By Liz Colombini Artwork by Eliyahu Greenwald The rumors began in 2021. Celebrities were shedding pounds by using a magical elixir. By the 2022 awards season, the secret was out: stars were taking the diabetes medication Ozempic to lose weight quickly and successfully. Mainstream America took note, and the trend caught on so quickly that people with diabetes suddenly faced ...

By Julie Schwietert Collazo Artwork by Cara McPartland "I have a fatal disease; it’s called life.” Marc Abrams, a Mount Kisco-based psychologist, is deadpanning, but he’s not joking. “The reality is that we are on a temporal pass, and we don’t know when that pass expires,” he says. In other words, life is short. And we will all inevitably receive ...

Writing and Photography by Justin Negard When Dr. Harvey Cushing became a full-time neurosurgeon in 1904, brain tumor surgery still carried mortality rates of roughly 30 to 50 percent in most surgeons’ hands. But by 1910, Cushing reported a mortality rate of just 13 percent. “If you opened someone’s brain in 1900, they would just bleed out,” says Terry Dagradi, ...

By Gia Miller Design by Justin Negard You might envision longevity as simply ticking off boxes on a calendar, celebrating the sheer volume of years we manage to accumulate. But there is a big difference between living a long life and living a long, healthy life. There are people who live well into their 90s who actively pursue their interests ...

Consider this your curated shortlist of nine standout discoveries from the latest health research. By Isabella Aranda Garcia Photography by Justin Negard 1. Our body’s “security guards” just won the biggest prize of all. Sometimes, our immune system fights off illnesses and diseases we may never know we had. Other times, our immune system mistakenly attacks our healthy cells, causing ...

Some think so. But, of course, it’s complicated. Here’s an overview of what you should know, from the basics and 14 factors for risk reduction to the latest research, current treatments and a new promising clinical trial. By Gia Miller Artwork by Justin Negard Imagine you’re driving home from work, listening to your favorite podcast. You’re lost in thought, and ...

Where to go & how to stop spiraling when you’re sick or something feels…off By Susan Trumpbour Design by Justin Negard Almost all of us procrastinate about our health, ignoring little signs—a symptom here, a worry there. A stomachache? Probably last night’s spicy food. A new lump? It could be a bug bite. A nagging cough? Just seasonal allergies. Suddenly, ...

A teen's guide to skincare By Sophie Abt     Artwork by Molly McGarvey For us teens, navigating breakouts, skincare products and routines can feel like decoding a secret language. Breakouts seem to appear unpredictably, products promise miracles and social media is full of conflicting advice. TikTok videos and Instagram reels often showcase magical cures or new routines, but separating ...

By Julie Schwietert Collazo Artwork by Tara Tassio If you’ve lived in Westchester long enough, it’s likely you’ve noticed significant changes in weather patterns over the years. Matthew Kavaler, director of Westchester County Emergency Management, certainly has. In fact, Kavaler, who has been with the department since 2014 and has held his current role for the past year, says, “Unscientifically, ...

By Kayla Schmidt We’ve all been told time and again, “Don’t crack your knuckles or you’ll get arthritis,” or “Turkey makes you tired, so be careful on Thanksgiving.” Health advice like this gets passed down so casually—from parents, friends, the internet—that it starts to feel like fact. But among the sea of health and nutrition information, there is a significant ...

Westchester House & Home in Mount Kisco is built on a simple idea: take care of the customer, and everything else follows. Inside the 20,000-square-foot design center, customers can complete their entire home in one place—bringing together furniture, carpet, flooring, wallpaper, window treatments, and finishing details so each space feels cohesive and complete. What sets it apart is not just ...

If confronted with a complex physical illness, most individuals instinctively seek out the most qualified specialists available. Yet for those grappling with severe, treatment-resistant depression or anxiety, access to specialized care is far less straightforward, often requiring extensive travel or admission to large, impersonal hospital systems. Dr. Nabil Kotbi, founder of The Brain & Mind Healing Center in Mount Kisco, ...