Health

The first thing many people notice about Lindsay Tersmette, social worker with the Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired, is the way that sh...

For someone dedicated to the wellness of others, it was a bit unsettling for Stephanie Balin to see her own health backsliding. Balin is an exercise s...

The J.P. Chase Corporate Challenge has become synonymous with camaraderie, excitement, energy and health. For many Finger Lakes Area School Health Con...

Over the last 30 years, the rate of obesity has more than doubled in children and quadrupled in adolescents, making it a serious concern for parents a...

You already know how difficult and exhausting it is to squeeze workout time into an already jam-packed schedule filled with work, family responsibilit...

If an attacker has you in a chokehold, how do you get away? If an attacker lunges straight at you, how do you stop them? Ask some of the women at Livo...

September is National Preparedness Month, and in recognition, Community Health spoke to Westinghouse safety experts for tips on how to be more prepare...

Oh, great. A light bulb burnt out. No big deal. You grab a replacement from your junk drawer, change it and everything is square. But what do you do w...

In an ideal world, everyone would know their cholesterol levels and get regular checkups to keep on top of any changes. That awareness is what Dr. Ven...

Among the eight peace officers at Finger Lakes Community College, officer Eric McInroy is known for being physically fit and active. In addition to be...

Spend even a few minutes scrolling through your Facebook newsfeed, and you’ll discover food memes making all sorts of health claims. One common meme i...

Changing the oil in your car. Replacing your home’s air filters. Cleaning the fireplace. We all have at least one thing in our life that we have to ma...

Weight Watchers. Jenny Craig. Punishing diets. Calorie restriction. For three years, no matter what Allison Murphy tried, she couldn’t lose weight and...

When Christine Bennett returned to teaching English at Palmyra-Macedon Central School District in fall 2015, four months after having her son, Luke, s...

Like most engineers, Leigh Ann Brockhoff and Cheryl Hammer like to analyze everything. They need all the data to back them up. So some folks might be ...

This isn’t your typical Olympic story—you know, the one where the child practices for years and years until he finally makes it to the big event. Ben ...

In 2014, more than 28,000 people in the United States were killed from opioids, including prescription pain relievers, and heroin, according to the U....

In the two decades since California became the first state to approve a medical marijuana program, similar laws have spread across the country like, w...

It can be easy to feel bad for grains. For thousands of years—and from corn to quinoa—they’ve been a staple of diets around the world. But more recent...

The coach who turned the Mars Area High School varsity football program into a perennial winner after two 0-10 seasons 25 years ago, was inducted June...