Our Group Visits are designed to highlight the importance of Preventative Medicine in conjunction with your healthcare needs.  Guest Speakers from our wonderful community of physicians and wellness practitioners will join our groups to provide answers that you can't normally get during a regular office visit.

Group Visits with Dr. Mary Ashmore scheduled for the fall and winter

To be held Wednesday evenings for six nights each from 6:00pm - 7:00pm at Midcoast Medicine:

Come join us for physician guided courses and learn from the experiences of others about your own health and well being.

Each of these group visits are being scheduled now and will hold 10-12 people.

To help defray costs, there is a $149 course charge.  You need not be a current patient at Midcoast Medicine.

PEDOMETER CHALLENGE - Developing a lifestyle to keep you healthier and happier

1)         How your lifestyle can affect your "Real Age"

2)         Food Pyramid - What's in and what's OUT!

3)         Metabolic Syndrome - Food addiction; why we can't lose weight

4)         FATS - The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

5)         Body, Mind and Spirit

6)         How do we have and maintain a healthy lifestyle

INSOMNIACS - Are you one?

1)         Exploring a good night's sleep

2)         Common Sleep Aids - benefits and pitfalls

3)         Alternative treatments for a restful night

4)         Exercise - when , where and how

5)         Vitamin D - The sunshine vitamin

6)         Nutrition - eating your way to a good night's sleep

WOMEN'S HEALTH SYMPOSIUM (For Women ONLY)

1)         Women-o-pause

2)         Cardiovascular Health - fish oil, aspirin therapy and the latest recommendations

3)         Cancer Prevention

4)         Nutrition - how to slow down the aging process

5)         Stress Reduction - good sleep hygiene, sexual health, exercise and other  recommendations to turn the stress down in your life. 

6)         Osteoporosis prevention and treatment

MEN'S HEALTH SYMPOSIUM (For Men ONLY)

1)         Men-o-pause

2)         Cardiovascular Health - fish oil, aspirin therapy and the latest recommendations

3)         Cancer Prevention

4)         Nutrition - how to slow down the aging process

5)         Stress Reduction - good sleep hygiene, sexual health, exercise and other  recommendations to turn the stress down in your life. 

6)         Osteoporosis (not just a women's disease) - prevention and treatment

ARTHRITIS and CHRONIC PAIN

1)         Exploring the process of inflammation in our bodies

2)         Anti-inflammatory diet

3)         Exercise - how to keep your bones and joints mobile

4)         Weight Gain or  Loss - reach your goal BMI (Body Mass Index)

5)         NSAIDS - benefits and pitfalls

6)         Alternative treatment - glucosamine, body work, massage, acupuncture, etc.

DEPRESSION (THE MAINE BLUES)

1)         Mechanism of depression

2)         Medications - Vitamin D, SSRI's, St. John's Wort, & other treatments

3)         A.C.E. Score (adverse childhood events)

4)         Exercise

5)         Good sleep hygiene

6)         Stress reduction