Mind and Body

It all started with garbage. In the Fort Lauderdale, Florida, suburb of Margate, 6-year-old Stephan Duvivier could not wait for garbage day to arrive ...

Yoga practitioners know that a daily dose of sun can help focus the mind, improve circulation and tone muscles. Now the face can get in on the action,...

Of all the things that are uncertain in the world right now, one thing many people can count on to occur like clockwork is allergy season. But that do...

Over the past year, the world has become firmly acquainted with terms including social distancing, incubation period, flattening the curve, quarantine...

Yoga practitioners know that a daily dose of sun can help focus the mind, improve circulation and tone muscles. Now the face can get in on the action,...

Muscle pain and muscle aches are part of life and can happen to just about everyone. Whether they’re from tension, stress, a sports injury or a medica...

Winter is the customary cold and flu season, and a time during which many people aren’t as vigilant about maintaining their health as they might be at...

Barbara Bell knows the importance of medical care and regular visits to the doctor, and why they’re vital for her during the pandemic. Bell, a retired...

January is National Blood Donor Month, but there is never a bad time to be a blood donor and help save lives. Extreme winter weather in some parts of ...

Whether it’s a cellphone, tablet, laptop or even a desktop computer, people are relying on their electronics now more than ever in the midst of the pa...

A natural drug once seen as taboo by mainstream America may now be poised to help battle the country’s opioid crisis. From 1999-2018, 450,000 people i...

Getting a yearly physical in the middle of the deadliest pandemic in a century may seem low on the priority list, but keeping up with personal health ...

Do you toss and turn at night? Do you often wake up feeling groggy and not quite ready to start your day. It could be your sleep environment; everythi...

While many people across the nation responded to the arrival of COVID-19 by putting on “pandemic pounds” and feeling a sense of isolation and even dep...

When it comes to describing his goal for The Lift Project, founder Darren Morton has three words. “It’s a big, hairy, audacious goal,” the associate p...

As the population health and well-being consultant for the Finger Lakes Area School Health Plan, Ken Foresti’s goal is to find ways to better the live...

After a couple weeks of feeling overwhelmed and even a bit blue in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic hitting the U.S., staff members at Penn Yan Centr...

Sitting next to a quiet, calm lake away from the noise and hustle of the urban and suburban environment. Lying under the trees and feeling a nice bree...

Michigan voters in November 2018 passed a ballot measure that legalized cannabis for recreational use, making the Great Lakes State the first in the M...

Building and maintaining a strong immune system is not exactly a walk in the park under normal circumstances. But with many communities under stay-at-...