TURNER — Scooby didn’t seem to mind the acupuncture needles. Three were inserted around his head, then four, then five. One on the side of his back leg. Another at the base of his neck. The 7-year-old yellow Labrador retriever panted serenely, then leaned against his owner, Michelle Emerson, for a scratch behind the ears. […]
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Health officials to host community forum on Ebola in Lewiston
LEWISTON — St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center, Central Maine Medical Center and United Ambulance will host a community forum on Ebola at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 12, at the Franco Center at 46 Cedar St. Participants will learn what Ebola is, how a person can (and can’t) get it, what local hospitals and emergency […]
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Health fair promises something for every family member
PARIS — There’s not much better than a happy and healthy family. And that’s what the annual Health and Happiness Fair for the Whole Family promises. The event, sponsored by Richard Bader Physical Therapy, SAPARS (Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Services, formerly known as REACH) and Safe Voices, will be from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, […]
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Kottler to speak in Boston
LEWISTON — Lewiston-based classical homeopathic medicine practitioner Stephen Kottler, HMC, will speak Saturday, Oct. 18, at an event organized by the Brain Science Foundation at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, a Harvard Medical School affiliate. Kottler will address brain tumor patients and caregivers about the role of homeopathic medicine in helping with the management […]
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Three Americans win Nobel Prize in medicine for work on traffic-control system of cells
Three American researchers won the Nobel Prize in medicine Monday for their insights into the traffic-control system for living cells — discoveries that the awards committee hoped would lead to future treatments for epilepsy, diabetes and immunological disorders. The winners, who will share the $1.2 million prize, are James Rothman, 62, a cell biologist from […]