pharmacology

What is a culture of health? David Martin, executive director of Massachusetts Health Council, sets out to answer that question during his presentatio...

Conventional medicine has made miraculous advances in many areas, including emergency conditions and subspecialty care. However, the prevalence of the...

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...

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

It takes years of intense data-driven research before an experimental therapy or medical device is commercially available. Before these treatments hit...

A medical approach which seeks to improve the quality of life through treatments aimed at reducing suffering, reducing disease (tumor burden), and imp...

Lisa VerWeire didn’t plan to become a mother in her early 40s. It’s just the path life led her down. “Everyone hopes to wait until the perfect time, b...

LIMESTONE — For the past several months, a number of New York state and Pennsylvania residents in need of help with opiate addictions have visited the...

OLEAN — Influenza is widespread throughout New York state and confirmed cases have been reported in Cattaraugus County. Dr. Kevin Watkins, Cattaraugus...

Sometimes you just can’t leave work to see your doctor, but that sore throat doesn’t seem to be going away on its own. Ontario County employee’s Telem...

Barbara Bell no longer has to wait for results of blood tests. If she wants those or other medical information, along with refilling prescriptions, th...

The opioid and prescription drug problem in our nation, and particularly in Pennsylvania, has reached epidemic levels. In fact, in December 2016 the C...

Some who visited the model “teen bedroom challenge” walked right past a number of hidden drug paraphernalia, never realizing items such as a fake Dr. ...

In 2006, Mary Jones woke with a headache unlike any she had experienced before. It was the beginning of her struggle with migraines, which can drastic...

BUFFALO (AP) — A 166-count federal indictment accuses a western New York doctor of illegally prescribing pain medication that resulted in six deaths. ...

It lasted just a little longer than a week. Three years ago for 10 days, Jennifer Beckinsale woke up each morning, poured a tablespoon of coconut oil ...

Tawanda Wright learned a hard lesson about taking medication as prescribed. In 1998, Wright, now 54, was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes. But Wright wa...

LITTLE VALLEY — Additional funding for Southern Tier drug interdiction was announced Wednesday by state Sen. Catharine Young, R-Olean. Cattaraugus Cou...