Three experts talk about the best food you can eat to protect your heart By Deborah Jeanne Sergeant Concerned about heart disease? What you
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Still Practicing Medicine at Age 89
Melvin Dyster, a physician at Niagara Family Medicine, has been practicing medicine since 1954. “I love it,” he says. He says he wants to
Brian M. Murray, M.D.
Chief medical officer talks about career, the care provided at ECMC and the reasons the medical center was chosen as ‘Hospital of the Year’
How I Quit Smoking After 40 Years
‘Trying to quit as a senior citizen turned out to be quite different from all those attempts in my younger years’ By Suzanne M. Ellis Do you
Wagering on Weight Loss
New fitness models promote weight loss with financial incentive By Tim Fenster Millions of Americans want to lose weight, but the road to one’s
Top 10 Ways Women Can Improve Their Health
By Deborah Jeanne Sergeant Want to be fitter and healthier in 2017? Here are the top tips from local experts. 1. Take small steps
Physicians, Shouldering the Brunt, Carry On
‘To my knowledge, no other profession has had to endure more changes or more attacks on their autonomy than that of physicians’ By George
Ken Garbarino, MD
Geriatrician: ‘We have to remind patients that we don’t have the fountain of youth’ By Chris Motola Q: Give us an overview of your
Heart Surgery Survivor Says Local VA Saved His Life — Twice
By Michael J. Billoni W.T. “Bill” McKibben, an 87-year-old communications practitioner and author, is a veteran of the Korean War whose life was saved
3,000,000+: That’s the number of robotic-assisted surgeries performed worldwide
Local providers say more progress has been made in robotic surgical equipment By Deborah Jeanne Sergeant More than three million patients worldwide have experienced