Wellness

Woman with gray hair wearing gray beret.

Glorious gray is actually willfully white—when it comes to hair, that is. In fact, gray hair is a misnomer. The reality is that gray hair is the result of natural hair color mixing with white strands of hair. As we age, each hair follicle stops producing melanin.

Madison Gaffney has come a long way since being a Purple Princess.

Relay for Life, the largest annual fundraising event for the American Cancer Society, returns to East Ridge High School June 6.

Children's is relocating its Rehab and Specialty Clinics from Woodwinds to this new facility in Tamarack Hills, set to open this fall

Thirty years ago, Woodbury had a Standard gas station, a PDQ and a pizza restaurant called Ronnally’s. The only stoplights flashed at Valley Creek Road and the overpass above Interstate 494. Now our once-rural suburb is all grown up and branding itself as a medical specialty hub.

For most moms, parenthood is a joy, but it can often involves late nights, early mornings, cramped schedules and little free time. As a result, time spent with friends or on self-improvement is a precious commodity.

Before the tick of the iPhone or the drum of the keyboard, a different sound could be heard. Rather, it wasn’t a sound at all. It was a voice—an inner voice. Yoga studios and fitness centers across Woodbury are raising that voice loud and clear through a variety of class offerings.

Honesty. Integrity. Sportsmanship. Respect. Confidence. Responsibility. Perseverance. Courtesy. Judgment.

John Culbertson might be tired after a long day’s work, but when he arrives in Woodbury to lead the Thunderbolts adaptive sports teams, a jolt courses through him. “It’s, ‘Coach John this’ or ‘Coach John that,’” Culbertson says. “I’m trying to put out 100 different fires.

As a former elite figure skater, coach Tom Incantalupo knows what it takes to reach the top. The Woodbury resident, now staff coach at Braemar-City of Lakes Figure Skating Club, has coached skaters to national and international success.

The alarm goes off at 5:30 a.m. and you’re up and running. Literally, running. On the treadmill. Down in the basement. Because it’s January and it’s freezing outside. 7 a.m.: Get the kids up, dressed and fed.

“I always ask people how they are doing,” writes 16-year-old Donnell Rodgers.

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