Wellness Guides
Menopause and Insomnia: Why Sleep Breaks Down in Midlife
Night sweats and insomnia are two different problems that wake you the same way, and they are managed differently. What...
Wellness Guides
Long-form health guides written for Maine and New Hampshire. Vitamin D at 44 degrees north, radon and arsenic in bedrock wells, perimenopause, insulin resistance, and keeping strength and balance through a long winter. Every claim is sourced to a state agency, a federal agency or peer-reviewed research.
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What Causes Hot Flashes, and Why They Are Worse at Night
A hot flash is the body dumping heat it does not actually need to lose, triggered by a tiny temperature...
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Maine Has the Oldest Population in the Country, and Winter Falls Are a Public Health Problem
Maine has the largest share of residents 65 and older of any state, and its own health data shows fall-related...
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Radon Mitigation Cost in Maine: How a System Works and Who Can Install One
EPA's consumer guide deliberately publishes no price for fixing a home, and no Maine agency publishes one either. What does...
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Muscle Loss After 60: Protein, Resistance Training, and Sarcopenia Prevention Research
Maine is the oldest state in the country, and muscle starts thinning around age 30. Here is what the sarcopenia...
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Radon Testing in Maine: Why One in Three Homes Tests High
Maine CDC says one out of every three Maine homes has elevated radon, against nearly one in fifteen nationally. Here...
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Irregular Periods in Perimenopause: What Is Expected and What Is Not
Cycle length that swings by a week or more is the documented first sign of perimenopause. This is the pattern...
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Knee Osteoarthritis Treatment: What Actually Helps, According to the Trials
Nearly a third of Maine adults report doctor-diagnosed arthritis, well above the national rate, and the gap survives age adjustment....
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Insulin Resistance Symptoms: The Early Signs, and What They Are Not
Search results promise a symptom list. The federal agencies that define insulin resistance publish almost none of it, because the...
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What Is a Good Heart Rate Variability? What Your Watch Is Measuring
Your ring gives you one number every morning and a color to go with it. The published research on healthy...
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Arsenic in Private Wells: What Maine and New Hampshire Homeowners Should Know
Roughly half of Maine's population and nearly half of New Hampshire's drink from private wells that no agency tests, inspects...
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PFAS in Maine: What the State Testing Program Has Found
Maine DEP publishes a plain table of private well results, town by town, and in the central Maine sludge belt...