| New WOW! Feature: Dr. Lisa's Wellness ABC's |
 Want to lead a healthy lifestyle, but feeling squeezed for time? WOW! wants to help you out. Each month, WOW! medical advisor Dr. Lisa Belisle will focus on a specific wellness topic and provide you with the latest high quality information in an easy "ABC" sequence. We'll explain more about our exciting new format in the fall 2009 WOW! newsletter. Stay tuned!
Happy August!
Lisa Belisle, MD, MPH
Medical Advisor, MaineHealth WOW!
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| Western Maine Health Superhero HR Staff |
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Western Maine Health Superhero HR staff on their way to Stephen's Memorial Hospital to assure that employees participate in WOW! Rewards.
 From left to right (on photo with sign): Sharon Young, Liz Bennoch, Sharon Buffington, Roberta Metivier
Don't wait...WOW! Rewards ends August 31 |
| Red Tide Warning |
 With elevated levels of paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP, also known as red tide poisoning) causing much of the coastline to be closed to commercial harvesting for some shellfish, Maine CDC in the Department of Health and Human Services and the Maine Department of Marine Resources are reminding Mainers and tourists of recommendations for the safe consumption of shellfish. Click here to read more. |
| Food, Inc. |
 How much do you really know about the food we buy at our local supermarkets and serve to our families? In Food, Inc. filmaker Robert Kenner lifts the veil on our nation's food industry. To watch the trailer click here. |
| Tobacco Tales |
Saying goodbye to tobacco. |
