health

Two properties in the City of Bradford were named public nuisances at a meeting of the city’s board of health Tuesday evening. The first property disc...

With three busloads of athletes, Churchville-Chili Central School District had no shortage of students dedicated to making a positive impact by partic...

Many people are just a heartbeat away from cardiac disease and do not know it. Luckily, Bradford has a renown cardiologist who does not take cardiac h...

Millions of people each day depend on a cup of coffee in hopes of becoming functional in the morning. Others turn to soft drinks or caffeine-laden ene...

Nine minutes. That’s the Emergency Medical Services’ average response time to a medical crisis. Yet the first few moments after an accident are often ...

Marion Nugent Cowan recalls a time when, as a visiting staff nurse with the Visiting Nurses Association, she lugged around a Dictaphone, speaking her ...

IRMC Physician Group is attempting to curb emergency room overutilization by offering patients convenient health care access. IPG last October introdu...

For patients about to undergo a percutaneous coronary intervention — an angioplasty, to laypeople — it is important to understand the types of post-su...

The employees of a credit union that has implemented an incentive-laden health and wellness program developed by Ottawa Kent are listening, and pocket...

Dana Fedoruk decided it was time to get serious about weight loss when she grew weary of watching her weight fluctuate as she tried various diets, and...

Darlene Myers hadn’t been to a doctor in 24 years. A widow at age 44 living in Dixonville, she held three jobs and raised two children who were teens ...

When dealing with the stresses and burdens of daily life, many people turn to psychologists or other mental health specialists for help. This can ofte...

COUDERSPORT — Dr. Andrea Heller, DO, has received an advanced certification in hospice and palliative care from the American Board of Family Medicine....

Hunter Reimer rode a dirt bike for the first time when he was 4 years old, and hasn’t stopped revving since. Reimer, 15, a sophomore at Mars Area Seni...

The University of Pittsburgh at Bradford will hold a Health Careers Job Fair on Tuesday on campus. Representatives of more than a dozen organizations ...

It can be easy to feel bad for grains. For thousands of years — and from corn to quinoa — they’ve been a staple of diets around the world. But more re...

In January, UR Medicine Thompson Health launched Wellness Hub, an all-inclusive program offering both men and women the opportunity to attend a number...

What began in the 1990s as an up-and-coming surgical procedure for treating aneurysms has not only become common practice today, but is also proven to...

Thompson Hospital recently became the first in the state to offer revolutionary SafeGait technology in a full-time outpatient setting. The device’s st...

The reach of technological innovation in cardiac care is continuing to grow, and as it does, is changing how and where care can be delivered. This all...