health

With nearly 41,000 people dying from secondhand smoke exposure nationwide annually, many nonsmokers are negatively affected by smoking, as well. Curre...

The saying, “Take a powder,” is usually said in a wise guy manner as an attempt to get rid of someone. But the officials from the Susan G. Komen Found...

Judy Darling, assistant teacher at Williamson Central School District, sees her primary care physician every year. Under the care of her doctor, she g...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — The New York State Public Health and Health Planning Council has approved the active parent model for Upper Allegheny Health System (U...

In mid-October 2016, three Finger Lakes school districts — North Rose-Wolcott, Red Creek and Clyde-Savannah — got together for the first Tri-School St...

It appeared as though Florida preschooler Payton had stuck something up her nose. The three-year-old’s parents could see it inside her left nostril. S...

Comments on Upper Allegheny Health System’s future parent company, Kaleida Health, as well as the critical need for primary care physicians, were part...

There were times when no one was around that Connie Coleman would place her head on her desk. There were times she went to the washroom and felt inten...

OLEAN, N.Y. —Dozens of dental and medical professionals are planning to conduct a health fair for the uninsured June 10-11 at St. Bonaventure Universi...

When you first wake up, you probably hit the snooze button on your alarm clock — you know, the one on your smartphone. Later on in the day, you might ...

As recently as 1998, only about 30 percent of Americans were regular Internet users. While the dot-com bubble might have been expanding during that pe...

Northwest Savings Bank recently made a $20,000 donation to Beacon Light Behavioral Health System. The gift was made toward a capital campaign to build...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump finally gave Republicans what they've spent months begging him to deliver: a pivot to presidential behavior. The questi...

When it comes to healthcare and healthy lifestyles, the terms holistic, homeopathic, homemade and alternative have become increasingly familiar. Accor...

Terry Grosetti, a trainer and owner of Grosetti Performance in New Castle, believes that regardless of a person’s age, a physical training program mus...

The superintendent of Seneca Valley School District might have come up short in her bid for an award that recognizes exceptionalism, but finishing in ...

SMETHPORT —A free health screening day for children birth to 5-years-old will be offered from 9 a.m. to noon March 3 at the Smethport Family Center at...

HARRISBURG –– The Pennsylvania Department of Health is reminding everyone there is still time to get immunized against the flu as the number of illnes...

George Repchick, co-owner and president of Saber Healthcare Group LLC and a 1982 alumnus of the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford, will speak as pa...

Knoch Middle School Principal Dr. Frank Moxie decided last school year he wanted to incorporate health lessons into the school’s curriculum, and turne...