When I mentioned to a friend that I was thinking of taking my Labrador Retriever to the groomer, she suggested I shouldn’t do it, out of concern that the COVID-19 virus could pass through her fur if the groomer was infected, or get on the leash, or pass from the groomer to me when I dropped the dog off.
High school tradition with friends
September 29, 2020 By Leave a Comment
We didn’t plan for the bench photo to symbolize long-term friendship when seven of us high school seniors sat on a bench in Stuyvesant Square Park in New York City, down the street from our school, and asked my then-boyfriend to take a photo of us on a breezy spring day before graduation.
Cancer and COVID
September 29, 2020 By Leave a Comment
While individuals are at greater risk, treatment and screening must continue
Airport therapy dogs comfort anxious travelers
April 7, 2020 By Leave a Comment
Afraid to fly? These dogs can help. Therapy dogs are making people smile.
Proprietary blends: supplements with hidden risks
April 7, 2020 By Leave a Comment
Supplements that have a mixture of ingredients are called proprietary blends — which are not required to list all the ingredients or the amounts of what vitamins and supplements are in the mixture. Moriarty won’t buy proprietary blends.
Putting treatments into motion
April 7, 2020 By Leave a Comment
Parkinson’s disease — a progressive movement disorder — has no cure, but better treatments are giving more hope
Coronavirus: coping with uncertainty
April 7, 2020 By Leave a Comment
Questions prevail about risk, existing health conditions and daily routines
This tennis pro helps older adults stay mobile
February 19, 2020 By Leave a Comment
You might think that when getting a tennis lesson, you would pick up a racquet and ball. But if you’re getting a lesson from Arthur Carrington Jr., the first thing you might pick up is a ribbon wand or a pair of maracas.
Is skin cancer chronic?
December 18, 2019 By Leave a Comment
Could we think about Skin Cancer as a Chronic Disease? A while ago, when someone who knew I had had skin cancer asked me how I was, I said I was clear…for now.
A world of possibilities
December 18, 2019 By Leave a Comment
Francesco Maria Del Re, a marine biologist from the University of Florence in Italy, has spent the academic year working with faculty from Smith’s biological and environmental sciences programs to study water pollution and the disposal of plastics.
