Health & Fitness

Tobacco Sale Ban

Springfield Public Health Director Helen Caulton will discuss the vote by the Springfield Board of Health to ban tobacco sales in drug stores, grocery stores, and other stores that have pharmacies. Springfield joins roughly 25 communities mainly in the eastern part of...

Alzheimer’s

Kristina Chapell, Development and Outreach Coordinator for the Alzheimer’s Association will discuss the assistance and services available for patients and their families — in conjunction with 10:00 P.M. Thursday 3/29 showing of; “Independent...

Bee Sting Therapy

Multiple Sclerosis patient Phil Massery is using an alternative therapy – bee venom – to treat the symptoms that the MS has afflicted him with. We will meet Phil and speak with doctors about the use of this unorthodox treatment. Bee Sting...

ENERGIA Fitness Center

ENERGIA Fitness Center in Hadley is a brand new health club that creates its own energy from the exercise cycles at its facility. The private health club in Hadley is the first in Massachusetts to turn energy generated in spin classes into clean and renewable energy...

New Vascular Center at Baystate Medical Center

Host Carrie Saldo will preview the opening of the Davis Family Heart & Vascular Center in the Mass Mutual wing — the first unit to open in the so-called “Hospital of the Future” at Baystate Medical Center. Mark Hirko, MD, Chief of Vascular Surgery, and...

Cardiac Rehab

At Baystate Medical Center we will be joining patient Janet Kirby who suffered from a heart attack, as she participates in the Cardiovascular Rehabilitation Program. This program encourages healthy living through education, controlled and individualized exercise. Dr....

Binge Eating Disorder

Jennifer Smith, LICSW, director of the Walden Behavioral Care clinic in Northampton and Walden and Registered Dietician Kelly Stellatto, MS RD LDN, will discuss Binge Eating, the most common eating disorder impacting roughly 2% of the population — 6 million...

Healthy Eating with Apps

For most, it’s relatively easy to eat healthy food when you’re at home and have the time to shop and plan a meal, but how about when you are out and about? Continuing with our series on Winter Wellness, UMass Chef Simon Stevenson takes a look at how you can use...

On Belay? Belay on!

For the second part of our month-long Winter Wellness series Carrie Saldo adds indoor rock climbing to her fitness routine. As a complete newcomer to the sport she explores who can do it – just about anyone – and just how effective, and thrilling, a work-out it...

Winter Blues

Psychiatrist Stuart Anfang, MD of Baystate Medical Center will answer questions about dealing with the “Winter...