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EDITOR'S NOTE: Physicians, providers, and administrative staff who practice at Maui Health hospitals and clinics answer questions from the public in "Heathwise Maui." Maui Health operates Maui Memorial Medical Center, Maui Memorial Medical Center Outpatient Clinic, Kula Hospital & Clinic and Lana‘i Community Hospital and accepts all patients. To submit a question, go to the website at mauihealth.org/healthwise. Q: What are some tips for preventing colds and flu when my child goes back to school? Travis Glenn, MD, Family Medicine, Glenn Family Medicine at Maui Memorial Medical Center ...

Mahi Pono has water license hearing Friday

Native Hawaiian taro farmer Ed Wendt said he’s against a proposal to allow a private entity to obtain a license for East Maui water — a proposal that is going before the state Board of Land and Natural Resources on Friday. “Water is a public trust resource and it is highly inappropriate to allow a private, much less foreign, for-profit corporation to control any part of it,” said Wendt, who grows taro in Wailuanui. The board meeting will start at 9 a.m. Friday in Honolulu. The public can watch the hearing through a live stream at the J. Walter Cameron Center in Wailuku or via ...

Pacific Permanente Group adds gastroenterologist on Maui

Pacific Permanente Group has added board-certified gastroenterologist Dr. Kimya Nguyen to its Maui team, expanding specialty digestive health care for local patients. Nguyen will provide inpatient and outpatient care at Maui Memorial Medical Center and the Maui Memorial Medical Center ...