BlueCross BlueShield announce creation of “Blue Fund”
BUFFALO HEALTHY LIVING BUFFALO, N.Y. — BlueCross BlueShield of Western New York today announced the creation of the Blue Fund, a new health-focused grants program. The Blue Fund will award…
Reddy Bikeshare to celebrate two years in the city of Buffalo
BUFFALO HEALTHY LIVING Reddy Bikeshare and Independent Health will honor the bikeshare program’s second full year in the City of Buffalo with a week long celebration at various community events.…
Highland Hospital’s Palliative Care Program receives Joint Commission advanced recertification
STAFF REPORTS ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Highland Hospital’s Palliative Care Program has received Advanced Recertification from the Joint Commission, the nation’s main accrediting body in health care. This is the third…
Buffalo skin cancer rates higher than national average
BUFFALO HEALTHY LIVING BUFFALO, N.Y. — Skin cancer is the most common cancer in the U.S., with the highest diagnosis rates on the East Coast, according to new information released…
Trump signs Collins and Pascrell’s Firefighter Cancer Registry
PRESS RELEASE WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congressmen Chris Collins (NY-27) and Bill Pascrell, Jr. (NJ-09) today celebrated President Trump signing H.R. 931, the Firefighter Cancer Registry Act, into law. The legislation…
URMC: “Fighting” cancer may detract men from palliative care
STAFF REPORTS ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Men with advanced cancer are 30 percent less likely than women to consider palliative care, according to a University of Rochester Medical Center study. Researchers…
Senator Kennedy to address Senate support for healthy New Yorkers
STAFF REPORTS AMHERST, N.Y. – State Senator Timothy M. Kennedy will discuss New York State Senate actions that are helping to improve the overall health and well-being of Buffalo Niagara…
Highland Hospital nurse honored with national award
STAFF REPORTS ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Valerie Aarne, MALS, BSN, NE-BC, Clinical Nurse Manager in the Highland Hospital Medical Imaging department, has received a 2018 Honorary Award from the American Nursing…
Buffalo Healthy Living: Can the needy be found in Buffalo’s ‘burbs?
BUFFALO HEALTHY LIVING ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Sitting under a tree like an oversized bird house, the shelves brimming with pasta, peanut butter, and a loaf of white sandwich bread,…
BUFFALO HEALTHY LIVING: Not your grandmother’s rehab
BUFFALO HEALTHY LIVING BUFFALO, N.Y. — For several years Centers Health Care, which includes Ellicott and Buffalo Centers for Rehabilitation and Nursing, has been quietly rebuilding their facilities, staff, and…