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Bradford Regional Medical Center has announced the appointment of Asim Makhdom, MD, orthopedic surgeon, to its medical staff and the Foothills Medical...

When life hands you lemons, make lemonade. We’ve all heard this saying before, and likely did a collective eye roll when someone gives us that advice....

ERIE — The American Red Cross is facing a severe blood shortage and urgently needs blood donors to give now to avoid delays in lifesaving medical care...

Sami Placer, system director, clinical education, perioperative services at Bradford Regional Medical Center and Olean General Hospital, recently gave...

As the wintry atmosphere has settled outside and the heat gets cranked up indoors, the dry air can wreak havoc on the body — particularly your eyes. Y...

The CARE for Children board of directors will recognize multiple local organizations at a reception as part of their annual meeting at 6 p.m. Nov. 29 ...

Nathan Smith, center, played Gomez Addams in a musical version of “The Addams Family” Oct. 25-28 at Mount Aloysius College. This is his third musical....

The American Red Cross urges people to share their good health this holiday season by donating blood or platelets for patients in need. A decline in d...

Forget hunting season, it’s flu season –– arguably the most dreaded two words of all. Cases of the influenza virus have already begun popping up throu...

LEWIS RUN — An inmate at the Federal Correctional Institute-McKean was treated Wednesday morning for injuries suffered in an alleged assault. At 10:10...

The son of the founder of the Heimlich maneuver has questioned the effectiveness and safety of the Dechoker device currently available at a local scho...

DUKE CENTER (EC) — A benefit will be held from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday at the Otto Township Volunteer Fire Department for Justin McDivitt and Sam and ...

TODAY : It’s Halloween, time for youngsters to don costumes and seek treats, under threat of mysterious tricks for a lack thereof. We’ve found the 10 ...

The VNA of Northwest PA has been included in the 2018 HomeCare Elite™, a recognition of the top-performing home health agencies in the United States. ...

It’s no wonder that many of us two-leggers get the heebie-jeebies at the sight of spiders. With their far-too-many legs, shiny or furry bodies — often...

When Diane Foster and Lindsey Burgess were talking about dental health with coworkers, they were floored to learn most of them don’t follow dentists’ ...

A Bradford man who was accused of assault last week was arraigned Sunday before District Judge William Todd. Andrew J. Beck, 28, of 41 Main St., Apt. ...

University of Pittsburgh medical students will provide free health screenings from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Nov. 3 at the Bradford Family YMCA. Screenings...

PATRIOTISM : In our searches through The Era’s archives, one thing that struck us about the news during the time of World War I was the unabashed patr...

Recently, we sat down with IRMC Physician Group’s general surgeons to learn a little bit about the da Vinci Xi robot, Indiana Regional Medical Center’...