Stephanie Mattrey, 36, of Amherst, muscles cut like a statue, picks up a concrete ball that weighs 120 pounds, and tosses it over a bar just above...
As a hospital chaplain at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, Ute Schmidt, 53, has watched families struggle to make medical decisions for...
DEERFIELD — Contractor Kent Hicks of West Chesterfield recently completed the retrofit of an 18th-century farmhouse in Deerfield — using the latest...
The words on a page have always seemed to be floating on the paper to Gibby Booth. When she’s reading, she says, she just can’t keep her place, so...
Ondine Graham, 29, looks like a ninja, dressed in black tights and a long-sleeve black shirt, as she bounces through the air in a room where the...
Jenny Marshall of Leverett leans back in what looks like a fancy lawn chair while a woman kneeling in front of her is cradling Marshall’s feet in...
By LISA SPEAR National medical researchers and policymakers OK’d a new shingles vaccine last fall, promising remarkable protection rates in every...
John McGovern is tucked under Danielle Eernisse’s arm, his cheek rests on her collarbone, her arm curls around his back, as they lay motionless. He...
When children’s hands are busy, say with a pair of knitting needles or the thread of a weaving loom, the kids tend to be happy, more open to...
Michael Kittredge, founder of the Yankee Candle Company, is seated onstage in a wheelchair in Leverett, keeping time with one hand on an electric...
The nation’s leading heart experts released new guidelines for high blood pressure this month — about half of all Americans now will meet the...
A bowl of curried sweet potato soup with cilantro, lime and coconut milk. A cheese pizza made from scratch. A beefy burrito with salsa. These are...