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No Ka ‘Oi Health: September is Healthy Aging Month

In September, we get to honor our kupuna during Healthy Aging Month. While older adults are at increased risk of chronic diseases, such as heart disease, diabetes, arthritis, cancer, and dementia, there are many healthy choices seniors can make to help prevent illness and live longer, more independently, and with higher quality of life. Stay active—Exercise helps improve how long we live and our quality of life. More specifically, exercise helps reduce stress, anxiety, and feelings of depression, reduces risk for certain diseases, improves balance, lowers risk of falls, and improves ...

Paniolo’s Corner

Seeing some of the images from the nurse’s strike on O‘ahu has been distressing, to say the least. Images of kupuna being hauled away in handcuffs, fighting for what they believe in have made their way across the nation and world. And if it has gone this far, it’s clear these ...

Ka‘ana Mana‘o By Lui Hokoana: Looking Forward

The start of a new school year is always exciting for our students—especially our new students—and for our administration, faculty, and staff, as well. Our Fall 2024 classes started exactly one month ago and we’re happy to report that the semester has gotten off to a great start. One extremely encouraging sign is that enrollment is up more than 25% from Fall 2023. As you may recall, the University of Hawai‘i was able to offer full scholarships to all 2024 Lāhainaluna High School graduates. Students could choose to attend any of the system’s ten campuses. We’re pleased to ...

Healthwise Maui

EDITOR’S NOTE: Physicians, providers and administrative staff who practice at Maui Health hospitals and clinics answer questions from the public in HEALTHWISE MAUI, which appears on Thursdays. Maui Health operates Maui Memorial Medical Center, Maui Memorial Medical Center Outpatient Clinic, Kula Hospital & Clinic and Lana‘i Community Hospital and accepts all patients. To submit a question, go to the website at mauihealth.org/healthwise. Q: What is the difference between a medical grade hyperbaric oxygen chamber and a non-medical grade one? Jessica Acop, RN, Program Director: Maui ...

Paniolo’s Corner: E maka’ala ma ke kai

I once interviewed the one time CEO of United Airlines when they were focusing on Hawaii as one of their regional markets from Denver. When I talked to him that June some five years ago on Kauai, we at the newspaper had started terming visitor and local deaths “recreational” if they ...

Tom Cook: Creating opportunities through hardships

Everyone agrees there is a need for additional housing on Maui. The need is most urgent in the wildfire-impacted zones of Lahaina and Upcountry, where last year’s fires have taken our housing crisis into a housing catastrophe. With 2,173 structures destroyed in last year’s tragedy, rebuilding multigenerational homes is top of mind. A survey from the Hawai‘i State Rural Health Association finds that 81 percent of fire survivors and 65 percent of county residents have had friends relocate from Maui, with 30 percent of fire survivors seeing family members leave. ...