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Boil water notice for East Olean after water main break

By JIM ECKSTROM jeckstrom@oleantimesherald.com

August 18, 2026

OLEAN — Mayor Amy B. Sherburne advised Tuesday afternoon that East Olean residents boil their water for consumption until further notice after a water...

Commentary, Nation World

Do you really want to find out if you’ll get Alzheimer’s?

F.D. FLAM Bloomberg Opinion

Apr 19, 2024

NEW YORK (TNS) — A few years ago, researchers made the unnerving discovery that in the brains of people with Alzheimer’s disease, disordered clumps of...

How does COVID-19 change the brain? This scientist is finding out

Amina Khan Los Angeles Times (TNS)

Nov 19, 2021

NEW YORK — In a room as cold as a refrigerator, Dr. Maura Boldrini bends over a plastic box filled with pale slices of human brain, each piece nestled...

Cattaraugus County News, Local News, News

Olean General/BRMC medical chief: Don’t hesitate to get vaccine

Jim Eckstrom jeckstrom@oleantimesherald.com

Dec 12, 2020

The prospect of a vaccine for COVID-19 reaching the Twin Tiers area is closer and closer. A U.S. government advisory panel endorsed widespread use of ...

Commentary, Local Columnists

Health Matters: With science, our bodies can defeat COVID-19

Athena Godet-Calogeras, Special to Olean Times Herald

Apr 20, 2020

Until now, a virus was an unpleasant but accepted part of life. Most of us have experienced one or several variations of the viruses that cause the co...

Health

E-cig flavorings may damage lining of blood vessels

HealthDay News and Thompson Health

Sep 19, 2018

Flavorings used in e-cigarettes harm blood vessel cells in a way that could trigger future heart damage, according to a study published recently in th...

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Olean community trying to make life easier for Archbishop Walsh grad with Friedreich’s ataxia

TOM DINKI, Olean Times Herald

May 27, 2018

OLEAN — A few weeks after striding across the stage for his Alfred University diploma, Braeden Clark learned he had a rare neuromuscular disease that ...

Health

Balance beams: the suitability of proton beam therapy

Robin Schoenthaler, MD

Jan 17, 2018

C ancer treatment is usually a team effort as it is often treated one, two or three ways: surgery, drugs (hormones or chemotherapy) and radiation. Rad...

Health

The efficacy of stem cell treatment for musculoskeletal conditions

Ayesha Abdeen, MD

Jan 17, 2018

T he current standard treatments for musculoskeletal injuries and degenerative conditions rely on methods to encourage existing structures and tissues...

Health

St. Jude’s leaves family with high hopes

Mar 09, 2017

It appeared as though Florida preschooler Payton had stuck something up her nose. The three-year-old’s parents could see it inside her left nostril. S...

Health

Understand ALS

Paige Fumo Fox

May 01, 2016

It seems like ages ago that our Facebook feeds were filled with videos of our friends—and even our favorite celebrities—dumping ice-cold water on them...