Christine Blake Smith, DO

06/08/2026

Congratulations to Dr. Christine Blake Smith, recipient of the prestigious Roswell P. Bates Public Service Award presented by the Maine Osteopathic Association.

For decades, Dr. Smith has dedicated her career to compassionate, prevention-focused patient care while continually advancing public health education, physician mentorship, and community service throughout Maine and beyond. In addition to leading a personalized preventive and lifestyle medicine practice, she now serves as a national and international clinician educator and coach, providing education and guidance to healthcare providers across the country and internationally in the areas of chronic pain, addiction medicine, prevention, and patient-centered care.

Dr. Smith has served as President and Spokesperson for the American Heart Association of Maine and has delivered extensive public health education programs throughout the state alongside organizations such as Easterseals, the American Diabetes Association, the Dempsey Center, and the Susan G. Komen Foundation, just to name a few. She has also served as Medical Director for Milestone Recovery Center, medical contributor for WMTW News, volunteer physician through the Biddeford Free Clinic, and continues to advocate for a more patient-empowered, compassionate, and relationship-centered healthcare system.

Beyond medicine, Dr. Smith has dedicated herself to service in countless ways, including serving as a foster parent for the State of Maine while raising five children of her own. Through her nonprofit organization, Christine Blake Designs, she has also donated more than $100,000 worth of gowns and dresses to families in need, combining creativity, compassion, and service to support others during difficult times.

Recently earning additional board certifications in Addiction Medicine and Lifestyle Medicine, Dr. Smith continues to help shape the future of preventive and resilience-focused healthcare while mentoring both patients and physicians alike.

This award reflects a lifelong commitment to healing, education, leadership, service, and the belief that medicine is most powerful when it is deeply human. We are incredibly proud to celebrate this well-deserved recognition.

05/07/2026

Congratulations to Dr. Christine Blake Smith!

04/27/2026

Dental Flossing Is Associated With Reduction In Incident Ischemic Stroke, Research Indicates
Cardiology Advisor (4/24) reported, “Dental flossing has a significant independent association with a reduction in incident ischemic stroke, according to study findings.” Investigators found that “the flosser group had a significantly decreased ischemic stroke risk (hazard ratio [HR], 0.62; 95% CI, 0.51-0.75) vs the nonflosser group.” The “risk reduction (adjusted HR [aHR], 0.77; 95% CI, 0.64-0.96) continued to be significant after adjustment for s*x, age, 3-level education, smoking status, race-center, diabetes, hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, regular brushing, and regular dental care.” The findings were published in Stroke.

04/13/2026

Research Links Depression To Higher Risk Of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF):

Rare Disease Advisor (4/10) reported, “Researchers found that depression was associated with a higher risk of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), according to a recent study.” In over 353,000 “UK Biobank participants followed for a mean of 14.5 years, a team of researchers identified 2261 incident IPF cases and found that people with depression had a 52% higher risk of developing IPF than those without depression after adjustment for sociodemographic and respiratory factors.” Additionally, “depressive symptoms measured by a Patient Health Questionnaire-2 score of 3 or higher were...linked with greater IPF risk.” The findings were published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health.

04/10/2026

If Alzheimer’s or dementia has touched someone in your family, you may find this new research incredibly hopeful. After 30 years in medicine, it takes a lot to impress me.
But what’s happening right now in Alzheimer’s research is truly remarkable!
For the first time, treatments are being used that actually target the disease process in the brain and can slow its progression.
I made a short video explaining the breakthrough and what they are working on next. I'm super excited about it! Please share!

Major Medical Breakthrough: The Beginning of the End of Alzheimer’s?For decades Alzheimer’s disease was one of the most frustrating conditions in medicine. D...

04/06/2026

Common Antibiotics, Non-Antibiotic Drugs Associated With Increased Odds Of Clostridioides Difficile Infection, Study Finds
MedPage Today (4/3) reported a study found that “both antibiotics and non-antibiotic drugs were associated with significantly increased odds of C. difficile infections within 30 days of use.” According to researchers, these drugs include: lincosamides (adjusted OR 31.4); combinations of penicillins (aOR 19.8); antidiarrheals (aOR 7.3); analgesics (aOR 2.8); corticosteroids (aOR 2.4); proton pump inhibitors (PPIs; aOR 1.8); and histamine H2-receptor antagonists (aOR 1.4). The researchers noted “that the largest increase in odds of C. difficile infection among non-antibiotics was observed for antidiarrheals.” However, they added that their sensitivity analyses suggested that the effect may decrease with less recent exposure, “as is the case for antibiotics.” The study was published in Gut.

04/02/2026

Preventative medicine is shifting away from medications and empowering patients on creating TRUE and LASTING change. Just uploaded "An Introduction to TRUE Prevention and Healing"
and "Can You Prevent Dementia?" on my new patient education platform called "Reclaim Health"!
https://education.drchristineblakesmith.com/

03/30/2026

I CAN’T BELIEVE IT’S FINALLY LIVE!
After years of working closely with patients, I’ve created something I’ve been wanting to build for a long time. I finally built what I wish every patient had access to…
An online education and support platform to help you understand your body and start feeling better—step by step. So many people don’t have enough access to healthcare. Others have access but want to learn/do more; they want their power back.

This has TRULY been a labor of love, over 20 yrs in the making. I’ve had the privilege of helping so many people: sleep again, calm their anxiety, improve chronic pain, strengthen relationships, and in many cases, reduce medications—sometimes dramatically, all by working with the body, not against it.

Everything inside this platform is built from:
• clinical experience/ 4 board degrees
• thousands of patient interactions
• and what I’ve applied in my own life and health using the principles of lifestyle medicine and whole-person care.

The first 18 modules are already live, and I’ll be adding more regularly.
If you’ve ever felt like something is being missed…or that your body isn’t being fully understood…
This is a place to start:
https://education.drchristineblakesmith.com/
Start with the “Where to Start” video.

Learn how to reduce stress, improve sleep, ease pain, and feel better, naturally. Reclaim Health is an education and support platform with short, practical videos to help you understand your body, calm your system, and take back control of your health.