View All Articles

Articles Showing articles related to: Health & Wellness

When you’re having a heart attack, every second counts

Despite the global pandemic, heart disease—including cardiac arrest—is still the world’s top killer, according to the American Heart Association. “A patient who comes to the Emergency Room having a heart attack is generally considered to be the sickest person in the hospital—the patient who is most at risk,” says...

Read More

Here’s how Ferrell-Whited Physical Therapy can help free you from distressing symptoms, including urinary incontinence

A staple in town for more than three decades, Ferrell-Whited Physical Therapy Services is moving one of its Medina locations, previously in the Summa Health Medical Center for the last 10 years, into a new facility this month. The practice didn’t move far and is now located in the Russell Park building right next door to the old location...

Read More

In an effort to make yoga accessible to all, Evan Scharfeld has changed the way people immerse themselves at Cultivate Yoga Space

For many people across the world, 2020 became the year of the pivot. The fortitude to do so was especially vital for local businesses that had to reconsider their practices when the Covid-19 pandemic hit. One local yoga studio rose to the challenge in an inspiring and substantial way. Starting on January 1, 2021, Avon’s Cultivate Yoga Space...

Read More

Reconsider the nightcap

Do you sometimes rely on a glass of wine at night to help you relax and fall asleep? The National Sleep Foundation estimates that 20 percent of Americans use alcohol to help them fall asleep. Studies show that alcohol does allow healthy people to fall asleep quicker and sleep more deeply for a while. “Alcohol may make it easier to fall...

Read More

The perfect pair: Vitamins D3 and K2

If we were to put together a list of perfect pairs, it wouldn’t take long to come up with classic examples like peanut butter and jelly or spaghetti and meatballs. Today, I want to add one to the list that is not nearly as well known, but if you care about your health, it should be. What is this instant classic? The perfect pair of vitamins D3...

Read More