pain

DuBOIS — We use our hands for practically everything we do throughout the day — from turning off the alarm before we are even out of bed to turning of...

DEAR ABBY: I've known "Bianca" since high school. She's my neighbor and godmother to my son. I consider her a sister, and we travel and spend holidays...

As February’s Heart Month comes to a close and Women’s History Month begins, it’s the perfect time to highlight a critical health issue that too often...

DuBOIS — Approximately 39% of adults suffer from back pain, and each year nearly 7 million people in the U.S. experience a herniated disc. Also called...

DUBOIS — As anyone who has experienced a migraine knows, it is much more than a bad headache. It can be a debilitating condition, making daily activit...

Almost everyone experiences back pain at some point. According to the National Institutes of Health, back pain is one of the most common reasons Ameri...

ORANGE: Monday is a special day for folks suffering from a rare, incurable pain condition known by several names — CPRS, RSD, AMPS, RND. Each year, on...

Bradford Regional Medical Center and Olean General Hospital announced Thursday the appointment of Joseph Staszel, MD, pain management, to Foothills Me...

A few weeks ago, my husband and I lost a friend to an opioid overdose. He was not the first person we knew who died from an overdose, but he was perha...

GLAUCOMA: January is National Glaucoma Awareness Month. Supported by the American Academy of Ophthalmology and the National Eye Institute, this campai...

WHOOPS!: Good thing our readers are on their toes — one attentive gentleman alerted The Era that the rodent identified as a chipmunk in Tuesday’s edit...

UNIVERSITY PARK — The Couples’ Daily Lives Study is recruiting participants for a new research study conducted by Penn State’s Center for Healthy Agin...

The Onstott family of Mt. Pleasant is trying to get back to living normally after their 11-year-old daughter, Madisyn, was diagnosed with juvenile idi...

Blood clots in veins that drain blood from the brain can lead to alarming strokelike results. The symptoms can be severe headaches, abdominal pain, le...

Kane native, Dr. Patricia Gelatko is a 42-year-old woman who lives with her family. She has two well loved golden retrievers, Emma and Jemma, likes cr...

RIDGWAY — Penn Highlands Elk will begin transitioning outpatient surgeries and pain procedures from Penn Highlands Elk Surgery Center to the hospital,...

New parents want something for their child. Fun toys. A new stroller, maybe. A safe environment. Opportunities. All Sandi Quinlan, a sixth-grade math ...

Imagine the feeling of floating in a zero-gravity environment, the tension leaving your muscles and stress and worries of the day melting off of you. ...

In 2017, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services declared a public health emergency, and it announced a five-point strategy to battle the opi...

An African proverb says, “Initiate the boys, or they’ll burn the village down.” In the midst of an era where the national media spotlight has been poi...