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.
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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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EMS Memorial to Go Up in Augusta
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Authorities Continue to Work Together to Search for Nichole Cable
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Wardens Invite Public to Search for Missing Glenburn Teen
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Bands Battle In Ellsworth To Benefit Area Nonprofit
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Relay For Life Raises Over $250,000 for Cancer Research
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Law Enforcement May Soon Need Warrants To Use Cameras On Remote Private Property
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Valley Grange Awards WABI
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Fugitive Arrested Following Chase
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Bargain Hunters Prepare for 10-Mile Yard Sale in Cornville and Skowhegan
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Penobscot Narrows Bridge Observatory Opens Saturday
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Video: A nation of slobs?
There was a time when elegant attire wasn't just for the red carpet, but for any event, from dinner to shopping. These days, it seems anything goes. Does that mean we have become a nation of slobs? Nancy Giles reports.
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Video: battered mini-golf course gets back on its feet
Bill Geist meets Glenn Lynn, who has designed more than 400 mini-golf courses, and is adding one more to his list: Barnacle Bill's miniature golf course, which like many other Jersey Shore businesses was obliterated by Hurricane Sandy.
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Video: Jennifer Lopez: Musician, actress, designer and more
Lee Cowan sits down with celebrity powerhouse Jennifer Lopez, who has not only been tops in music and film but also in fashion. She talks about her business empire, her sense of style and design, and what it's like to be a "workaholic" mother.
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Video: The strange, inventive world of wallpaper
Some historians believe wallpaper had ancient origins, but despite its popularity among past generations it had fallen out of favor. Now some entrepreneurial wallpaper designers are stirring a renaissance of wall coverings with styles that surprise and amuse. Rita Braver reports. Photo gallery: Funky wallpaper
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Video: Gardens in the New York sky
In cities where skyscrapers dominate the landscape, people go to great lengths - or great heights - to create green spaces. Erin Moriarty of "48 Hours" reports on some stunning high-altitude gardens. Photos courtesy Norman McGrath