Health & Wellness

Making A Move

These seniors are off their rockers — in a good way.Giving up your home can be hard. But making the move to the right retirement community can be an enjoyable alternative — as well as an adventure.Very few people actually…

New Ways to “See”

High-tech imaging and navigation revolutionize orthopaedic surgery.Like a pilot faced with zero visibility at 30,000 feet when clouds suddenly engulf the plane, a surgeon can’t always clearly see what’s coming next or which path might be best as he probes…

New Times New Hats

Retirement means dancing to a new tune.Sure, there's time for doing hobbies and what you love when you retire. But you don't just wake up the day after you leave work and become a piña-colada drinking, Bermuda-shorts wearing lounge-about. With…

Chew on This

Getting the jaw and teeth in sync can help TMJ disorders. Let's say you're at the movies and get something from the concession stand. Do you worry that your munching might distract or annoy the moviegoers around you? Maybe not,…

Patient, Heal Thyself

Harnessing the regenerative power of stem cells. When you think of stem cells, do you think of embryos? Stem cell-related breakthroughs that make the news often focus on embryonic stem cells and prompt a maelstrom of ethical concerns about the…

The Silent Thief

Early detection of glaucoma is vital.High pressure can conjure varied images, from sweaty palms to hypertension to meteorological predictions of sunny skies (some of us will never forget Granite State weatherman Al Kaprielian's zany squeals of "High Preshah!").If your eye…

Affairs in Order?

Now’s the time to plan and organize.Some people avoid certain topics like the plague: politics, religion and the big doozy, “who gets what after I’m gone.”After all, it’s much easier to come up with a “Bucket List” of things you…

Never Too Late

Many seniors are taking a (second) chance on romance.When Marcel Pion lost his wife Gloria to pancreatic cancer, he became a widower after 42 years of marriage. Happy to golf and then have a few beers afterwards with "the guys,"…

Inherited Tendencies

Doctors focus on genes in the battle against breast cancer.You're grateful for the piercing blue eyes and appreciate the good teeth, but not so much the weak chin and near-sightedness. What else have you inherited? For women with a family…

Losing It For Good

The results of two nationally-respected obesity studies are relatively flattering to New Hampshire. We are officially one of the least rotund states in the U.S.A., ranking 33rd (high numbers are healthier) in the 2009 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention…