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A shift is occurring in the makeup of those turning to Thompson Hospital for care. “While the number of patients who need to be admitted to the hospit...

FROM THE newborns in Thompson Hospital’s Birthing Center, to high school seniors eyeing careers in health care, to the residents of the M.M. Ewing Con...

Benefit Performance Associates' Integrated health advocacy program® is a preventive care model with a proven record of success. But as is the case wit...

The concept of a company helping individuals with chronic illnesses regain control of their lives dates back to the early 1990s when Maria Kuhn, manag...

Let’s start with a story: A man goes to work at a steel mill. An explosion throws the man into a steel wall, setting him on fire. He suffers serious t...

OLEAN — For the first time since 1991, a medical doctor will be on the Nov. 7 ballot for the office of Cattaraugus County Coroner. Dr. Elwyn C. Clark ...

After slaughter in Las Vegas and devastation in Puerto Rico, it felt disconcerting — wrong, even — to mourn the death of rock star Tom Petty. After al...

Last year, Allen Turner began to experience numbness and cramping in his left hand. He couldn’t perform simple acts such as holding a newspaper withou...

Mary Maslanik credits a mammogram with saving her life. In May 2016, doctors at Thompson Health gave the Canandaigua woman some concerning news — they...

OLEAN — More care at less cost is the mantra driving efforts between Kaleida Health and Upper Allegheny Health System following an affiliation agreeme...

OLEAN — An Olean General Hospital administrator confirmed Monday layoffs of staff occurred and multiple vacant positions were eliminated last week at ...

OLEAN — Injuries that resulted in hospitalization were reported Friday after a vehicle crashed in the town of Olean. A single-vehicle accident took pl...

Q: What is DME? A: DME stands for durable medical equipment. There may be times when you require DME/Prosthetics/Orthotics. Some examples are medicall...

When I first started working for public schools, people more knowledgeable than I were retiring. They told me they were getting out before new require...

Frank Krevetski turned 78 in August. He also celebrated 51 years of marriage to wife Patricia that day. But there’s another reason for him to be happy...

OLEAN — Despite national results showing varying effectiveness of most flu vaccines for different age groups, Cattaraugus County Public Health Directo...

Pennsylvania is experiencing a population explosion, but nobody’s dispatching the Welcome Wagon. Thick forests and the vast herds of deer that live wi...

OLEAN — Cindy Kurjakovic still has bad days. Any mother would after losing her 31-year-old daughter — whom she loved watching travel abroad, ride hors...