Martin's Must-Reads

Martin's Must-Reads

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Martin's Must-Reads episodes

  • To Your Health: How To Cut A Clear Path Through Medicare Coverage Confusion
    Reaching retirement age at 65 is one of life’s key milestones and certainly a cause to celebrate! However, before the celebration starts, one of the important tasks is cutting a clear path through the Medicare Coverage confusion. Low health literacy is one of the biggest problems when people begin considering their Medicare options. An article in The Journal of Health Communication stated "the success of health plans hinges on the engagement of their members, and that requires providing
    2 min
  • To Your Health: COVID Variants
    Could you or someone you know have created a monster? A monster, mutant...variant of COVID-19? Unvaccinated people lead to person to person transmission of the virus. Every time the virus replicates, there is an opportunity for mutation. Right now, the mutation known as the delta variant has become the dominant strain of COVID in the United States. The Public Health Communications Collaborative reports that the delta variant is more contagious and spreads more easily than the original COVID-19
    2 min
  • Martin's Must Reads: 'The Four Winds'
    “Elsa Wolcott had spent years in enforced solitude, reading fictional adventures and imagining other lives. In her lonely bedroom, surrounded by the novels that had become her friends, she sometimes dared to dream of an adventure of her own.”
    2 min
  • To Your Health: Ticks Are Responsible for More Than Just Lyme Disease
    When people think of ticks, the next thing they usually think of is Lyme Disease. But did you know ticks are responsible for over fifteen different human diseases in the United States? According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, ticks spread the pathogens that cause disease through the feeding process, when small amounts of their saliva enter their host. To avoid becoming a meal for a disease ridden tick, avoid overgrown shady areas when outdoors. The common suggestion of
    2 min
  • Martin's Must Reads: 'Leave Only Footprints'
    Before sunrise on January 1, Conor hiked to the top of Cadillac Mountain in Acadia National Park braving the cold Maine weather to watch the sunrise on the continental United States. This began his odyssey to visit every national park in one year.
    2 min
  • To Your Health: Firework Safety
    John Adams wrote his wife, Abigail that July 4th “ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires and illuminations from one end of this continent to the other, from this time forward forever more." Independence Day is almost here and many of us will be celebrating it in a style that would make John Adams proud. However, this is also the time of year that the National Council on Fireworks Safety reminds the public of the safe and responsible use of
    2 min
  • Martin's Must Reads: 'Things in Jars'
    “Sir Edmund steels himself daily against forces that lie in wait to punish him for his dark and secret infatuation with unnatural nature. Sir Edmund is a collector, an insatiable, relentless collector, with an interest in anomalies and mutations, aberrations and malformations of life in or around the realm of water. If it swims or paddles or blows bubbles in any way oddly, then he’ll have it killed, stuffed or put in a jar, and brought to his private library.”
    2 min
  • To Your Health: Varicose Veins
    As the temperature goes up, the issue of varicose veins may become more noticeable, if only because they are on display when people wear shorts or swimwear. However, varicose veins don’t only affect the legs. According to the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, varicose veins are a common condition caused by weak or damaged vein walls and valves. Varicose veins may form whenever blood pressure increases inside your veins. They can happen anywhere in the body. Hemorrhoids are a type of
    2 min

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There are one million new books published each year. With so many books and so little time, where do you begin to find your next must-read? There’s the New York Times Bestseller list, the Goodreads…