Mind and Body

What better way to prepare for vacation week than to take a vacation while at work? This was the premise behind the Bloomfield Central School District...

Sunshine can help us feel happy, healthy and improve our mental outlook. The sun helps our bodies produce Vitamin D, which is essential to many bodily...

Every time Sarah Burger drops her son off at day care, she says a prayer to keep him safe. “He’s not in my own bubble of safety where I know there's n...

The gut. It’s not the most glamorous part of the human body. In fact, we’re often trying to cover it up. But it’s time to start paying attention, beca...

Diabetes is a health care nightmare in the United States. Eighty-six million Americans have pre-diabetes, and only 10 percent of them are aware of the...

Nicole McCombie can easily recall the first time she brought her students to Slippery Rock University's equestrian center. "Only one of my students wo...

South Butler County School District Superintendent David Zupsic hopes a new drug and alcohol policy will help alleviate the burden of the county’s gro...

Not even an event of Olympic proportions can go off without a hitch. Jeannie Hervatine’s elementary physical education classes at Union Area School Di...

Each week, Evans City Elementary School Principal Lauri Pendred meets with students during lunch to talk about a variety of topics. It was a recent di...

Becoming an empty nester comes with its fair share of emotions: Pride, nervousness, hope and sadness. There was a time when you were counting your bab...

Scott Ziobrowski, director of food service at Hilton Central School District, was visiting the district’s middle school at the start of the week when ...

Properly maintaining a healthy heart is a lesson everyone should take to, well, heart. And it’s a lesson that’s being driven home in Pittsford Central...

Living in a digital age makes it inevitable that the fitness world should be transformed by the various technologies shaping today’s culture. But are ...

Severe acne. Bronchitis. Pink eye. If you’ve come down with anything more than the common cold, you’ve probably been prescribed an antibiotic. And it ...

These days, it seems there’s no shortage of quick-fixes and cure-alls for anything from weight loss to cancer prevention. Supplements and shakes promi...

I’ve always been fascinated with the idea of hiking long distances. Stories of people who have trekked the Pan-American Highway or the Appalachian Tra...

Before you scrap those potato peels, try soaking them in water, tossing them in olive oil, adding a pinch of sea salt and baking them in the oven for ...

Parents have grown increasingly leery of foods that contain peanut-based ingredients. Concerns are valid, though, as a growing number of U.S. children...

When employees of school districts in Armstrong-Indiana encounter problems of any sort, they have a place to turn. The Employee Assistance Program was...

The growing problem of opioid abuse hit home for Mariah Syktich when her older brother, Josh Wells, died from a heroin overdose last year. Despite her...