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An excessive fear of hospitals is called “nosocomephobia,” and about 3% of the population suffers from this condition. Meanwhile, some studies report ...

SALAMANCA — Students and staff in the Salamanca City Central School District no longer need to make a special trip to the doctor if a medical concern ...

LITTLE VALLEY — Following his frantic drive to Olean General Hospital from his home in Little Valley in early April, Cameron McClure was so weak and o...

OLEAN — How are front-line nurses at Olean General Hospital confronting the coronavirus threat? At least three COVD-19 positive patients have been or ...

Cattaraugus County’s positive COVID-19 cases inch upward, with an additional case bringing the number of confirmed infected persons on Wednesday to se...

SALAMANCA — The Salamanca City Central School District is partnering with Mobile Telemed to provide students immediate access to physical and mental h...

OLEAN — Paula J. Snyder of Olean has been named executive director at the Cattaraugus County Campus of Jamestown Community College. Snyder has served ...

Research shows certain risk factors can increase the chances of developing cancer. Some of these factors, such as tobacco use, can be controlled. Othe...

In February, I had open heart surgery to repair a mitral valve and have a bypass. It’s an experience I wouldn’t wish on anyone. I’d had a series of te...

CANANDAIGUA – UR Medicine Thompson Health encourages national board certification for all its nurses and this year celebrated Certified Nurses Day™ on...

Here in the U.S., when it comes to our nation’s overall health, we have work to do. Reports show that not only do we spend a disproportionate amount o...

When Amy Foy was 36 weeks along in her pregnancy, she and her boyfriend James Stenzel learned the baby girl Amy was carrying was breech. Instead of a ...

Marion Nugent Cowan recalls a time when, as a visiting staff nurse with the Visiting Nurses Association, she lugged around a Dictaphone, speaking her ...

For patients about to undergo a percutaneous coronary intervention — an angioplasty, to laypeople — it is important to understand the types of post-su...

Frances Halley had always known she had a heart murmur, but it wasn’t until she saw Dr. Stephen Bailey, Allegheny General Hospital’s director of cardi...