Visit our Wellness Library in the Social Hub at Lifestyle Medicine Brunswick!

Our Library consists of some well-connected topics, including but not limited to:  

• Nutrition & Healthy Eating Cookbooks
• Therapies
• Dementia
• Parkinson's
• Child/Teen health
• Cancer
• Mental Health
• Stress 

Our books are available for reading or check-out whenever we have a volunteer staffing the Social Hub. 

MaineHealth Lifestyle Medicine Brunswick, 329 Maine Street, Brunswick

207-373-6585  

This group is intended for patients who have experienced heart problems.

Caregivers are welcome.

What to expect:

· Social connection and support

· Ongoing contact with health professionals

· Keep updated on latest recommendations

· Explore elements of Lifestyle medicine

· Represent the needs of other heart patients

2nd Tuesday each month, 1:30-2:30 pm, at Cardiac & Pulmonary Rehab, 329 Maine Street, Brunswick, ME 04011

Participants do not need to have been a part of cardiac rehab to join in this group.

For more information, please call 207-373-6360.

Running Start is a co-ed exercise program for all age groups that incorporates the proper technique of warm-up, stretching, calisthenics, and aerobic exercise tailored to your personal needs. The classes allow everyone to increase or maintain their fitness level in their own way. A clinical exercise physiologist facilitates this program.

Medical Release from a physician and Waiver of Liability are required prior to participation.

Regular physical activity improves your cardiovascular system, muscle tone, and flexibility, as well as reduces the risk of heart disease, the number one killer of adults in the United States. If you increase your physical activity level, you will improve your quality of life. You'll look better, feel better, and have more energy to enjoy your leisure time.

Supervised medical exercise consisting of an initial fitness assessment and progressive resistance training, flexibility exercises, and a cardiovascular program. 

A clinical exercise physiologist facilitates this program. Classes are $40 per month per person and meet Tuesdays and Thursdays in either a morning or afternoon time slot.

Registration is required and is by the month.

* Please DO NOT register prior to completing your Intake and being assigned a class time.

* Medical Release from a physician and Waiver of Liability are required prior to participation. Once your Medical Release has been received, an exercise physiologist will contact you to schedule an Intake Appointment. 

Please call 207-373-6585 for more information or to request required forms.

Running Start Swim is a co-ed exercise program for all age groups with shallow-end aerobics and lane swimming. A clinical exercise physiologist facilitates this program.

Medical Release from a physician and Waiver of Liability are required prior to participation.

Regular physical activity improves your cardiovascular system, muscle tone, and flexibility, as well as reduces the risk of heart disease, the number one killer of adults in the United States. If you increase your physical activity level, you will improve your quality of life. You'll look better, feel better, and have more energy to enjoy your leisure time.

Food is Medicine MaineHealth Mid Coast Hospital

MaineHealth is offering a FREE 15-week program to help people improve their health with nutritious food and lifestyle changes. Eating healthy foods can help with conditions like type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, and obesity. Your journey toward better health can start today!

Who can join? This free program is for people who:

• Are age 18+
• Have a chronic health condition (like type 2 diabetes, obesity, high cholesterol or high blood pressure)
• Have limited access to affordable, healthy food
• Want to make healthy lifestyle changes

What you can expect

• Weekly bags of healthy food and accompanying recipes from MaineHealth Food Pantry Brunswick
• Connect with and support others in your community
• Resources to help manage your health conditions

For More Information:

• call: 207-373-4513
• email: midcoastchi@mainehealth.org  
• visit: https://mainehealth.org/fimbrunswick  

A collaboration between MaineHealth Lifestyle Medicine Brunswick and the Mid Coast Hunger Prevention Program.

Join us for a free, nurse-led group for parents and parents-to-be. We offer a welcoming place for new and pregnant parents to talk, listen and get support from others during the transition to parenthood. Babies welcome! Snacks and beverages will be provided. Drop-ins are welcome. Please call 301-8343 for more information.

This group meets on the 2nd Monday of each month, from 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

A FREE monthly series that provides cooking demonstrations and education showing how chronic disease can be prevented, treated and even reversed with a plant-based diet for an overall healthier lifestyle.

Presentations by Timothy Howe, MD

Food Demonstrations by Sheryl McWilliams RN, MPH and Lyn Howe, MPH

• January 13: How Diet Affects Autoimmune Disease
• February 3: Perfect Health Depends Upon Perfect Circulation
• March 10: Protein: The Good, The Bad and The Better!
• April 14: Cancer: How Lifestyle Affects Our Chance of Getting It & How to Minimize the Risk
• May 12: Your Brain: How Lifestyle Affects Your Thoughts & Brain Health

MaineHealth Lifestyle Medicine Brunswick, Teaching Kitchen, 329 Maine Street in Brunswick

Registration is required.