Health & Fitness

Nutrition Label Changes

The Food and Drug Administration is proposing several changes to the nutrition labels you see on packaged foods and beverages. To give us a picture of what’s being changed is Richard J. Wood, director of the Center for Wellness Education and Research (CWER) at...

Weight Loss Surgery

More than one third of US adults are obese. That’s according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. And a small minority of adults and now teenagers are taking matters into doctor’s hands and opting for weight loss surgery. On Monday, March...

Nutrition Label Changes

The Food and Drug Administration is proposing several changes to the nutrition labels you see on packaged foods and beverages and to give us a picture of what’s being changed is Richard J. Wood, director of the Center for Wellness Education and Research (CWER)...

Affordable Care Act in Berkshire County

Bryan Ayars, CEO of Community Health Programs in Berkshire County discusses the impact and importance of the federal Affordable Care Act, and the campaign his organization has begun to make more than 10,000 Berkshire County residents aware of the health insurance they...

Heart Disease

Dr. Quinn Pack, a Preventive Cardiologist at Baystate Health, talks about heart disease, which is the leading cause of disease in both men and women. February is American Heart Month and he has advice and tips for controlling it and better, preventing it from taking...

Heroin Addiction

Connecting Point Contributor Carolee McGrath looks into the heroin epidemic that has become prevalent in Franklin County.  She talks with members of the Opioid Education and Awareness Task Force that was formed because of the recent spike in heroin activity in that...

Your Skin Is In Tanning Is Out

The Melanoma Foundation of New England (MFNE) is holding its 7th annual Your Skin Is In Tanning is Out pledge drive from January 6 to April 30.  The Your Skin Is In program educates teens and young adults on the dangers of tanning and the direct link between tanning...

Web Premiere: LIVESTRONG

LIVESTRONG at the YMCA is a 12-week small-group program designed for adult cancer survivors who have become de-conditioned or chronically fatigued from their cancer or treatment. The program is offered without cost to the participants and over 200 people have gone...

Camp Care

Camp Care offers therapeutic riding services year round in a newly completed indoor arena for kids and adults with physical disabilities. The concept of Camp Care originated through a strong desire to serve the children in need at Crossroads Physical Therapy, LLC. A...

HIV and AIDS

On Monday, December 30th, the documentary How to Survive a Plague airs on Independent Lens; it profiles an unlikely group of activists who helped identify and distribute promising treatments for HIV and AIDS in order to save those suffering from the disease....