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By Courtney Rae Kasper

Carefully placed on the center wall of the waiting room in Dr. Susan Merola-McConn’s Living Proof Longevity Centre in Fayetteville hangs a gold framed reproduction of Florentine painter Sandro Botticelli’s 1482 “Primavera.” This iconic image of voluptuous Venus “watching over the garden” is one that the Executive Vice President of North Medical said represents the principle of her practice — the celebration and rejuvenation of womanhood.

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By Courtney Rae Kasper

In a whispery voice, Victoria MacKenzie-Childs humbly recalls the moment she parented the whimsical pottery style that founded the Aurora-based company she and her husband Richard once owned: “I was sitting in my little studio and was making what you call a chowder bowl. I had never made one, or seen that shape before,” she said with childlike excitement. “A whole rush of ideas burst forth out of control. All kinds of patterns and decorations just kept building and falling completely almost like jazz.” Crafted on a table top, this piece defined the “stackable with the humor of it dancing on the edge” MacKenzie-Childs’ shape.

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By Seth Greenky, MD, orthopedic surgeon

A broken bone may be more than meets the eye. It might be an early warning sign of osteoporosis, a condition that contributes to more than 1.5 million fractures each year. Osteoporosis is a condition that causes a loss of bone mineral density resulting in the body’s bone becoming sponge-like and porous. It gradually weakens the bones and makes them vulnerable to injury over time.

Osteoporosis is a silent disease and people are often completely unaware that they are afflicted with this condition until a fall that normally would have had minor impact results in a fracture.

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Written and Styled by Cyd Converse, editor/creative director of The Sweetest Occasion

With Mother’s Day just around the corner, many of us are thinking about ways to recognize the special women in our lives. A sweet little ladylike brunch is the perfect solution to slow down and enjoy time together. Bonus: hosting a Mother’s Day brunch is easier than you think. All it takes is a few thoughtful touches, tasty eats and a little craftiness. (No Martha Stewart-esque skills required, I promise!)

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By Joleene DesRosiers

Have you ever noticed that you never stick with one emotion for very long? Take anger, for instance. When you become angry with someone, you express that anger for a certain period of time. But, eventually, you let the anger go. It’s often replaced with sadness or frustration because the situation was never resolved. So then you carry on for some time with that frustration. But even that grows old — and before you know it, you end up angry all over again.

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By Courtney Rae Kasper

The former Central New York television reporter turned transformational speaker and author comes clean about her 26-year battle with addiction in a tell-all book.

For 10 years Joleene DesRosiers Moody was a familiar face that delivered local news to News 10 Now viewers, first as a field reporter then as a fill-in anchor. Little did viewers know that the beautiful, smiling woman with the camera-ready hair, makeup and wardrobe on their television screen was struggling internally with some breaking news of her own. Read the rest of this entry →