by Sheryl Kraft | Feb 2, 2012 | Wellness
Three might be a crowd, but take notice: chances are good that if you are standing with two other people, one of the three of you has diabetes or prediabetes. Fast-forward to the year 2020, and it’ll be two out of three with the condition. Take 79 million adults...
by Patti Sherlock | Mar 2, 2012 | Wellness
The roiling river flows over my head, flooding my nose and mouth. My life jacket holds me up, but I can’t take a breath. Above me, the flipped paddle raft makes a gray roof blocking the brilliant Idaho sky. I remember lead guide Amy’s safety talk: If you...
by Maureen Turner | May 5, 2012 | Wellness
Typically, bills that aim to make public policy changes ride a slow track through the Massachusetts Legislature; it’s not unusual for proponents to refile their bills over multiple legislative sessions, only to see the proposal not come up for a vote until...
by Robert Ebisch | Jun 7, 2012 | Wellness
As if we didn’t have enough fretting from medical experts about this or that affliction “‘increasingly” tormenting patients,”more and more” prevalent among us, now it’s gout. In the U.S., the number of adults suffering from...
by Maureen Turner | Jul 5, 2012 | Wellness
Prostate cancer is the second most common cancer among American men, behind skin cancer. One in six will be diagnosed with the disease during their lifetimes, according to the American Cancer Society, and one in 36 American men will die of the disease, making it the...
