Wellness

Red Cross and Medical Corps Team Up for Disaster Relief

The American Red Cross, Cape Cod and Islands Chapter, is starting a collaboration with the Medical Reserve Corps on the Island in support of local...

12:34 pm, August 13, 2009
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Lecture: An Insider’s Guide to Hospice

Hospice of Martha’s Vineyard is sponsoring a forum — An Insiders’ Guide to Hospice: What’s Old, What’s New, What’s Up — on Tuesday, August 4, at...

7:35 pm, August 3, 2009
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Dr. Brown to Teach Breathing Techniques

This weekend Dr. Richard Brown, an associate professor in clinical psychology at Columbia University, will visit the Yoga Barn in West Tisbury, to...

2:00 pm, July 30, 2009
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Salve Workshop

Salve Workshop Holly Bellebuono of Vineyard Herbs returns to the Polly Hill Arboretum on Tuesday, July 7 from 1 to 3 p.m. for her popular salve-...

8:40 pm, July 2, 2009
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Roundtable on Health Care at a Bike Shop

Mimi Wells

A handwritten sign sat next to the cash register at Craig’s Bicycles: “Health Care Organizing Kickoff . . . Attend a local meeting here!” And so on...

9:00 pm, June 18, 2009
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Vineyard Hospice Plans Expansion

Hospice of Martha’s Vineyard announced this week that it will join forces with a leading Cape Cod hospice organization, a move that will lead to...

6:15 pm, May 28, 2009
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New Island Lifeguards

New Island Lifeguards After successfully completing a rigorous Red Cross program, 16 Mansion House swimmers were certified as lifeguards. The...

11:05 am, May 28, 2009
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Lighthouse Walk

Lighthouse Walk The National Senior Health and Fitness Lighthouse Walk will be held this Wednesday, May 27, at 10 a.m. A nationwide event, the...

9:22 pm, May 21, 2009
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Beat Therapy: A Different Kind Of Drummer Helps the Aged

Susan Catling

Unusual sounds are coming out of the normally sedate Up-Island Senior Center at Howes House this Monday afternoon in May. Shortly after a barefoot...

9:14 pm, May 21, 2009
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Lyme Disease Book Author Urges Vigilant Stance on Risks of Ticks

Sydney Bender

As a senior editor at Discover Magazine, science journalist Pamela Weintraub had covered myriad scientific dramas throughout her career. But it was...