Health

We often conflate lung cancer with cigarettes. Yet, a solid 20% of people who die from lung cancer never smoke a day in their lives. While it’s true t...

Schools are busy places. Activities, testing, presentations, lunches, assemblies—the daily hum keeps most of the staff on their feet all day, every da...

We’ve all heard it: An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. But, what does that mean when it comes to your health care? You are probably fami...

On May 27, a student at Mars Area Primary Center came up to the school’s principal, Todd Lape, and proudly proclaimed, “I got my red shirt on today, M...

Every day, as they walk into the building, staff and students at New Castle Area School District’s George Washington Intermediate School can’t help bu...

Sore muscles and aches come and go, but pain that sticks around—also known as chronic pain—can be life altering. The number of people suffering from c...

The idea of a loved one being ravaged by the horrors of opioid or heroin addiction is the stuff of nightmares. No state in the United States is spared...

In 2011, the National Center for Education Statistics revealed that 54% of eighth-graders performed at the Basic level for the National Assessment of ...

Joe Dentzer’s smile spreads across his face when he talked about the upcoming vacation to Italy he and his wife are taking and the debt of gratitude h...

Botvin’s LifeSkills Training, an evidence-based substance abuse and violence prevention program, has become part of the health curriculum this semeste...

Hardly anyone picks up a cigarette for the first time and intends to smoke forever. In reality, most people think they can quit whenever they want to....

Whether it’s on Facebook, TV or even the local newspaper, guys constantly are bombarded by advertisements about testosterone. These ads promise to cur...

For students, being involved in sports is certainly a healthy option, and one that can provide a multitude of social and physical benefits. However, w...

It was May 2003. Maggie Spuhler, now a grade school teacher at Wheatland-Chili Central School District, was in her freshman year at State University o...

A good memory has never been one of my strengths, yet it’s amazing how I can recall details of relatively insignificant events that happened decades a...

It has been a challenge for many baby boomers to embrace technology. I have friends who still resist using email, but at the same time they look forwa...

We’ve all heard it before: An apple a day keeps the doctor away. It’s a well-known idiom, and for good reason—there’s a great deal of truth to it. App...

Lori Rieger’s family has a long history of breast cancer. Her mother, Lois Seelman, was diagnosed when she was 47. And Seelman was only 9 when her mot...