physiology

A Community Blood Bank blood drive has been set for noon to 5:30 p.m. on Monday at St. Bernard Church. Anyone who donates blood is entered for a chanc...

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. We should take this month to understand the disease, its risks and symptoms. Statistics show a one in eight ...

Bradford Regional Medical Center is holding a ConnectLife blood drive from 10 a.m. — 3 p.m on Monday. The community is encouraged to donate to help en...

If you are sick, stay away from the hospital — unless you are seeking medical care, that is. On Tuesday, Bradford Regional Medical Center and Olean (N...

ERIE — A donation shortfall over the winter holidays is prompting the American Red Cross to issue an emergency call for blood platelet donors to give ...

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....

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...

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...

During Childhood Cancer Awareness Month this September, the American Red Cross invites eligible donors to give blood to support children, teens and yo...

HOT, HOT, HOT: With heat and humidity expected all week, we wanted to remind our readers to take steps to prevent heat-related illnesses. Today in Bra...

OLEAN, N.Y. — Naka King of Sugar Grove, Pa. and Shannon Davison of Bolivar met for the first time this past week in Olean when relating the story of a...

There were more than just students at the Port Allegany High School on Friday. McKean County District Attorney Stephanie Vettenburg-Shaffer said at th...

Earlier this flu season, in about a month and a half, McKean County went from having 62 reported flu cases to 370, and Potter County, 100 to 388. And ...

Loren and Barbara Clark of Bradford have announced the engagement of their son, Shawn Clark, to Kristin Zenisek, daughter of Kenneth and Connie Zenise...

The Red Cross is urging healthy donors of all blood types to roll up a sleeve to help maintain the blood supply for patients in need. Blood drives are...

The Bradford Lions Club will be hosting a free health fair from 1 to 4 p.m. on Feb. 10. The fair will be held at 107 Irving Lane in Bradford Township....

The flu is raging across Pennsylvania ––and the four-county region hasn’t been spared, health officials are reporting. Nate Wardle of the Pennsylvania...

LIMESTONE, N.Y. — For the past several months, a number of New York state and Pennsylvania residents in need of help with opiate addictions have visit...

Reported flu cases are up across the region –– so much so that the Bradford Regional Medical Center has been restricted to visitors 17 years old and o...

Due to an increase in influenza cases, Bradford Regional Medical Center and Olean General Hospital are taking steps to protect their patients, visitor...