Inspiration

According to the Oxford Dictionary, a boundary is defined as “a line that marks the limits of an area.” In more straightforward terms, it’s the line y...

“Walk your way to fitness.” It’s an old saying that still holds true today, and you would have a difficult time disproving it. The benefits of walking...

In February, I had open heart surgery to repair a mitral valve and have a bypass. It’s an experience I wouldn’t wish on anyone. I’d had a series of te...

What do Sigmund Freud, Prince, Janis Joplin and Pennsylvania-bred rapper Mac Miller all have in common? They all died from an opioid overdose. Images ...

Pam Best, a retired Mars Area Elementary School health and physical education teacher, has been selected to receive the 2019 American Heart Associatio...

We’ve all felt it. After lunchtime, you're lethargic, tired and constantly checking the clock waiting for the day to be over. But, fear not. Your day ...

I’m not sure what possessed me to do a triathlon. I didn’t own a decent bike, and I don’t like to swim. Regardless, I decided to do the Wood River Tri...

“Something for nearly everyone.” That is how Finger Lakes Visitor Connection partner and community relations manager Melissa Knoblauch describes the s...

Organ donation is probably the furthest thing from your mind … unless you’re on a wait list for an organ replacement. Then it becomes literally a matt...

Victor’s Mark Syverud was diagnosed with Parkinson’s 18 years ago but it wasn’t until just recently he realized he was experiencing a new symptom of t...

Norman Rockwell seemed to have a strong sense of some people’s perceptions of fishing. The famous American artist produced several works depicting wha...

You feel healthy. You have good energy levels, feel happy and are engaged in life’s activities. Don’t get lulled into complacency! Taking time to get ...

When you go to the dentist, the doctor isn’t just assessing your teeth. The health of your mouth can be an indicator of larger, more serious issues. I...

Jonathan “Jon” Levitt spent the last years of his promising young life battling the grips of a merciless addiction to opioids. Jon was an attractive a...

The winter air is quiet. Peaceful. Trees in the Finger Lakes are blanketed in white, fields of fresh clean snow glisten in the (sometimes rare) sunlig...

“I have to get in shape, I have to start exercising,” says Jeanine Whitney, secretary at Colonial School District, recalling what she told herself bac...

In the grips of a bitter wintry depression and feeling the tug of old demons in the form of drugs and alcohol Yana Khashper and her boyfriend Sean Smi...

Misery may love company, but it also has negative repercussions on your physical and mental health. In contrast, there are people who radiate optimism...

It’s the most wonderful time of the year. Or is it? Full of festive decor and family traditions, the months of November and December can provide plent...

You wouldn’t think Jon the Giant and a group of students from York Central Elementary School would have much in common. But they have an unlikely conn...