Marguerite Morsey has 16 grandchildren and great-grandchildren, and one more on the way. Her growing family is one of the ways she stays active and in-touch, after raising her seven children and retiring to enjoy her leisure time with bus trips, reading, knitting and crocheting, and using her new computer to view the kids on Skype.

If you would rather hit the “snooze” button than leap happily out of bed, maybe it’s time to examine the reasons why you’re not waking up feeling rested. Despite a variety of causes, you can conquer common sleep stealers to get the shut-eye you need.

Usually this time of year Mike Gould of Avon, Connecticut looks forward to chopping wood, two cords at a time. This year, however, he had to delegate the wood chopping, because he is fiercely committed to a daily physical therapy regimen following his second total shoulder replacement surgery at Danbury Hospital’s Center for Advanced Orthopedics and Spine Care.

Are you suffering from frequent pain, aches or fatigue in your legs? Does it interfere with your walking or bother you even at rest? If you have recurrent pain upon exertion, it may be a sign that your vascular system, the network of veins and arteries that carries blood to and from your organs, is not working well.