Category: health

What’s Scarier – Halloween Costumes or Leftover Candy?

October 31st, 2019

Happy Halloween! Today marks the unofficial beginning of the Holiday eating season. If you’re like me, fighting the temptation to splurge daily on Snickers, brownies, kugel, and cupcakes from Halloween to New Year’s Day is difficult.

Don’t Be Scared Of These Halloween Fitness Games

October 29th, 2019

Fitness for Health, a therapeutic, fitness facility for children through senior citizens in the Washington, DC, area, Marc Sickel is happy to recommend a few tips to add some “character” to your family’s workout.

Should Students Be Allowed to Take a “Mental Health Day” From School?

October 24th, 2019

New York Times on September 12, 2019, “On July 1, a law in Oregon went into effect giving students five mental health days in a three-month period. In 2018, Utah changed the definition of a student’s “valid excuse” to miss a day to include an illness “which may be mental or physical.” “ Following the example of Oregon and Utah, under a bill filed in the Florida Legislature for the 2020 session, public school students would be allowed to cite the need for a mental health day as an excuse to miss school.

"Sadfishing"

October 17th, 2019

Simple Changes to Help You Stay in Your Home and Age in Place Safely

October 10th, 2019

Combat "Chemo Brain"

October 1st, 2019

How to Involve Kids in a Healthy Lifestyle

September 26th, 2019

Is Your Mouthwash Mitigating Some of the Health Benefits of Your Exercise?

September 24th, 2019

A Senior's Guide to Looking & Feeling Young

September 19th, 2019

What's In Your Child's Lunchbox?

September 10th, 2019