clinical medicine

DuBOIS — As people age, a buildup of calcium on the aortic valve can make it thicker and stiffer leading to aortic stenosis. In addition, congenital h...

Rep. Martin Causer, R-Turtlepoint, will convene a meeting of the EMS Task Force at 6 p.m. Wednesday at the McKean County Department of Emergency Servi...

Dr. Yvon Woappi ’11, who researches wound healing and regeneration at his lab at Columbia University, will address the University of Pittsburgh at Bra...

How many of us know what goes into the development of the medications we take? We take a medicine and hope that it will work, that we’ll feel better s...

NEW YORK (TNS) — When aCBS Newsmedical correspondent claimed recently that we’re accumulating a plastic spoon’s worth of plastic in our brains, her co...

As February’s Heart Month comes to a close and Women’s History Month begins, it’s the perfect time to highlight a critical health issue that too often...

DuBOIS — Burns are the fourth leading cause of accidental death in the U.S. While anyone can sustain a burn injury, they are more common in young chil...

(TNS) With the rise of obesity drugs a pair of Penn State researchers set out to answer a question: could drugs aimed at weight loss help battle opioi...

ROME (AP) — The Vatican on Monday announced the start of nighttime prayers for the health of Pope Francis in St. Peter's Square, and invited Romans an...

COLD: Brrrr. It’s been a chilly one this winter. Despite the frozen pipes, slippery roads and icy sidewalks, health experts say cold weather isn’t all...

Community Blood Bank of Northwestern PA and Western NY will host a blood drive noon to 5 p.m. Monday at St Bernard Church, 95 E. Corydon St. Every day...

PORTVILLE, N.Y. — February is Rare Disease Awareness month. The upcoming week has been declared Rare Disease Awareness week, with Rare Disease Day bei...

When adults have their routine eye exams, they commonly have a test for glaucoma. Glaucoma is a group of diseases that damage the eye’s optic nerve an...

HARRISBURG (TNS)—The official number of people that have contracted bird flu in the past year, 68 to be exact, has been relatively small. A new study ...

HARRISBURG —Treating traumatic brain injury, or TBI, can be a long and costly road. Experts in the field say that leaving these injuries untreated or ...

SMETHPORT — A blood drive will be held from 2 to 6 p.m. Feb. 20 at Smethport Fire Department, 109 S. Nelson St. Community Blood Bank of Northwestern P...

DuBOIS — It’s winter and one thing that’s almost as certain as cold weather is that small children will develop ear infections. otitis media, the medi...

Got the sniffles? Is it the common cold, or the beginning of something worse that might knock you out of commission for a while? Between Sept. 29 and ...

DuBOIS — Having a heart attack, congestive heart failure or heart surgery can be scary. The recuperation process leaves some people weak and anxious. ...

Three blood drives for the American Red Cross have been set for February around the region. The Grace Bible Church in Kane will hold a drive from 12:3...