www.Ups tatePhys i c i ansSC . com | www.Hea l thL i nksUps tate. com | 7 FROM THE EDITOR As the editorial team and I created this robust issue of HealthLinks Upstate, Ella Fitzgerald’s smooth, jazzy version of George Gershwin’s “Summertime” continuously rolled through my head: “Summertime and the livin’ is easy. Fish are jumping and the cotton is high.” The song captures the lulling pace that I hope warm temperatures will bring to your lives. If the pace of May, June, July and August slows, I hope you will have this issue near. You will discover helpful advice and resources from local experts – better health: longer life; caring for caregivers; eating healthy on a tight budget; power naps. You’ll find stories that might stun you – health-threatening fungi; men’s depression; medical waste woes; addiction to processed foods. There are words of caution – the toll of fight or flight; where have the therapists gone? And with each page turn, you will probably be inspired to add more adventure to your life – travel boosts the brain; Foraging 101; TikTok wellness trends. Heartfelt thanks to everyone who shared their expertise and their personal experiences with HealthLinks reporters. The stories in this issue are your stories. As a result, as “Summertime” suggests, “One of these mornings [readers] will rise up singing. Yes, [they’ll] spread [their] wings and take to the sky. To simple pleasures and good health, Lisa Breslin, Managing Editor MAY-AUGUST 2023 Volume 6, Issue 12 • MAY-AUGUST 2023 www.UpstatePhysiciansSC.com HealthLinks UPSTATE COMPLIMENTARY MAY-AUGUST 2023 DISCOVERING OUR “U-PICK” FARMS IS FUNGUS A THREAT? CHARLESTON | DORCHESTER | BERKELEY ABBEVILLE | ANDERSON | CHEROKEE | GREENVILL | GREENW OD | LAU ENS | PICK NS | OCONEE | UNION | SPARTANBURG HOW NAPS BOOST THE BRAIN ‘REAL MEN. REAL DEPRESSION.’ ealthLinks UPSTATE UP S TAT E UPSTATE Source: National Institute of Mental Health 'Real Men. Real Depression' STAY HEALTHY & STAY INFORMED WITH THE MOST TRUSTED RESOURCE FOR UNBIASED, LOCAL HEALTH INFORMATION: Interested in Advertising? Questions about being featured? Contact Mandy Waters Willis UpstatePhysiciansSC.com (864) 612-7694 [email protected]
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