is a Hernia
07/17/2007 Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: Reason for Concern, Reason for Hope
07/10/2007 Preventing Falls from Windows
07/03/2007 Second Hand Cigarette Smoke
06/26/2007 Ticks and Bugs
06/19/2007 Alli
06/12/2007 Problem Gambling
06/05/2007 Lawnmower Injuries
05/29/2007 Binge Drinking & Alcohol Abuse
05-22-2007 Summer Safety
05-15-2007 Bicycle Safety
05-08-2007 Metabolism
05-01-2007 Seat Belt Facts
04-24-2007 Blood Transfusions
04-17-2007 Eating Disorders
04-10-2007 Diverticulosis
04-03-2007 Antibiotics
03-27-2007 Insomnia
03-20-2007 Top Ten Disease Fighting Foods
03-13-2007 Guidelines for Finding a Counselor or Therapist
03-06-2007 Snowmobile Safety
02-27-2007 Healthy Living Made Simple
02-20-2007 Sleep Loss
02-13-2007 Child Obesity
02-06-2007 Surviving the Fear - Panic Disorder
1-30-2007 Getting Through Depression: Helping Yourself, Helping Others
1-23-2007 Helminthic Therapy
1-16-2007 Down Syndrome
1-9-2007 Immunization Recommendations for "Meningococcus"
1-2-2007 "The Antibiotics Lowdown"
12-26-2006 Breathalyzer at Home or Away
12-12-2006 New Year Resolutions
12-5-2006 Seat Belts and Teens
11-28-2006 Second-Hand Smoke and Illness in Children
11-21-2006 Seasonal Affective Disorder - Tips for Managing Winter Time Blues
11-14-2006 Roadside Safety
10-31-2006 Candy, Candy, Candy
10-17-2006 Tanning Beds and You or Your Teenager
10-3-2006 Major Depression - It Impacts Us All
09-26-2006 Making the Team: Organized Sports
09-19-2006 Foodborne Diseases
09-12-2006

Identifying Teenagers with Substance Abuse Problems

09-05-2006 Leg Pain at Night
08-29-2006 Risk and Reward : A Vaccine Reminder
08-22-2006 Shopping Cart Injuries: A New Focus in Pediatric Trauma
08-15-2006 Human Papilloma Virus (HPV)
08-08-2006 Information about MRSA for Healthcare Personnel
08-01-2006 Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
07-25-2006 Protecting Yourself from Bacterial Meningitis
07-18-2006 Bipolar Disorder or Manic Depression
07-11-2006 Eye Injury Prevention
06-20-2006 Eating Disorders
06-13-2006 Eastern Equine Encephalitis Fact Sheet
06-06-2006 Lawnmowers & Children
05-30-2006 If Stroke Attacks, Act FAST
05-16-2006 Underage Drinking
05-09-2006

Schizophrenia - Still In Need of Public Awareness

05-02-2006 The Truth Behind Motherly Advice
04-25-2006 Medical Myths
04-18-2006 Attention Defecit Disorder
04-11-2006 Judicious Use of Antibiotics
03-29-2006 Deep Vein Thrombosis
03-22-2006 National Poison Prevention Week: Young Children Remain Most Vulnerable for Unintentional Poisonings
03-15-2006 Stress, Women and Men: The Effects of Stress Are Not Quite the Same
03-08-2006 Secondhand Smoke Fact Sheet
03-01-2006 Helmet Use While Skiing and Snowboarding
02-15-2006 You Can Learn to Have Better Relationships
02-08-2006 Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
02-01-2006 Bed-Wetting Is Usually No Big Deal
01-18-2006 Snowmobile Safety
01-10-2006 Keeping Resolutions for Healthy Change: New Year Resolutions and Beyond
01-03-2006 Safe Headphone and Ear Bud Use
12-20-2005 Alcoholishm and Alcohol Abuse: How Much is Too Much?
12-13-2005 The Health Benefits of Pets
12-6-2005
The Chilling Facts About Hypothermia
11-29-2005 Healthy Minds, Healthy Bodies, and Holiday Stress
11-22-2005 Questions and Answers About Smoking Cessation
11-15-2005 Say What?? Noise Induced Hearing Loss
11-8-2005 Let's Talk Influenza!
11-1-2005 Mental Illness in Jails and Prisons
10-25-2005 Halloween: Is it the Pediatric Dentists's Nightmare?
10-11-2005 Sleepless in Seattle
10-4-2005 Depression and Other Medical Illnesses
09-27-2005 Mercury: Questions and Answers
And...Can I eat Fish?
09-20-2005 Family Disaster Planning
09-13-2005 Psychological Adjustment to Disasters
08-23-2005 Lung Cancer
08-16-2005 Handwashing
08-09-2005 Phobias
08-02-2005 Bullying
07-26-2005 CPR - Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
07-19-2005 Preventing Unintended Teen Pregnancy and Sexually Transmitted Disease
07-05-2005 PostPartum Blues and Depression
06-28-2005 Separation Anxiety and Camp Homesickness
06-21-2005

New Immunization Recommendations: “Meningococcus”

06-14-2005 HAIR SPRAYS AND CANCER - NO EVIDENCE OF A LINK
06-07-2005 Weather and Mood
05-24-2005 Spring is here… and so is Rotovirus!
05-10-2005 ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLES
05-04-2005 Bugged in Maine
04-27-2005 National Window Safety Week - April 25 - 29
04-19-2005 PROTECTING YOURSELF FROM YOUR PILLS BY BEING YOUR OWN FDA
04-05-2005 Preparing for Surgery
03-29-2005 Living Wills
03-22-2005 Persistent Vegetative State, Coma, and Minimal Consciousness
03-15-2005 Febrile Seizures
03-08-2005 Preparing for Pregnancy
03-01-2005 Calcium and its benefits
02-22-2005 Video Games
02-15-2005 Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
02-01-2005 Danger to children from hot liquids
12-28-2004 The Ultimate Gift
12-21-2004 NSAID's
11-30-2004 Pedometer
11-16-2004 Medical Bracelets
11-09-2004 Resist Hibernation
10-19-2004 Lower your blood pressure
10-12-2004 Insomnia
10-05-2004 Gun Safety – Know the Facts!
09-28-2004 Green Tea
09-21-2004 Talking to Terminally Ill Children About Death
09-14-2004 Fat in a Bottle
09-07-2004 Television and Children
08-24-2004 Teenage Driving
08-17-2004 Annual Sport Physical
08-03-2004 Animal Bites
07-27-04 Seven Super Steps for Safe Food In The Summertime
07-20-2004 Cholesterol
07-13-2004 Pool Safety
06-29-2004
Sun Safety
05-18-2004 Medical ID
05-11-2004 Ear Infections
05-04-2004 World Asthma Day
03-30-2004 Estrogen
02-23-2004 Making the home child-safe
01-27-2004 Pregnancy and Smoking
01-20-2004 Fertility
10-15-2003 Irritable bowel syndrome
09-23-2003 Sex Education
08-19-2003 Driving with impaired vision
08-12-2003 Bath Time Safety
07-22-2003 CPR can be Lifesaving
07-15.2003 Lawnmowers & Children
07-01-2003 Prilosec
06-17-2003 Monkey Pox