Most of us think of food when we think about herbs. Folly Delgado thinks of medicine. Delgado, a volunteer for Gather New Haven and coordinator for the Clinton Avenue School garden, recently spoke at the Fair Haven Branch library about …
Medicinal Purpose

The COVID-19 health crisis has underscored many of the disparities in our public health system. It has also revealed what works…
Running Battle

The founders of UCAN, a Woodbridge company that manufactures sports hydration powder, energy powder and energy bars, didn’t start out trying to improve athletic performance. They wanted to cure Jonah Feldman’s disease.
Feldman was born with glycogen storage disease, type …
Healthy Attachments

The science practiced in Science Park is mostly hidden from view. But a promising new tactic in the fight against cancer is about to emerge…
Friends in Knead

Henna covering her hands like gloves, Marissa Gandelman had just returned from Kurukshetra, India. Recovering from the 10.5-hour time difference, her jet lag lingered, but talking with me about her massage therapy …
Shaping Up

It’s a new year and perhaps, as they say, a ‘new you.’ Across the city, resolutions focused on maintaining regular workouts and better diets are about to be met by one of two things: abandonment, or action.…
Air Show

A young woman in black and grey, with long brown locks tied back into a braid, is rising stepwise into the air. Torso muscles rippling, she hoists herself up sheets of chartreuse nylon fastened to a…
Going Strong

At Sarah Aldrich Pilates, bodies get toned, strengthened and revitalized above gleaming hardwood floors and under cheery overhead lighting. In the afternoon, rays of sunshine wend their way through a dense downtown cityscape and into…