SCAN Club Issue 4 2023

SCAN Club Issue 4 - 2023

Beat Holiday Blues

“Holiday blues” may not be its real medical name, but the melancholy brought on by the season’s stress can be very real for some people. Thinking a bit now about how you can reduce or cope with the season’s challenges may help you feel more good tidings and less stress this holiday.

To Your Health!

If ever there’s a time of year when our healthy habits are in danger, it’s likely the holiday season. From mid-November to early January, we tend to stay up later, indulge more and move less. That’s a problem because pausing good habits can have consequences on your health long after the holidays are over.

When a Fall Changes Everything

SCAN member Heidi B. says the handrails were installed in her family home a while ago when her father started having trouble getting up and down the two flights of stairs. But Heidi wasn’t holding on to those handrails two years ago as she carried a cat downstairs. Heidi was also in socks at the time, so when she missed the final stair, she slipped. She went down hard on her tailbone, then her leg. That instant, she says, changed her life.

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