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Under the guise of cost saving and patient safety, health insurers use a process called prior authorization to decide whether they will cover a proced...

HARRISBURG — State Rep. Matt Baker, chairman of the House Health Committee, has authored three bills passed by the House this week to ensure individua...

The recent closing of a local medical office has left the Bradford area short one more physician. The McKean County Medical Society has released a sta...

Dr. Gregory Ambuske has closed his Bradford practice. Patients of his former Quality Care Internal Medicine received letters in the mail announcing th...

Bradford Regional Medical Center will host a presentation on advance care planning from 1 to 2 p.m. Feb. 28 in the activity room at The Pavilion at BR...

General surgeon Dr. Rabie Stephan, FACS, has joined the medical staff at Bradford Regional Medical Center and the Foothills Medical Group in Bradford....

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

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — For all his achievements, Jim Kelly's life has been tempered with professional and personal heartbreak. The Buffalo Bills Ha...

D. Lee Hay, MD, obstetrics and gynecology, has joined the Women’s Health Services office of Bradford Regional Medical Center and the Foothills Medical...

Bradford Regional Medical Center plans to make the Christmas holiday a little brighter for patients who cannot be home with their families. For those ...

OLEAN, N.Y. —The Kids and Cancer Fund of the Cattaraugus Region Community Foundation recently made possible 10 grants to assist healthcare organizatio...

In the year that Dr. Judit Gellen has served as oncologist for the Upper Allegheny Health System, she has grown to appreciate both the kindness and ha...

COUDERSPORT — Effective Monday, Dec. 12, the Cole Memorial Hospital Internal Medicine and Coudersport Pediatrics practices will exchange places at Col...

Bradford Regional Medical Center plans to make the Thanksgiving holiday a little brighter for patients who cannot be home with their families. For tho...

Being a forensic nurse means being a source of strength and comfort to some community members who need healing most. For Cheryl Wier, a sexual assault...

COUDERSPORT —The Patterson Cancer Center at Cole Memorial Hospital in Coudersport is collaborating with a major upstate New York state medical center ...

COUDERSPORT —As part of an ongoing focus to use the latest technology and treatments available for patients, Cole Memorial Hospital in Coudersport has...

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...

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...

Peggy Tippin is quite matter-of-fact when she talks about the dayher heart stopped, or, as she puts it, “the day I died."And, it’s no tall tale she te...