Tag: Rena Salamacha
Guest Column | The Advantage of a Skilled Nursing Facility Is...
While caring for aging parents or ill spouses can be viewed as an honor, it can also present serious physical and emotional challenges for...
Guest Column | A Heart Shape Defines February, But Let’s Look...
The obvious symbol for the month of February is, of course, the heart. This ideograph — represented by an anatomically inaccurate shape, by the...
Guest Column | Take Steps to Achieve Fitness Resolutions
Statistics show that nearly 3 in 10 Americans actually make New Year’s resolutions in an effort to hold themselves accountable. Such a practice is...
Guest Column | Successes Lead to Bright Future for Rural Health...
As we gather during the holidays and bid farewell to another year under the shadow of the pandemic, I wanted to shine a light...
Guest Column | Better Health and Less Stress With Gratitude
Did you know that gratitude is often a forgotten factor in the science of well-being? Studies have shown that grateful people experience less depression...
Guest Column | Keeping Our Focus on Health, Safety
If you live in South Monterey County, you are among more than 60 million rural Americans. American Community Survey statistics show that Maine and...
Guest Column | As the Pandemic Persists, It’s Even More Important...
The Covid-19 pandemic has dominated the headlines for 18 months — and rightly so. But there is another respiratory virus that still demands our...
Guest Column | Telehealth Is the Best Medicine for Our Community
Telehealth is the use of electronic communications to provide and deliver health care services over large and small distances. Also called digital medicine, this...
Guest Column | Pandemic’s Toll on Mental Health
When will the pandemic end? That’s a complicated question, and difficult to answer. There will be no “light switch” moment where our lives suddenly...
Guest Column | Don’t Forget to Enjoy the Great Outdoors
While home confinement kept us safe during the worst of the pandemic, good health always begins with a regular routine of physical activity. The...
Local News
An evening trip down to the Soledad Certified Farmer’s Market
SOLEDAD — From afar, the Soledad Certified Farmer’s Market on Soledad Street doesn’t seem like much compared to the larger events happening around Monterey...
