QUESTION: My kids really don’t like drinking water. Can I give them juice and sports drinks instead?
ANSWER: Along with milk, plain water is the best drink choice for ki...
Dear Mayo Clinic: I am 52 years old and recently experienced a severe reaction when I was stung by a bee. I do not have any other allergies and I do not recall havin...
Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) is an inherited genetic defect that causes an abnormal amount of dangerous LDL cholesterol to accumulate in the bloodstream. This cond...
Public health experts are urging the people to ensure they are properly vaccinated against the flu, citing it's doubly important this season because of the ongoing COVID...
Career in fitness started after birth of her daughter
“Edgy,” says Sandra Ihlenfeld, in recalling herself as, “that teen who grew up smoking cigarettes under the high sch...
Though Anna Rosemond, now 33, had braces when she was young, a couple of years ago she noticed her teeth were again starting to crowd. So when she saw a Groupon deal for...
Advocates want public to know about conditions such as Crouzon
Madisyn Bowers is eight years old and adopted. She's a second-grader at Connoquenessing Valley Elementary, ...
SEVEN FIELDS — Kevin Pearce is a former professional snowboarder who sustained a traumatic brain injury after crashing while training for the 2010 Winter Olympics.
His t...
New Year's resolutions date back, way back.
With the start of each new harvest year, the Babylonians made oaths to the gods that they would pay their debts and return bo...
Speech therapy helps Parkinson's patients
HARMARVILLE, Allegheny County — Parkinson's disease is a progressive disorder that targets the nervous system.
It affects a per...
