Heart Disease is a group of conditions that affect the heart and surrounding blood vessels. Heart disease is also called cardiovascular disease. Heart disease can cause heart attacks and strokes.
Call 911 if you think someone may be having a heart attack
Diabetes is a chronic (long-lasting) health condition that affects how your body turns food into energy. There are three main types of diabetes: type 1, type 2, and gestational diabetes (diabetes while pregnant).
Your body breaks down most of the food you eat into sugar (glucose) and releases it into your blood. When your blood sugar goes up, it signals your pancreas to release insulin. Insulin acts like a key to let the blood sugar into your body's cells for use as energy.
Regular screenings can help prevent cancer or find it early when it's easier to treat.
The table below shows when those at average cancer risk should get breast and cervical screenings. Talk with your health care provider to make sure it's the right test at the right time for you. Learn more at www.screenmaine.org.
You can reduce your risk of getting cancer:
Cancer is a complex disease where cells in the body grow uncontrollably.
Cells normally grow, divide, and die when old or damaged. These cells are replaced with new cells and the cycle continues. Sometimes a cell becomes so damaged that it does not die when it should, and the cycle is broken. These damaged cells grow and multiply even though the body does not need them. This is how a tumor is formed. Not all tumors are harmful, but some tumors can spread to nearby tissues and even other organs. These tumors are known as malignant, or cancerous, tumors.
Asthma is a long-term lung disease that makes it hard to breathe and can cause symptoms such as wheezing, breathlessness, chest tightness, and coughing. It can be serious—even life-threatening—and may begin at any age.
