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YSU’s Guin Fit program launches podcast focused on wellness

Youngstown State University’s Guin Fit initiative has launched a new podcast, “Wellness in the Valley,” which highlights community-driven efforts to improve health and wellness across the Mahoning Valley. Produced through Guin Fit, a federally funded community wellness initiative serving residents in Mahoning, Trumbull and Columbiana counties through the CDC Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH) program at YSU, the monthly podcast will spotlight the work of the initiative. Episodes will focus on advancing health equity through initiatives related to nutrition, ...

DEAR ANNIE: Bitter divorce threatens to break up family

DEAR ANNIE: My wife and her sister have always had a close but delicate relationship. They can talk for hours, laugh about old family stories and check in on each other several times a week. But every so often, something shifts, and my sister-in-law becomes sharp, angry and deeply hurtful toward my wife. The source of it almost always goes back to her divorce. Even though the marriage ended 15 years ago, she still carries enormous bitterness toward her ex-husband and blames him entirely for the breakup. During their marriage, however, we grew close to him as part of the family. ...

HINTS FROM HELOISE: Consider a switch to small bag

DEAR HELOISE: Every summer, bags seem to get bigger with more pockets and space, making it harder to find small things like keys. This year, I tried something different, and it worked great. My current bag is a compact, 7-by-10-inch, envelope-style purse that was made from repurposed sailcloth and was sewn in Nantucket, Massachusetts. It has a top zipper and a rope loop, so I can wear it on my wrist or use it as a clutch. It fits my keys, slim card case, sunglasses and hand sanitizer — everything I really use. The sailcloth is easy to clean, making it great for everyday use. Smaller ...

TO YOUR GOOD HEALTH: Jury still out on the value of chamber for COVID

DEAR DR. ROACH: My husband is considering a hyperbaric chamber to see if it can possibly help him for possible post-COVID symptoms. He contracted COVID this past July, and his atrial fibrillation also started to act up at this time. He spent a week in the hospital and was so weak that he had to use a wheelchair to get home. Two days after arriving home, my husband spent a week or so in a local hospital with continued pneumonia symptoms and sepsis. Then he went to rehab for three weeks to get his strength back. He is now in a research study following the replacement of his aortic valve ...

Bridge by Steve Becker

The idea of paying a small premium for insurance to guard against disaster has its bridge counterpart in the safety play, wherein declarer risks losing a trick he might not have to lose in order to safeguard his contract. Today’s deal provides a typical example. South arrives at three ...