medicine

Numbers dictate our lives. From how fast we drive to our checking account balance, numbers represent limits that should not be ignored. If you’re like...

Everyone gets them. Whether it’s a dull ache, pounding pressure or throbbing that just won’t go away, headache pain can seriously impact our lives. If...

At one time, Jeff Taylor, 59, would have made the cover of a health magazine. Taylor ran the New York City Marathon. He climbed a trail on the Grand C...

A couple decades ago, it might have sounded a bit like science fiction if someone told you that you could freeze your eggs to delay motherhood until l...

It’s time for your annual flu and pneumonia vaccinations, and it’s important to understand how that vaccination will be paid for through your medical ...

You’ve hit an especially demanding stretch of work. With your oldest child applying to colleges, financial concerns are keeping you up at night. You g...

Mental illness refers to a wide range of mental health conditions — disorders that affect your mood, thinking and behavior. Examples of mental illness...

In November 2010, Amy Richmond, first grade teacher with Wheatland-Chili Central School District, was reassuring her older sister Kris that her sister...

The start of the new school year is a stressful time for both parents and students. Trying to get school supplies, new clothes or uniforms, books and ...

Jessica Rogowicz liked to tan. As she says, “I liked how I looked.” Every summer during her childhood, her family headed to Ocean City, N.J., for thei...

When 28-year-old Cat Coquillete found herself transitioning to a new phase in her career, she joined her best friend for a girlfriend getaway. Traveli...

When it comes to mosquitoes, humans are actually lucky. Not all of the 3,500 mosquito species around the world have a taste for humans, or at least no...

Until recently, it was routine for many patients complaining of pain to get sent home from the doctor’s office with a prescription for weeks’ worth of...

A simple smell evokes so much. Your husband’s cologne. Freshly baked cookies. Newly mowed grass under the warm summer sun. Smells make us remember, ma...

For Laura Rundell, Wellness Coordinator at Clyde-Savannah Central School District, and her family, March 2015 held the stuff of nightmares. Rundell an...

Breast cancer has pink. Red belongs to HIV and AIDS. Teal for ovarian cancer. As for malignant melanoma? The Ribbon is Black for a Reason. That’s the ...

If you’re like most people, you’ve gone under the knife at least once in your life. According to a survey by the American College of Surgeons, the ave...

We have all experienced the discomfort of a too-close conversation with a person whose breath reeks of their stinky lunch—or many lunches from days go...

When 2016 came around, you made your resolution to lose weight. And it was going great—until a few weeks in, when you stopped losing weight. If you’re...

Your cat breaks into a sneezing fit or you come home to find your dog has puked on the living room floor. This might seem normal—perhaps your cat’s sn...