physiology

As the wintry atmosphere has settled outside and the heat gets cranked up indoors, the dry air can wreak havoc on the body — particularly your eyes. Y...

As the wintry atmosphere has settled outside and the heat gets cranked up indoors, the dry air can wreak havoc on the body — particularly your eyes. Y...

DEAR HARRIETTE: I'm self-conscious about my skin. I'm starting my freshman year of high school, and my skin is so bad. I recently met with my dermatol...

Amidst reports of canine distemper virus in New York City’s Central Park, the state Department of Agriculture and Markets issued a notice reminding pe...

Human beings are creatures of habit, and many of these habits are biologically programmed into our brains. Most everything we do is in response to the...

OLEAN — Naka King of Sugar Grove, Pa. and Shannon Davison of Bolivar met for the first time this past week in Olean when relating the story of a rare ...

Currently, you’re probably sitting down reading this article — certainly nothing out of the ordinary. Many modern-day tasks require more analytical pr...

With increasing access to medical records and test results through patient “portals” and other vehicles for online access, many patients feel more emp...

Polyps Small growths of tissue that typically arise from a membranous area such as the inside of the intestinal tract or bladder. They are abnormal an...

DEAR HARRIETTE: I am a father of three. My children are all grown up now: Two of them are in college, and one is in medical school. Since they graduat...

DEAR HARRIETTE: I just got a call out of the blue from my ex-boyfriend's most recent ex-girlfriend. I loved this man for many years, and he turned out...

Human. Nature. Throughout the last century these two words have become burdened with serious complexity. For thousands of years, humans have evolved t...

After a seemingly endless western Pennsylvania winter, there is nothing quite as nourishing for the soul as the sounds of spring. But, if you’re a sea...

(TNS) The scenes have become strangely familiar by now. The latest videos and pictures, streaming since Saturday from war-torn Syria, show the dead bo...

In the summer of 2017, Christine Hoffman temporarily lost sight in one of her eyes and was admitted as a patient at the University of Rochester's Flau...

With modern medical practices constantly evolving, physicians frequently find themselves adjusting to updates in their respective disciplines. And as ...

BUFFALO (AP) — Buffalo Bills Hall of Fame quarterback Jim Kelly has once again been diagnosed with oral cancer. Kelly released a statement Thursday th...

OLEAN — It’s been a long time since members of the Cattaraugus County Heroin/Opioid Task Force had heard some good news. On Friday, Avi Israel of Buff...