anatomy

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

CUBA — Cuba-Rushford Middle-High School student Dakota Thompson and his near-shoulder-length red hair sat down for a haircut Friday for the first time...

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...

After 23 years of waiting for a liver transplant, Miranda Lananger not only received her gift of life, but also had the opportunity to meet the total ...

Pain is no stranger to any of us. Whether we suffer a searing headache, a broken bone, recovery from surgery, the contractions of childbirth, or numer...

“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...

(TNS) In 2000, when I was 19 and having an existential and Adderall-fueled nervous breakdown, I came home from college for a long weekend and sobbed i...

I love to walk in cemeteries. The manicured pathways create an endless labyrinth through chapters of history. There are surprisingly many people to “m...

My heart is broken. In the past week, three people I’ve loved have passed on. About two weeks ago, our family experienced a loss of a cousin, so that’...

DEAR HARRIETTE: I was given a check by a family friend for Christmas last year, and I just found it. It's more than a year old. I feel horrible about ...

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 ...

For years, Darcie Buffone, a fourth-grade teacher at Armstrong School District’s Shannock Valley Elementary, struggled with weight. She tried diets an...

OLEAN — For the past few years, people who have needed to de-stress, or just find a way to relax once a week, have participated in Wellness Wednesday ...

I happened to drive by a small stream last week and, looking through the heavily falling snow, was amazed to see the area had changed completely. Many...

As the winter weather settles in, there’s one phrase that sends chills down the backs of teachers and parents. “It’s going around.” Yes, cold and flu ...

OLEAN — Reports of influenza are on the increase across Cattaraugus County and the rest of New York state. Lynn Moore, county Health Department direct...

ST. BONAVENTURE — Shannon Keller will tell you she is blessed to be a student at St. Bonaventure University. A senior biology and health science doubl...