- Alison McKellar | November 15, 2008 8:09 AM | Bangor & Augusta, ME
Jonathon Shenkin, the Bangor pediatric dentist and public health advocate who was behind the recent ban on smoking in the car with children is now working on a new initiative to prohibit the use of...
- Alison McKellar | October 10, 2008 9:00 AM | Bangor & Augusta, ME
In a statement released last week Gov. John Baldacci alerted Mainers to the alarming rate of obesity among Maine kids. According to the governor, 30 percent of Maine youths are either obese or...
- Alison McKellar | October 08, 2008 9:44 AM | Bangor & Augusta, ME
The Consumer Healthcare Products Association (CHPA) announced today that oral cough and cold medicines sold over the counter should not be used in children younger than 4 years old due to the rare...
- Alison McKellar | April 28, 2008 8:31 PM | Bangor & Augusta, ME
An estimated 200,000 Americans are hospitalized each year
for flu-like symptoms and complications from influenza
kill approximately 36,000 during the average “flu season”. Although the common...