STRONG – Amy Alexcovich, DMD, dentist at Strong Area Dental Center (SADC), presents some tips in recognition of National Children’s Dental Health Month, February 2009. Give your child the gift of a healthy…
FARMINGTON – The Healthy Community Coalition is holding its second annual Work Healthy! program, which recognizes businesses and organizations in Greater Franklin County that have placed a high priority on promoting good…
By Dr. Amanda Hepler Rangeley Family Medicine RANGELEY – An important test in helping to ensure good cervical health is the Pap smear. This test was developed in 1923 by Georgios Papanikolaou,…
FARMINGTON – Franklin Health Pediatrics is pleased to announce that Michele McCormick, MD, will join its practice on February 2. Their offices are located in the Franklin Health Medical Arts Center, located next to…
WATERVILLE – HealthReach Community Health Centers has been awarded a $40,000 grant from the Maine Health Access Foundation (MeHAF). The planning grant is aimed at integrating behavioral health into the medical services…
FARMINGTON – The next topic for “Prescriptions for Health” is cardiovascular disease featuring cardiologist Dr. Paul Sweeney. Prescriptions for Health is a health education series that features local physicians who present on…
Beginning this year, the Maine Immunization Program will be supplying childhood vaccines free of charge only for qualified children who are 18 years or younger. Qualified children include: those who have MaineCare…
FARMINGTON – WMCA Health Services is pleased to announce that free and low-cost Gardasil, the vaccine to prevent human papilloma virus (HPV) and cervical cancer, is now available at WMCA Health Services…
FARMINGTON – Evergreen Behavioral Services has been awarded a $300,000 grant from the Maine Health Access Foundation to address primary care needs of children with pervasive developmental disorders and their families in…
FARMINGTON – Franklin Memorial Hospital is pleased to announce the addition of Richard Krull, MD, a medical oncologist and hematologist, who began providing cancer care at Franklin Memorial Hospital on Dec. 17.…