Mind Body

Hardly anyone picks up a cigarette for the first time and intends to smoke forever. In reality, most people think they can quit whenever they want to....

On May 27, a student at Mars Area Primary Center came up to the school’s principal, Todd Lape, and proudly proclaimed, “I got my red shirt on today, M...

The idea of a loved one being ravaged by the horrors of opioid or heroin addiction is the stuff of nightmares. No state in the United States is spared...

Joe Dentzer’s smile spreads across his face when he talks about the upcoming vacation to Italy he and his wife are taking and the debt of gratitude he...

Sore muscles and aches come and go, but pain that sticks around—also known as chronic pain—can be life altering. The number of people suffering from c...

Botvin’s LifeSkills Training, an evidence-based substance abuse and violence prevention program, has become part of the health curriculum this semeste...

Pops for Pups could be the title of a new off-Broadway show. However, at Mars Area Middle School, it was an event that allowed the student-led Communi...

Cheryl and Greg Teamann were under a great deal of stress. Greg was having extreme health problems and despite having heart surgery in 2012 to correct...

When you step into a BodPod, it may seem like you are stepping into a small spaceship. But as unique as it looks, what it does is even more unique—and...

Ontario County recently completed its second annual biometric screening event that provided participants with a summary booklet that interpreted their...

There were many factors that prompted Walt Michalski to talk to his doctor about a sleep study. Michalski, who is currently serving as a staff member ...

Every year, Indiana County Technology Center medical assistant students get hands-on, thanks to a partnership between ICTC and the Indiana Rotary Club...

Everyone gets them. Whether it’s a dull ache, pounding pressure or throbbing that just won’t go away, headache pain can seriously impact our lives. If...

Pat Rattigan did not want to stop playing flag football. He didn’t want to avoid wrestling with his children, or avoid playing pickup basketball games...

They may not be flying, but they do have brooms. The students at Indiana Area Junior High School have brought a little bit of the wizarding world to t...

You’ve hit an especially demanding stretch of work. With your oldest child applying to colleges, financial concerns are keeping you up at night. You g...

Traditional lectures are still one of the most common ways teachers relay information to students in the classroom. For hard-of-hearing and deaf stude...

It’s hard enough, as many of us know, to grow fruits and vegetables in a backyard garden. There’s the tilling and fertilizing of the soil, the constan...

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...