Health

Kansas schools still see COVID’s effects on learning, behavior

Wichita — The children in Susie Kelley’s class at Harry Street Elementary School were kindergartners when the COVID-19 pandemic shut down schools and sent students home for remote learning. Now they’re finishing fifth grade and preparing for middle school. And though it’s been years ...

Chair yoga has a lot to offer people of all ages

NEW YORK — Marian Rivman is pushing 80. Harriet Luria is a proud 83. In this trio, Carol Leister is the baby at 62. Together, they have decades of experience with yoga. Only now, it involves a chair. Chair yoga adapts traditional yoga poses for older people and others with physical ...

Relay for Life celebrating 40 years of impact

Sometimes it only takes hope and a vision. When Dr. Gordy Klatt began his first lap around a track in Tacoma, Washington in May 1985 to raise money to help the American Cancer Society save lives, he began Relay For Life, a global movement. Forty years later, Relay For Life has grown to become ...

Too busy to get fit? Here’s how to work exercise into your packed schedule

You’re too busy to exercise, right? Your job consumes all your time. You’re strapped by professional and family demands. As you get more and more responsibility, your free time shrinks. Well, these blockers don’t have to be an excuse. Making time simply calls for creativity and a ...