Healthy Living

Healthy Living is a weekly news segment, seen Tuesday's on TV5 News at 5:00pm. Local Doctors from Eastern Maine Medical Center discuss important health issues that concern you and your family. For supplemental information, and to review archives, visit the Healthy Living website.

  • Healthy Living: Klinefelter Syndrome

    Healthy Living: Klinefelter Syndrome

    By: Dr. Amy Movius Chances are, you have met somebody whose life has been affected by Klinefelter Syndrome, but didn’t know it. In fact, they might not know it either. Klinefelter syndrome...

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  • Healthy Living: How to be an effective patient self-advocate

    Healthy Living: How to be an effective patient self-advocate

    By- Dr. Joan Marie Pellegrini In today's complex medical world it is no longer acceptable to be a passive participant in your medical care and to leave all the decision making to the...

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  • Healthy Living: Coping With Disasters and Traumatic Events

    Healthy Living: Coping With Disasters and Traumatic Events

    Coping With Disasters and Traumatic Events By- Dr. David Prescott – Eastern Maine Medical Center Behavioral Medicine Common Reactions to a Disaster or Traumatic Event: People who experience...

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  • Healthy Living: Spring Allergies

    Healthy Living: Spring Allergies

    Been sneezing a lot lately? That's not unusual this time of year. TV5 Health Advisor Doctor Erik Steele spoke to Jim Morris on TV5 News at 5 to help us with our spring allergies. Been sneezing a...

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    Searsport Planning Board Deliberating on Tank Proposal Tonight

    - The Searsport Planning Board begins deliberations tonight on a proposed propane tank project. The group "Thanks But No Tank" is against DCP Midstream's plan to build a 22 million gallon propane...

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  • Healthy Living: Anxiety Disorders

    Healthy Living: Anxiety Disorders

    Most Common Type of Mental Health Problem By- Dr. David Prescott More than 40 million Americans have Anxiety Disorders: Nearly 18% of American adults experience some type of clinical anxiety...

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  • Keeping Your Hands Clean

    Keeping Your Hands Clean

    HAND WASHING Amy Movius MD The influenza season was rough this year, filling Maine hospitals to capacity. Warnings about new "superbugs" are in the media nationally and abroad. Several...

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  • Colorectal Cancer Screening Month

    Colorectal Cancer Screening Month

    MARCH IS COLORECTAL CANCER SCREENING MONTH By: Dr. Joan Pellegrini Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the second most common cause of cancer (excluding skin cancers) and cancer deaths in Maine. The...

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  • Healthy Living: Why CPR is so Important

    Healthy Living: Why CPR is so Important

    Why CPR is so important? By- Dr. Anthony Ng Each year in the United States, roughly 360,000 people of all ages suffer non-traumatic sudden cardiac arrest with nine out of ten victims dying. ...

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  • Healthy Living: Coping with Violence and Aggression

    Healthy Living: Coping with Violence and Aggression

    Teaching Our Children and Ourselves By- Dr. David Prescott In tonight's State of the Union address, the President will reportedly talk about our national struggle to cope with gun violence. ...

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