health

Inspiration can be found in the least likely of places. When he was in fourth grade, Jordan Geist, now a senior at Knoch High School in the South Butl...

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...

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....

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...

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

Pops for Pups could be the title of a new off-Broadway show. However, at Mars Area Middle School, it was an event that allowed the student-led Communi...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

Cheryl and Greg Teamann were under a great deal of stress. Greg was having extreme health problems and despite having heart surgery in 2012 to correct...

U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer, D-New York, on Wednesday called the Senate to reach a bipartisan agreement on $1.9 billion in spending for the Zika virus b...