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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Sodas Should be Reserved for "Special Occasions"
By- Dr. Joan Marie Pelligrini We've all heard that sodas are bad for you. Most of us just don't believe that a few sodas a day or a week are going to cause a problem. It is true that it is...
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Bye-Bye Necktie?
By- Dr. Amy Movius The necktie, despite having no practical use, has been a symbol of (male)professionalism and power for centuries. Male physicians who sport ties, along with the ubiquitous...
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Eating Disorders - More Common Than You May Think
By Dr. David Prescott Eating Disorders are More Common than You Think: Eating Disorders, which include anorexia nervosa, bulimia, and binge eating disorder, are estimated to impact about 10...
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The Effects of Media on our Children and Adolescents
-By Dr. Jonathan Wood What can we do? On average, children and adolescents spend more than 6 hours a day with media - more time than in formal classroom instruction. In addition, parental...
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Surviving a Heart Attack
- By Dr. Erik Steele A heart attack occurs when blood flow to a section of heart muscle becomes blocked. If the flow of blood isn't restored quickly, the section of heart muscle becomes...
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The Organ Donation Process
- By Dr. Joan Pellegrini There is extensive information available about how to become an organ and tissue donor. Most of us by now know that there are 100,000 people in the US waiting for a...
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Local Organization Needs Help After Search Efforts
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Red Cross Explains How Mainers Can Help Oklahoma Tornado Victims
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LePage Vows To Veto Hospital Repayment-Medicaid Expansion Bill - $105 Million In Bonds Now In Jeopardy
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Gov. LePage Vetoes College Tobacco Ban
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Concealed Weapons Bill
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Elver Fishing New Regulations Decision Postponed
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Convicted Sex Offender from Charleston Going to Prison for 35 Years
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More Than 100 People Rally Against LePage Budget
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Business Breakfast in Bangor Focuses on Bonds
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Brewers Prepare to "Tap into Summer"
Breaking News from CBS
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Minn. park landslide leaves 1 child dead, 1 missing
Fire official said landslide swept over school children on a field trip, burying one to the waist and completely burying the other
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FBI: Arrest made in Wash. ricin letter scare
Grand jury indictment accuses Matthew Ryan Buquet of mailing a threatening communication to a U.S. district judge
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Over 50 injured following Ind. school buses crash
A school bus slammed into the back of another, setting off a chain-reaction crash involving four buses
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Victims of deadly Oklahoma tornado
24 people killed after deadly twister touches down in Moore, Oklahoma
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Video: 5/22: Residents return to tornado-ravaged neighborhoods; Undercover in a Bangladesh clothing factory
The sight of the damage caused by Monday's tornado was almost more than some survivors could bear; Also, Lois Lerner, the IRS manager at the heart of the political targeting scandal, delivered an opening statement Wednesday before a congressional committee, but she refused to take any lawmakers' questions; And, Many American clothes come from factories in Bangladesh, which has a history of workplace disasters.