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If someone in your life has diabetes, you know how hard it can be to manage, especially after first getting the diagnosis. You want to support your loved one as they work toward learning about diabetes and controlling their disease. 

But it’s important to make sure the support you’re offering is help they want and need. Well-intentioned advice and reminders about diet and exercise may have a negative impact on their behavior and self-image, and your relationship. 

A person with diabetes needs to make their own decisions about how to cope with the disease and its physical and emotional effects...

Have some leftover chicken? With just a few ingredients, you can re-purpose it for a healthy lunch. This Simply Salad contest winning dish was submitted by Frances Lucas, UMass Memorial Medical Center - Marlborough Campus, Marlborough, MA 

Serves 2

Ingredients

• 2 c. chopped, cooked chicken
• ¼ c. diced celery
• ¼ c. raisins
• ¼ c. fat free plain Greek yogurt
• 1 T mayonnaise made with olive oil
• ¼ t salt
• ¼ t pepper
• Optional stuffing ideas include: carrots, lettuce, sprouts.

Directions

In a bowl, combine all ingredients. Serve.

While 'broken heart syndrome' may sound like the theme of a romance novel, it's a very real health condition that mostly affects women. In fact, more than 90 percent of reported cases occur in women ages 58 to 75. 

Also called takotsubo cardiomyopathy or stress cardiomyopathy, broken heart syndrome is a condition in which the heart muscle suddenly becomes weakened or stunned, and the left ventricle, one of the heart's lower chambers that's responsible for pumping oxygen-rich blood to tissues throughout the body, temporarily changes shape. 

This condition was first identified in 1990 in Japan. It...

Heading to the hospital with your child? Maybe they need an IV placed or need to stay as an inpatient for a few days? Both you and your child are probably pretty stressed about the whole thing. But help is on the way! Our Children's Medical Center has certified child life specialists to help your family cope with a potentially stressful health care experience. 

So … what is a child life specialist? According to the Association of Child Life Professionals, these heroes among us help infants, children, youth, and families cope with the stress and uncertainty of illness, injury, trauma, disability...