Category: Diane Atwood
CATCHING HEALTH with Diane Atwood: Don’t neglect your thumbs
By Diane Atwood A few weeks ago I woke up with a sore right thumb. Right at the base of it, in the joint. Now,…
CATCHING HEALTH: Don’t let your cat get tied up
By Diane Atwood If you were to browse through my photos, you’d come across lots of pictures of my two cats — Scout and Charlotte….
CATCHING HEALTH by Diane Atwood: Backaches don’t have to be forever
By Diane Atwood How often do you think about your back? Only if it happens to hurt? Even then, do you plow through the pain…
CATCHING HEALTH by Diane Atwood: Smith doesn’t let ALS get him down
MOUNT VERNON — George Smith, who will celebrate his 70th birthday in October, does not seem to let anything get him down. He has to…
CATCHING HEALTH by Diane Atwood: Maine’s cold water comes with risks
By Diane Atwood Catching Health The thermometer may climb nice and high now that summer has arrived in Maine, but not if it’s in the…
CATCHING HEALTH by Diane Atwood: Maine’s Public Health nurses are necessary
Editor’s note: This is an edited and condensed version. For a full version, and more on the state of nursing in Maine, visit Diane Atwood’s…
CATCHING HEALTH by Diane Atwood: Make sure yard work doesn’t hurt
By Diane Atwood Hey everybody! Spring is really here. Time for us to throw off our wooly blankets and get outside and do some ……
CATCHING HEALTH: Six secrets to keeping your New Year’s resolutions
By Dianne Atwood If you’re anything like me and about 92 percent of the rest of the population in this country, you do a lousy…
Loathsome fruit fly contributing to wound healing research
By Diane Atwood Health Reporter How many fruit flies have you killed in your lifetime? More than you can count? When you’re done reading this…
CATCHING HEALTH: Doctor’s orders, you have to try these MaineGeneral recipes
By Diane Atwood AUGUSTA — You have to try this recipe for spring rolls. Doctor’s orders. They’re delicious. They’re healthy. They’re easy to make. The…
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