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BY SANDRA GUY Reassessment is Job #1 as each month ticks by in coronavirus time. The theme for September — National Cholesterol Education Month — offers a chance to take a deep breath and find time to get your cholesterol level checked, and to figure out what that means. Most Americans’ bad cholesterol — the so-called “lousy”…

BY SANDRA GUY Even before the coronavirus dealt college students an unfathomable blow to their well-beings — mentally and potentially physically — counseling centers reported increases in students’ rates of anxiety and depression. Nearly six in 10 (58.9 percent) students who visited college counseling centers in 2019, prior to the pandemic, had anxiety, making it the…

BY SANDRA GUY It’s tough to think of sleep and rejuvenation amid a global pandemic. But as you try to keep a healthy schedule while homebound, put sleep at the top of the list – and not just to feel better. Six to eight hours of uninterrupted sleep helps repair cells and tissue. Think of…

BY SANDRA GUY Now that the coronavirus pandemic is keeping many people in their sweats and pajamas all day, it’s easier than ever to reach for a few soda pops and bags of M&Ms, Reese’s cups and Gummy Bears. Stop – and stop now. It’s going to take a 360-degree turn to keep weight gain…

BY SANDRA GUY The key to staving off stress – whether you’ve had a computer meltdown at work or a life-altering panic at home – is to change your brain pathways, and that can be as simple as recognizing that April is Stress Awareness Month. It’s a matter of near-constant awareness – boosting your ability…

BY SANDRA GUY Thinking of buying essential oils as a holiday gift? The options may seem mind-boggling and the purported benefits lacking in scientific data, but essential oils’ popularity and centuries-old efficacy are unquestionable. That’s because essential oils may soothe minor ailments, whether it’s putting one or two drops of eucalyptus oil into a hot…

Lauren Kent and a friend started an online group to help other young moms like them

Gary native Pierre DeBois, 47, would never have foreseen that his childhood hobby of making replicas of Lamborghini Countachs and Buick Regal T-Types would evolve into an engineering career.

Math class at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago might not be what you expect.