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A new year represents a clean slate and a new opportunity for achieving optimal health. This is precisely why it’s the perfect time for UR Medicine Th...

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

For Kane area customers of Pennsylvania American Water, issues reported this week on the smell and taste of the water do not pose a health threat. Gar...

When Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, announced in 2015 that they were going to have a baby girl, the couple revealed so...

Do you remember an instance when your toe poked through the worn fabric at the tip of your sock? An inguinal hernia is similar — except the “sock” in ...

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...

Harvest of Health featured vendors, as well as presenters who spoke on topics including sleep, digestion and stress management. In January, UR Medicin...

Let’s face it, if every meal we ate looked like the poster image for MyPlate — the United States Department of Agriculture’s campaign to promote healt...

Laura Marlowe is clear about one thing: “My life is full,” she says, emphatically. In addition to being a Wellness Champion, Marlowe holds three jobs:...

I had my mind set on taking a self-defense class the past year. When my editor suggested a column about Krav Maga, I jumped at the idea. I love it! It...

Don’t put away that sunscreen just yet. The harsh winter weather can wreak as much havoc on your skin as can the hot summer sun, according to Dr. Mary...

When one thinks of the relationship between drugs and music, the rock star lifestyle comes to mind. But for the estimated 23.5 million Americans who s...

The growing epidemic of heroin abuse is not limited to America’s large cities. The Armstrong-Indiana area has it's own issues, too. But there are solu...

Allegheny Health Network and Highmark Health invested $26 million in a new in-patient critical care unit for cardiovascular patients in early 2016. Ac...

Armstrong County is near the top of the list in Pennsylvania in an unfortunate category: The number of deaths per capita caused by heroin. And it’s a ...

Frances Halley had always known she had a heart murmur, but it wasn’t until she saw Dr. Stephen Bailey, Allegheny General Hospital’s director of cardi...

On Oct. 11, Ontario County hosted its fourth annual Wellness Fair. Organized by the Ontario County Wellness Committee, the Wellness Fair’s objective w...

From September 2015 through October 2016, Community College of Allegheny County has collected 148 pints of blood from nine blood drives hosted across ...

The Allegheny County Schools Health Insurance Consortium was recognized last year by the Pittsburgh Business Group on Health for “Excellence in Drivin...

Kelly Evans knows how important her family’s health is, but she wishes her husband, Nate, was more proactive about his checkups. “He doesn’t have the ...