It has been two years since the Boston Marathon bombings. Bostonians have not forgotten the three who died and more than 280 injured. Bostonians recognize and remember the day their city was attacked. And it’s okay to feel a little off in the days leading up to and on this year’s marathon, according to Dr. Kermit Crawford, associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Boston University School of Medicine and Executive Director of the Massachusetts Resiliency Center of Boston Medical Center for Boston Marathon survivors.
“We are all impacted in some way,’’ Crawford said of what happened on April 15, 2013.
Wrote this feature for Boston.com – more here.
Category: Health Features
Turn Down for What? Your Ears
My headphones are my lifeline. I don’t go anywhere without them. Uncoiling their tangles is a welcome, if annoying, routine. They’re a friend I can conjure at a moment’s notice. The sounds that emerge from their white wires provide relief, comfort, confidence, serenity… maybe even a dance party.
But all good things must come in moderation. We millennials might be getting too attached to our headphones, and the World Health Organization (WHO) is worried.
Wrote this feature for Boston.com – more here.
How to Combat the Winter Weight Blues
Fear not, Boston, spring is coming.
Unfortunately, we still have a little bit of winter left to endure, but Sarah Larocque, a registered dietitian at Mount Auburn Weight Management Center, spoke to Boston.com about how to get our bodies through it.
Wrote this feature for Boston.com – more here.
Why Do We Watch Awards Shows? Explained.
The award show season is about to culminate with the big kahuna: the Oscars. And I can’t wait. The slight film geek within me is reeling with excitement. But for others, it’s not just about the films: It’s about the celebrities, the fashion, the wins, the blunders, and even the seemingly spontaneous selfies.
Wrote this feature for Boston.com – more here.
But why do we anxiously await this year’s glitz, glamour, and jolly song-and-dance numbers from host Neil Patrick Harris? Why do we endure the excruciatingly long four-hour special? What is it about the celebrities that is so enticing and alluring to watch? Why do we care about who wins and loses? Why do we watch even if we might not have seen the films nominated?
Music Thwarts Pain at Boston Hospitals
Lorrie Kubicek, a music therapist at Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, likes to ask her patients three questions:
1. Have you ever touched a musical instrument before?
2. If you could wake up tomorrow and magically play any instrument better than anyone, which instrument would that be?
3. What’s your desert island playlist? If you could only have one CD for the rest of your life—what songs would make it on that list?
The answers, she told Boston.com, may help relieve their pain. And according to a recent study, she’s right.
Wrote this feature for Boston.com – more here.
Is Your Child Ready to Have the ‘Santa Talk?’
Most Americans have their own unique story about Santa, and when they stopped believing. Children hold on to instances that make him seem real, whether it’s a creak they heard from the roof (obviously evidence of reindeer) or cookies crumbs left on a plate (Santa sure can eat a TON of the cookies).
Wrote this feature for Boston.com – more here.
Urbanity Dance Builds Community Through Movement
Just a few weeks ago, Urbanity Dance’s administrative staff was settling into its new digs in the South End.
“Did we bring the stapler?’’
“We made coffee today!’’
Urbanity has been dancing in the Hub since it was founded in 2008. It’s come a long way since its debut. While it once only had six dancers, today the company gets to dance with 400 people a week and over 10,000 people annually. And it needed a bigger house for its expanding family.
Wrote this feature, took photos and created a video on this contemporary dance company 0 more here.
Plank Your Way to Health This Thanksgiving
The plank is cool now, folks — no more visions of pain and suffering during middle school gym class. The Boston Public Health Commission has found a way to make doing the plank fun, social and … gratifying?
Wrote this feature for Boston.com – more here.
Pitches and Pictures: MIT’s Breast Pumping Hackathon
‘Mighty Mom’ Breast Pumping Toolbelt Wins MIT Hackathon
The results of MIT’s Make The Breast Pump Not Suck Hackathon are in.
More than 150 breast pump users, engineers, designers, health care and lactation specialists, as well as educators, converged at the MIT Media Lab for two days of hacking, collaborating and deliberating about how to create a better breast pump.
Wrote this feature for Boston.com – more here.
Katie Levingston Gill 
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