TUCSON, Ariz. — Carol Ross can’t stop smiling at dance practice as she shouts out the steps of a routine to members of her tap and jazz troupe for women age 50 and older....
A pair of bills working their way through the Pennsylvania General Assembly is aimed at addressing one of the principal problems for emergency service providers in Pennsy...
Evans City recently announced its participation in Project READY, a program that aims to improve emergency response outcomes for individuals with disabilities.
READY stan...
Butler Memorial Hospital and the union representing 235 medical technicians and other employees said they have reached a tentative contract agreement Wednesday, avoiding ...
Butler Memorial Hospital and the union representing 235 medical technicians exchanged proposals in their contract negotiations Monday, May 11, as the union’s planned five...
In recent months, AHN Grove City has begun offering robotic-assisted knee and hip surgeries, including joint replacements, with the addition of the Mako SmartRobotics sur...
When Parshil Patel took over The Medicine Shoppe Pharmacy in Butler last December, he knew the timing was complicated. Rite Aid had just shuttered locations across the re...
With spring in the air and summer around the corner, more people are taking to the great outdoors. Of course, that means more people are exposing themselves to ticks — an...
North America’s
largest coke plant hugs the west bank of Pennsylvania’s Monongahela River, churning out emissions from turning superheated coal into a carbon-rich ...
WASHINGTON — Makers of dietary supplements are pushing the Food and Drug Administration to expand the types of ingredients they can put in their products, a change that c...
A federal judge Tuesday refused to block filling prescriptions for the abortion pill mifepristone by mail across the U.S. — at least for now — in a setback to Louisiana's...
Allegheny Health Network has announced its plans for providing health resources for the hundreds of thousands of visitors who are expected to enter the Pittsburgh area fo...
Federal regulators on Wednesday approved Eli Lilly’s new weight-loss pill, a second daily oral medication to treat obesity and other weight-related conditions.
The Food ...
Whether they’re using weekly shots or daily pills, more Americans than ever are turning to anti-obesity drugs to lose weight and boost health.
About 1 in 8 U.S. adults s...
RALEIGH, N.C. — For two hours, Claire Jefferies wanted to get away from the war in Iran and the rising gas prices and just commune with nature. And, so, she treated herse...
With a gut-wrenching wail that rippled from her body, Amber Walcker joined about a dozen screaming people in West Seattle who let their frustrations float away over the P...
NEW YORK — Tom McGee began climbing stairs for exercise 20 years ago as part of an effort to stay off cigarettes. It hasn’t always been easy: His climbs in hotel stairwel...
Dozens of technicians from Butler Memorial Hospital took their fight for their first union contract to the sidewalk on Wednesday, March 18, as they held an informational ...
NEW YORK — The COVID-19 pandemic’s early death toll was much higher than the official U.S. count, according to a new study that spotlights dramatic disparities in the unc...
NEW YORK — As the U.S. flu season winds down, health officials say the flu vaccine didn’t work very well, with one of its worst effectiveness rates in more than a decade....
WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday approved a generic medication for a rare brain disorder, while walking back statements by President Donald Trump ...
WASHINGTON — Most of America “springs forward” Sunday for daylight saving time. Losing that hour of sleep can do more than leave you tired and cranky the next day; it als...
NEW YORK — Fewer U.S. women died around the time of childbirth in 2024, a government analysis shows, and provisional data suggests the trend may have continued last year....
While Butler Health System isn’t quite at profitability yet, it showed signs of financial recovery in its most recent quarterly report, released Wednesday, Feb. 4.
For th...
CONCORD, N.H. — Take two snowballs and call me in the morning?
Dr. Sarah Crockett, who specializes in emergency and wilderness medicine, doesn't explicitly tell her patie...
NEW YORK — The U.S. has finalized its withdrawal from the World Health Organization, one year after President Donald Trump announced America was ending its 78-year-old co...
Considered fringe or alternative, practices like acupuncture, sauna bathing, cold water immersion and others are now entering the wellness mainstream. They’re touted for ...
