Health + Wellness

Westport's New Squeeze

Nicole and Jason Ruscio believe in a way better massage. Article by Sara Gaynes Levy | Photography by John Videler When Nicole and Jason Ruscio moved from Westport New York to Southport in 2021, they “instantly fell in love with the community,” says Nicole. “We both knew once we moved here: this is where we’re going to put down our roots,” she says. Before moving to Fairfield County and opening Squeeze, Nicole worked in the ad tech industry, but she says she and her husband Jason wanted to...

Fitness

Healthy New Year

Westport's own Dr. Tania Elliott is helping our community—and her 369,000 followers— live healthier lives. Article by Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal If you’re one of Dr. Tania Elliott’s 369,000 Instagram followers, you know her approach to healthcare is anything but clinical. Yes, she’s board-certified in both Internal Medicine and Allergy/Immunology, but connecting directly with patients is at the core of how Dr. Tania navigates medicine. Early in her career as an allergist, she noticed how...

Health + Wellness

To Your Health

Dr. Gilda Boroumand shares five New Year's resolutions for your healthiest 2025. Article and Photography by It's a new year, and while making resolutions to eat more fruits and vegetables and exercise frequently are great, that's not all there is to health. Westport Lifestyle  spoke to Gilda Boroumand, M.D., a breast imaging radiologist at Connecticut Breast Imaging, to get her best health resolutions for a truly happy and healthy 2025. 1. Prioritize your primary care physician "First...

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Runner's World

Westport's Norma Minkowitz, 87, is breaking world running records. Article by Sara Gaynes Levy The world record mile time for a woman aged 85-89 is nine minutes, 45 seconds, 55 tenths of a second. And it belongs to Westport resident Norma Minkowitz, 87. Norma competed in this past summer’s Nutmeg Games and smashed the previous world record mile time (10:55.25) for her age group. “By the first lap I could tell I was on world record pace,” she says. “But I asked the announcer not to say that I...