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Author Archives: Geoff Gratwick, Health contributor

Geoff Gratwick is a retired rheumatologist who represented Bangor and Hermon in the Maine Senate from 2012 to 2020. He chaired the Health and Human Services Committee while in the Legislature. He is also a former Bangor city councilor.

Posted inHealth

What you need to do if a tick bites you during spring cleaning

Avatar photo by Geoff Gratwick, Health contributor May 2, 2022May 2, 2022

Anyone working or playing in a wooded or grassy area is at risk, and this is no time for modesty.

Posted inHealth

Pills are changing the abortion debate

Avatar photo by Geoff Gratwick, Health contributor April 15, 2022April 15, 2022
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Travel nurses are an expensive bandage for a sick health care system

Avatar photo by Geoff Gratwick, Health contributor February 14, 2022February 14, 2022
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My daughter’s nail polish shows how little we know about chemicals in everyday products

Avatar photo by Geoff Gratwick, Health contributor January 14, 2022January 14, 2022
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‘Forever chemicals’ found across Maine offer a lesson: Be careful what you wish for

Avatar photo by Geoff Gratwick, Health contributor December 30, 2021December 30, 2021
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My friend’s arthritis medicine went from $31 to $148 a month. Here’s what I told him. 

Avatar photo by Geoff Gratwick, Health contributor December 10, 2021December 10, 2021
Masked man in cowboy hat stands in line at airport.
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Deciding how to celebrate Christmas this year is an emotionally loaded 3D chess game

Avatar photo by Geoff Gratwick, Health contributor December 9, 2021December 9, 2021
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After getting COVID, my sister-in-law discovered how fragile our sense of smell is

Avatar photo by Geoff Gratwick, Health contributor December 6, 2021December 6, 2021

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