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: Hand Hygiene
By- Dr. Amy Movius Respiratory illness season (including influenza) is in full swing AND there’s a nasty stomach flu “going around”. I spent most of last night at the hospital attending to...
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Healthy Living: HFCS; The Controversy and Common Sense
Corrections regarding statements about high fructose corn syrup (HFCS): The controversy and common sense. By- Dr. Joan Marie Pellegrini Last month I discussed HFCS in this segment. I have...
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Early Recognition of Mental Health Problems By- Dr. David Prescott Early Recognition a Key to Effective Mental Health Treatment: In mental health treatment, as with all of health care, early...
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Healthy Living: Winter Storm Preparedness
By- Dr. Amy Movius We are on the threshold of a major winter storm, one accompanied by frigid temperatures. Many people (hopefully most) will be hunkering down and riding the storm out at...
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Healthy Living: Hospitalization
Improved Communication = Improved Care By- Dr. Jonathan Wood Being admitted to the hospital is can be scary and traumatic… for the patient and for the patient’s family. Being critically...
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TV5 Health Advisor Dr. Amy Movius spoke to Carolyn Callahan about the dangers of non powder guns such as pellet of bb guns.TV5 Health Advisor Dr. Amy Movius spoke to Carolyn Callahan about the...
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Healthy Living: HFCS
What is High Fructose Corn Syrup and why is it bad for you? By- Dr. Joan Marie Pellegrini Healthy Living at WABI has in the past covered the dangers of drinking soft drinks because of the...
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Healthy Living: New Year's Resolutions
By: Dr. David Prescott Common Resolutions for 2011: According to a recent survey cited by Time Magazine, the recent worldwide economic recession seems to be impacting people's wishes for the...
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Healthy Living: Bipolar Disorder or Manic Depression
By: Dr. David Prescott Bipolar Disorder – As With Many Psychiatric Disorders, Undertreated: A recent story in Florida, concerning a man who entered a school board meeting with a gun,...
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By- Dr. Joan Pellegrini Body piercing that includes areas other than ear lobes is gaining acceptance. One of the reasons that this is interesting to me as a surgeon is that I am now seeing...
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Family And Community Grieve Over Nichole Cable
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Maine Group Criticizes Federal Immigration Plan
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YMCA Brings Healthier Message To State House
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Maine Credit Unions Help End Hunger in Maine
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UMaine Community Prepares For Annual Clean Sweep Sale
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Spring Cleaning at UMaine
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A Celebration To End Hunger In Brewer
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A Dexter Couple Praises A Program That Has Helped Them And Other Disabled Veterans
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MEMA Suggests Tornado Relief Fund
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MEMA Prepares to Help In Tornado Aftermath
Breaking News from CBS
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Oklahoma tornado victims mull next moves
Assessing whether to rebuild their homes; Fire chief in hardest-hit Moore says it's likely no one's still trapped in rubble
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Video: 5/21: Plaza Towers Elementary School: A look at the damage; Tornado injuries: A doctor's point of view
Workers searched through what was left of Plaza Towers Elementary School, which was demolished by the tornado in Moore, Okla. As Anna Werner reports, in many neighborhoods, there isn't much left to salvage; Also, although neighborhoods were destroyed by Monday's tornado, the community of Moore, Okla., has come together; And, around 60 people were still hospitalized Tuesday with injuries they sustained when the tornado plowed through Moore, Okla. Scott Pelley talks to Dr. David Hogan, who helped treat many of the patients who were rushed to his hospital Monday night.
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Prosecutors seek retrial in Bell, Calif. corruption case
L.A. County prosecutors want retrial after jurors had issued mixed verdict for ex-officials accused of corruption
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Video: 5/21: Family's last-minute decision likely saved their lives; Closer look reveals extent of destruction in Moore
David and Anna Friess lost almost all of their possessions in Monday's tornado, but they could have lost more, if not for a last-minute decision; Also, a tour of neighborhoods in Moore, Okla., reveals many homes weren't just damaged by Monday's massive tornado - they were destroyed; And, one resident of Moore, Okla., lost her home to a tornado for a second time Monday.
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Video: 5/21: Tornado in Moore, Okla., was an EF5, the most powerful there is
The twister that plowed through Moore, Okla., injured more than 300 people and caused at least 24 deaths ; Also, a third-grade teacher at Plaza Tower Elementary School in Moore, Okla., did everything she could to save her students; And, Glenn Lewis, the mayor of Moore, Okla., was there in 1999 when another tornado devastated the city. He speaks to Scott Pelley about how the town will rebuild following Monday's disaster.