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.
Health
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Local & State
Alzheimer’s disease threatens an aging Maine
With the number of Mainers with Alzheimer’s rising rapidly, research at The Jackson Lab and beyond is crucial to slowing its impact on families and taxpayers.
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Posted inLocal & State, News, Uncategorized
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
Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State
Maine veterans can now receive urgent care without a referral through VA-connected facilities
Provisions of the MISSION Act get veterans access to more convenient care.
Posted inBusiness, Food & Dining, Nation & World
To boost milk, dairy groups see hope in lattes in schools
Coffee bars are popping in high schools, and not just because students want to cram for tests.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-Eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Trump administration’s efforts to save coal are a slap in the face to humanity
Fossil fuel-driven climate change will have a particularly devastating impact on the poor and on future generations.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-Eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Children – and battery electric school buses – are our future
A new federal bill will help districts get the resources they need to provide tens of thousands of young Mainers with healthy air to breathe and a safe ride to school.
Posted inLife & Culture, Nation & World
Santa Fe’s ‘Alzheimer’s Cafe’ helping people with dementia
Participants are given paint supplies, collage materials and sheet music to help stimulate their minds.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News, Politics
Mills signs bill requiring state to alert communities to federal air quality violations
The new law comes after South Portland residents complained they were not notified of air quality violations from a petroleum tank farm along the Fore River.
Posted inHealth, Local & State, News
Several cases of whooping cough reported in Portland schools
Cases of pertussis have been confirmed at Longfellow Elementary School, Lincoln Middle School and Deering High School.