Health and Wellness

Stitches and kids go together like mosquitoes and summer.  Try what you may to avoid stitches and mosquitoes, sometimes they just happen, and when they do, there will be blood. During a family visit last week, my freshly minted 7-year...

I just scheduled my first Covid vaccine. And I feel some odd combination of gratitude, relief, guilt, and shame. I am eligible to sign up for the Covid vaccine because I am fat. I am “severely obese” or whatever you want...

In my last post, I wrote about my decision to get treatment for stress incontinence. To recap, stress incontinence is a condition that causes people to leak a little bit of pee when they are doing something that stresses the...

Do you find it difficult to incorporate exercise into your daily routine? Do you feel only motivated when in the gym or group fitness classes? Do you think it is impossible achieve a solid and sweaty exercise session at home? Well, YOU...

A few months ago, I stepped on the scale at my yearly check-up. I noticed that the number on the scale was about 25 lbs more than it had been the last time I had stepped on it about...

I never considered hiking, kickball, horseback riding, or swimming to be exercise. They were just things I did, as a kid, and how I had fun. As a teen, the fact that I never learned how to play team sports, never...

If you live in northern Vermont or other places in the northeast, you’ve surely heard the buzz about EEE (Eastern Equine Encephalitis, pun intended). We are currently under high alert in several areas as mosquitos infected with the virus...

A number of years ago, a good friend of mine gave me a cookbook entitled A Year in a Vegetarian Kitchen by the chef Jack Bishop. It was a book of hers that I admired when visiting her home, especially when...

Recently, I’ve “discovered” the vibrant renaissance of fermented foods and the playful process of experimenting with my own ferments. For centuries, fermentation played a vital role in preserving seasonal raw foods and increasing their nutrient bioavailability, preventing famine during...

I knew today was my day to post something but to be honest with you I had no idea what to write about.  I’m in the middle of a series focusing on health and exercise.  While important, it’s not...

What type of exercise is best for me? There’s a lot of information out there about what you should and shouldn’t do to get fit. We often hear comments like “I need more cardio” and “cardio is the hardest part for...

If you’re a child of the 80s like me, you probably never heard the term perimenopause until your friends started warning you about it. I didn’t know the phase before menopause had a name, and that for a lot...

Infuse a festive flair into your holiday celebrations by incorporating Chinese herbs into mocktails. Beyond adding unique flavors, these herbs can bring potential health benefits, from boosting antioxidants to supporting overall well-being.

“Why are we closing things down, when the mortality rate is only 1%? “ “Lots of people die from the flu- what's the big deal?” “Death rates are going down."  As an emergency physician, I've heard similar comments about COVID...