Health

Don’t put away that sunscreen just yet. The harsh winter weather can wreak as much havoc on your skin as can the hot summer sun, according to Dr. Mary...

When one thinks of the relationship between drugs and music, the rock star lifestyle comes to mind. But for the estimated 23.5 million Americans who s...

The growing epidemic of heroin abuse is not limited to America’s large cities. The Armstrong-Indiana area has it's own issues, too. But there are solu...

Allegheny Health Network and Highmark Health invested $26 million in a new in-patient critical care unit for cardiovascular patients in early 2016. Ac...

Armstrong County is near the top of the list in Pennsylvania in an unfortunate category: The number of deaths per capita caused by heroin. And it’s a ...

Frances Halley had always known she had a heart murmur, but it wasn’t until she saw Dr. Stephen Bailey, Allegheny General Hospital’s director of cardi...

On Oct. 11, Ontario County hosted its fourth annual Wellness Fair. Organized by the Ontario County Wellness Committee, the Wellness Fair’s objective w...

From September 2015 through October 2016, Community College of Allegheny County has collected 148 pints of blood from nine blood drives hosted across ...

The Allegheny County Schools Health Insurance Consortium was recognized last year by the Pittsburgh Business Group on Health for “Excellence in Drivin...

Kelly Evans knows how important her family’s health is, but she wishes her husband, Nate, was more proactive about his checkups. “He doesn’t have the ...

My dad worked for the same company with the same job title for 37 years. He worked for the Nabisco Co. in Buffalo, a mechanic on an assembly line that...

During the 17th century, Ganondagan, which the Seneca refer to as “Town of Peace,” was home to a thriving Native American population of approximately ...

When Ada Fetsko was born on April 25, 2006, nothing seemed out of the ordinary. Her mother, Denise Fetsko, had what she recalls as a normal pregnancy ...

Students at Apollo-Ridge High School and Indiana County Technology Center are more than happy to roll up their sleeves for a good cause. The technolog...

Armstrong-Indiana Intermediate Unit 28 is only halfway into its ambitious BodPod weight-loss adventure for school employees in Armstrong and Indiana c...

48 Million: Number of people in the United States who are stricken with foodborne illnesses each year. That’s about one in every six people. Of those ...

Learn how to cope with change in the workplace, whether you’re a new employee finding your footing, a veteran employee trying to navigate a new work e...

Move over broccoli. Step aside carrots. It turns out there’s another vegetable in your kitchen that can help reduce inflammation, as well as maintain ...

New Year’s resolutions, unfortunately, often go unfulfilled for a reason: You are setting yourself up for failure. According to North Central Universi...

Ignore the fact that 85 percent of the people who make New Year’s resolutions break them within the first month. Let’s begin the New Year with optimis...