Health

Ontario County Staff Social Worker and Wellness Champion Jennifer Allen mugs for the camera after completing a Color Run. If you have a face and a pho...

Discussing sex and sexuality can be an uncomfortable situation, particularly because many parents have spent years sheltering their children from sexu...

Everyone knows you’ll significantly lower the odds of contracting lung cancer if you don’t smoke. Well, to prevent skin cancer, slather on the sunscre...

Most of us are aware that biometric scores such as blood sugar, cholesterol levels and body mass are all key health indicators. Now there’s a new numb...

As summer approaches, health officials are warning that Lyme disease could be particularly prevalent in the Northeast. Research shows the number of mi...

In early spring, a backyard fire that was thought to be extinguished started a house fire in Ontario County. Jeff Harloff, head of Ontario County's Em...

In 1965, a trio of dads invented the game of pickleball to give their bored children something to do during the summer. Fast-forward about 50 years to...

Consider the scenario: You’ve just been in a car accident and are critically wounded and unconscious. When the emergency medical services first respon...

Santino Pollino doesn’t call himself a tough guy, but he sure has a tough guy’s resume. The 30-year-old Geneva resident is an Ontario County Jail corr...

Summer in Ontario County! It’s the season many of us dream of as we battle the winds and snow of winter. Ontario County is home to many venues that ar...

At some point between trudging out another mile on the treadmill and willing yourself to choose carrot sticks over carrot cake, you’ve probably had th...

Millions of jumps have resulted in thousands of dollars raised for a good cause at Homer-Center Elementary School. Physical education teacher Scott Ba...

When Denise Jones was 34 years old, she was greatly relieved to learn — after a period of her body going haywire — that she didn’t have bone cancer. B...

Pollen’s got nothing on Adrienne Stiteler, an educational consultant for the training and consultation team at ARIN Intermediate Unit 28. Living on a ...

At Marion Center High School, a little sweat equity can go a long way when it’s time to hit the books. Thanks to the SPARK program led by Paul DeHaven...

Homer-Center Elementary School students, along with local residents, will benefit from a collective effort that will provide a new playground this sum...

The immediate future is bright for a free and low-cost food program that this past school year helped feed more than four-fifths of the elementary stu...

A fit guy lifts a boulder that weighs approximately 150 pounds. A frail, older lady lifts her grocery bag. It might not sound like these two would hav...