Snack your way to your summer weight
BY PATRICIA SALZER Buffalo Healthy Living Healthy snacking throughout the day can help you maintain your ideal weight, or even help you to drop a few pounds in time for…
Benefits of plant-based medicine
BY SHANNON TRAPHAGEN BUFFALO HEALTHY LIVING Across cultures, herbal medicine is a part of our human heritage. Herbs are an important tool in conventional medicine throughout Europe, Asia, and India,…
WNY Women’s Foundation presents ‘What She’s Made Of’
BUFFALO HEALTHY LIVING WNY Women’s Foundation presents the 9th Annual What She’s Made Of Celebration featuring Teresa C. Younger, activist and advocate for women’s justice on May 22 Teresa C.…
National Cycling Day is May 15
BUFFALO HEALTHY LIVING As a part of American Stroke Month and National Bike Month, we are gearing up to celebrate NATIONAL CYCLING DAY on MAY 15! Cycling is great for…
6th annual walk/run to benefit colon cancer education, research
STAFF REPORTS news@allwnynews.com UR Medicine’s Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology will sponsor the 6th annual Strollin’ for the Colon 5K Walk/Run beginning at 10 a.m. on May 13, at Highland…
BlueCross BlueShield employees pay it forward
BUFFALO HEALTHY LIVING BUFFALO — BlueCross BlueShield of Western New York employees donated a total of $70,000 to 28 local charities ($2,500 each) today during a presentation at the company’s…
URMC professor honored for humanism in medicine
STAFF REPORTS news@allwnynews.com Ron Epstein ROCHESTER — The Society of Teachers of Family Medicine (STFM) honored Ronald Epstein, M.D., with the 2017 STFM Gold Humanism Award. The award recognizes an…
Diabetes self-management workshop planned
STAFF REPORTS news@allwnynews.com LEWISTON — The Niagara County Department of Health Nursing Division, in partnership with the Niagara County Office for the Aging, is offering a free Diabetes Self-Management Workshop.…
Roswell, Catholic Health and Buffalo Medical Group create alliance
BUFFALO HEALTHY LIVING ORCHARD PARK — The vision behind a new partnership among Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Catholic Health and Buffalo Medical Group is to bring community-wide integrated cancer care…
UR Medicine Wound Healing Center reaccredited for Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
STAFF REPORTS news@allwnynews.com ROCHESTER — UR Medicine’s Strong Wound Healing Center has earned reaccreditation for hyperbaric oxygen therapy from the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society (UHMS), an international association of…