Health

With nearly 41,000 people dying from secondhand smoke exposure nationwide annually, many nonsmokers are negatively affected by smoking, as well. Curre...

The saying, “Take a powder,” is usually said in a wise guy manner as an attempt to get rid of someone. But the officials from the Susan G. Komen Found...

Judy Darling, assistant teacher at Williamson Central School District, sees her primary care physician every year. Under the care of her doctor, she g...

In mid-October 2016, three Finger Lakes school districts — North Rose-Wolcott, Red Creek and Clyde-Savannah — got together for the first Tri-School St...

It appeared as though Florida preschooler Payton had stuck something up her nose. The three-year-old’s parents could see it inside her left nostril. S...

There were times when no one was around that Connie Coleman would place her head on her desk. There were times she went to the washroom and felt inten...

When you first wake up, you probably hit the snooze button on your alarm clock — you know, the one on your smartphone. Later on in the day, you might ...

As recently as 1998, only about 30 percent of Americans were regular Internet users. While the dot-com bubble might have been expanding during that pe...

When it comes to healthcare and healthy lifestyles, the terms holistic, homeopathic, homemade and alternative have become increasingly familiar. Accor...

Terry Grosetti, a trainer and owner of Grosetti Performance in New Castle, believes that regardless of a person’s age, a physical training program mus...

When it’s difficult to fit your job title on a business card, that immediately suggests you have an unusual job. I was the Manager of University-Owned...

The superintendent of Seneca Valley School District might have come up short in her bid for an award that recognizes exceptionalism, but finishing in ...

Knoch Middle School Principal Dr. Frank Moxie decided last school year he wanted to incorporate health lessons into the school’s curriculum, and turne...

With three busloads of athletes, Churchville-Chili Central School District had no shortage of students dedicated to making a positive impact by partic...

Millions of people each day depend on a cup of coffee in hopes of becoming functional in the morning. Others turn to soft drinks or caffeine-laden ene...

Nine minutes. That’s the Emergency Medical Services’ average response time to a medical crisis. Yet the first few moments after an accident are often ...

Marion Nugent Cowan recalls a time when, as a visiting staff nurse with the Visiting Nurses Association, she lugged around a Dictaphone, speaking her ...

IRMC Physician Group is attempting to curb emergency room overutilization by offering patients convenient health care access. IPG last October introdu...

For patients about to undergo a percutaneous coronary intervention — an angioplasty, to laypeople — it is important to understand the types of post-su...

The employees of a credit union that has implemented an incentive-laden health and wellness program developed by Ottawa Kent are listening, and pocket...