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Here's When You'll Need To Change Your Clocks As Daylight Saving Time Ends Here's When You'll Need To Change Your Clocks As Daylight Saving Time Ends
Here's When You'll Need To Change Your Clocks As Daylight Saving Time Ends Get ready to kiss that sweet sunlight goodbye, as Daylight saving time will soon be coming to an end. For Eastern Standard Time, the big change will happen on the first Sunday of November. Specifically, EDT will be observed until 2 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 3, when we will gain an hour of sleep but push the time back on the clock by one hour. Daylight saving time, sometimes referred to as daylight saving time or Eastern Daylight Time, is the practice of advancing the clocks four hours behind Coordinated Universal Time. That's the change that happens in the spring and summer Eastern Standard …

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by Cecilia Levine
Lifestyle
Buh-Bye Yo-Yo Dieting, Hello Lifestyle Changes: Learn How To Stay ‘Nourished For Life’ Buh-Bye Yo-Yo Dieting, Hello Lifestyle Changes: Learn How To Stay ‘Nourished For Life’
Buh-Bye Yo-Yo Dieting, Hello Lifestyle Changes: Learn How To Stay ‘Nourished For Life’ New Year’s resolutions: we’ve all made them; we’ve all broken them. This month, when once again you think about your weight loss goals and general well-being for the coming year, know that you have a partner to keep you on track with Northern Westchester Hospital’s Center for Healthy Living and its 12-week wellness class, Nourished for Life. Ideal for anyone 18 and older, the $300 course will offer healthy-lifestyle classes to help participants lose weight or simply learn the skills to adopt a healthy lifestyle and better meal planning. “We welcome anyone that has wellness as a goal for 2…

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Lifestyle
Memory Matters: Maintain Brain Health With These Tips Memory Matters: Maintain Brain Health With These Tips
Memory Matters: Maintain Brain Health With These Tips According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 5.7 million Americans were estimated to be living with Alzheimer’s disease in 2018. June is Alzheimer’s & Brain Awareness Month, which brings attention to those struggling with Alzheimer’s or another form of dementia. As we age, it is common to have some memory loss, or age-associated memory impairment, due to the deterioration of our hippocampus, the region of the brain responsible for the formation and retrieval of memories. Blood flow to the brain can also decrease with age, causing memory impairment and changes in cognitive …

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Content Partner: CareMount Medical
Lifestyle
Skincare On The Go: Six Tips To Keep Your Skin Healthy While Traveling Skincare On The Go: Six Tips To Keep Your Skin Healthy While Traveling
Skincare On The Go: Six Tips To Keep Your Skin Healthy While Traveling Our busy lives and travel plans can sometimes get in the way of our daily skincare routine. Your skin is your body’s largest organ, and serves to protect you in many ways; therefore, it is in our interest to take care of it. Here are six essential tips to care for your skin when you’re on the go: 1. Hydration: Drinking water throughout the day is one of the best steps you can take to keep your skin looking and feeling healthy. Grab a reusable water bottle to keep with you while you’re at work, on the go in the car or while you’re at the gym. It is recommended that women drink 11.5 cups of w…

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Lifestyle
Avoid 'Holiday Heart Syndrome' This Winter With 4 Simple Tips Avoid 'Holiday Heart Syndrome' This Winter With 4 Simple Tips
Avoid 'Holiday Heart Syndrome' This Winter With 4 Simple Tips It may sound festive, but there is nothing cheerful about holiday heart syndrome, a very real phenomenon in which heart-related emergencies spike around the food-and-drink-centered holidays. According to Dr. Emily Gordon, an internal medicine physician with Bon Secours Medical Group, a member of the Westchester Medical Center Health Network in Warwick, “There is a higher risk of heart disease around the holidays, when all around us are parties with unhealthy food and drinks. Rich desserts, eggnog and holiday breads are everywhere, and there are no outdoor activities in sight. People also don…

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Content Partner: Westchester Medical Center
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Keeping High School Athletes Injury Free Subject Of Greenwich YMCA Seminar Keeping High School Athletes Injury Free Subject Of Greenwich YMCA Seminar
Keeping High School Athletes Injury Free Subject Of Greenwich YMCA Seminar Two sports medicine specialists and a sports psychologist will participate a panel discussion on Tuesday, April 17 at the Greenwich YMCA about how to help student athletes stay healthy and injury free and develop a mindful work life balance. Sponsored by Orthopedic and Neurosurgery Specialists, the free panel runs from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at 50 E Putnam Ave. in Greenwich. Designed for coaches, parents and student athletes, this talk features ONS Sports Medicine specialists Dr. Marc Kowalsky and Dr. Demetris Delos and sports psychologist Dr. Alex Diaz of Sports Mental Edge. The discussion cove…

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by Jon Craig