Category: Health/Wellness
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For many of us, getting into shape means going on a diet or hitting the treadmill. But there’s more to being fit than just cutting back on cookies or signing up for a gym membership. In fact, while physical health is important, internal wellness plays an equal role in determining our overall happiness. So it’s…
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Just a few decades ago, having a tan was a sign of good health, and no one thought twice about doing whatever necessary to get one. From basting in baby oil to lying in the sun for hours, it’s the sad tale of a generation woefully unaware of the dangers of UV radiation until long…
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It was just another routine appointment with her gynecologist, until the doctor asked Sharon Flannery how long she’d had the lump in her breast. The West Hartford resident had been good about keeping up with her regular exams and yearly mammograms, so she was surprised. Flannery had no idea it was there. Not long after,…
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If you’re like most people, you probably keep track of your store receipts along with other important documents like purchase invoices or your car’s service records, just in case. But what about your medical and health records? Are you keeping track of those? Probably not, said Mark Laudenberger, director of health information management at Middlesex…
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The late British actor and comedian Norman Wisdom perhaps said it best: “As you get older three things happen. The first is your memory goes … and I can’t remember the other two.” It’s an amusing quote, but one that also hits home for any number of older adults who, along with needing reading glasses…
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Like riding a bike, skiing just seems to be one of those things you either learn as a kid or you never learn at all. But that doesn’t have to be the case. Plenty of people successfully learn to ski later in life, including Ginny Ludwig, who picked up the sport for the first time…
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In August of 2014, Roy Cross gave his wife a kiss goodbye before leaving for a motorcycle ride with a friend. Several hours later she got a call that there had been an accident. “I was just expecting maybe a broken arm,” said Susan Berck-Cross of Niantic, “or maybe he just needed a new pair…
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It’s a Wednesday night in Hartford and roughly 20 women are gathered in the back room at Dish Bar & Grill. Holding glasses of wine, they mingle with one another while helping themselves to an appetizing buffet spread. Ranging in age from twentysomethings to women in their early 40s, they’re laughing, chatting, and if you…
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Christian presses Anastasia up against the wall of the elevator and kisses her passionately before the doors open and three businessmen walk on, interrupting the moment. Anastasia’s head swims and she breathlessly waits for them to leave, and then …ahem, you get the idea. Even if you haven’t read “Fifty Shades of Grey,” you still…
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Like poodle skirts and the Studebaker, the days when doctors made house calls seem like throwbacks to a different era. It’s hard to imagine in today’s fast-paced health care system that there was ever a time when you could call your own doctors for help after hours, expect that they’d oversee your treatment during a…
Sarah Lemire 