Competing in Lake Placid is a goal for many elite winter sports athletes, some of whom train in this area. High performance is something that all of the creative endeavors embrace, from ballet dancers to vocalists to musicians and professional skaters. While each of these domains defines a ...

Growing older is bittersweet. On the one hand it usually transmits a happier countenance, in part fueled by the resilience that wisdom and self-knowledge can bring. On the other, living longer — while a goal for most of us — inflicts age-related diseases such as arthritis and cardiac ...

Ralph Waldo Emerson in his classic essays discussed the importance of self reliance and grit. He further acknowledged that someone who is a jack of all trades can survive in the world if they lose a specific job or opportunity. This is something that has become a significant part of the ...

In addition to being the stunningly beautiful home to the Adirondack Mountains, our area is also renowned for the eternal winters, the ambient cold and the pervasive darkness. These environmental stressors can contribute to a syndrome of low energy and depression during the winter months, and ...

The housing crisis in Saranac Lake, Lake Placid and the greater Adirondack region has prevented many local employees from easily obtaining a place to live that is within a reasonable commute, and that asks an affordable rent. There was only one reasonably priced apartment in the area when I was ...

Our brains are constantly changing and evolving. The term brain plasticity means that, regardless of age, our brains and minds can be positively or negatively impacted by exogenous events. In addition to physical changes in the brain that occur after trauma, there are also psychological ...