medicine

The mass-shootings at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, and schools around the nation last year ignited a debate on mental he...

According to the American Cancer Society, more than 60,000 young adults in the U.S. are diagnosed yearly with cancer and of those 9,000 die. Among tha...

It seems like we insure everything in our lives — our homes, cars and lives. But what about our pets? Pet insurance is still relatively new in the Uni...

The annual Robert Wood Johnson and University of Wisconsin County Health Rankings are out and it’s not good news — again — for Cattaraugus County. For...

Thanks to glands of the endocrine system like the ovaries, testes, thyroid and hypothalamus, special chemical messengers known as hormones influence t...

As cliché as it may sound, it’s also a fact: Doing good is good for everyone. Altruism is beneficial to your mental health, physical well-being and se...

For anyone considering a plant-based diet as part of a healthier lifestyle, you might want to hear what Sarah Goodenough has to say. Goodenough lived ...

Let’s talk about sex. If those words grabbed your attention, it may have more to do with the reality that our nation doesn’t normalize the conversatio...

A Salamanca man who was severely injured late last month in his own home by a raccoon is serving as a reminder that post-exposure rabies vaccines are ...

When you go to the dentist, the doctor isn’t just assessing your teeth. The health of your mouth can be an indicator of larger, more serious issues. I...

Health insurance plans provide a number of preventive services that many employees don’t know are available, and some simply don’t use. What if people...

James Decker, 51, jokes that he “won the big grand prize” when he learned he had both diabetes and heart disease. But thanks to prompt and attentive c...

If you’ve ever suffered a broken bone, chances are you came away from the experience with a whole new appreciation for the role the skeletal system pl...

As part of an effort to keep students front and center regarding plans for preparedness, staff at Seneca Valley School District recently participated ...

Cattaraugus County schools’ immunization rates are generally high — with the exception of seven Amish schools where there is a 100 percent religious e...

OLEAN — While the influenza season has been mild so far statewide and in Cattaraugus County, the number of cases has begun to increase. Statewide last...

“My whole life, as soon as I began menstruating, my periods would cause me to double over in pain,” Megan Latulippe says. She has lived with a conditi...

Should a sprained ankle or chest pains send a person to the emergency room, or is an urgent care center more appropriate? The choice is difficult, to ...