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In 2003 smoking was banned statewide in all enclosed workplaces in New York, including all bars and restaurants and construction sites.

If you know anyone that's ever had a hernia-you know they hurt--bad! Glenn Williams recently had surgery for his giant hernia. The huge football sized hernia in his stomach caused huge pains, but after 2 years he finally got an operation and treatment to get it fixed and repaired by specialist surgeon Graham Offer...

Creepy a bit? But, it's real life. They're brain is still working after they die, according to New York University’s Langone School of Medicine in a new study. For a brief period after death, they say they are dead, but the brain goes momentarily into a “hyper-alerted state”. They are studying ...

Apparently it’s quite simple: exercise reduces a woman’s risk of breast cancer.

The Lockport School District has confirmed and announced that one student has a case viral meningitis. The school states that this is NOT contagious, but the Open House at Charles Upson Elementary School will be rescheduled.

It's so gross, but so hard not to watch.... Beware if you're sensitive. You've been warned.

Most people claim that all they want out of their politicians is honesty.  Then one of them is honest, and we realize that we should expect a little more from them.

On a 78-degree day, the temperature inside of a parked car can be as high as 100-120 degrees. On a 90-degree day, the temperature inside of a parked car reaches up to 160 degrees in less than 10 minutes. William Mattar Law Offices is focused on raising awareness of infant and animal deaths from heat stroke after being left or forgotten in vehicles...

Air quality is expected to be poor today in WNY. The heat today will create a formation of ground level ozone, which then creates photochemical smog. Typically you'll find photochemical smog in big cities with sunny, warm climates with a lot of automobiles...

We spoke with the Health Commissioner of Erie County on Monday about the norovirus outbreak at Orchard Park Schools.

I cringe watching this one. It's almost as bad as the worst head lice case that we showed you last week. This is the worst case of the bed bugs of all time from our friends in Syracuse. Here's what he said on his YouTube page: This man had bed bugs so bad but failed to ever tell his apartment management...

Hair styles come and go, but here's one that never should have arrived.