UPMC Susquehanna sets healthy events UPMC Susquehanna announces healthy events scheduled to provide health information and benefit the community. They are as follows: 5 to 6 p.m. Wednesday Baby Cafe at The LifeCenter Baby Cafe at The LifeCenter offers moms an opportunity to exchange ...
It’s likely not easy for anyone to take care of a person with Alzheimer’s disease. Especially, when the caregiver is a senior citizen. Mary Lou Rueve, 78, found all her time taken up with caring for her little sister, Barbara Linehan, 53. It was exhausting, and it got to the point ...
Sam Quinones, a former Los Angeles-based journalist, will share the insights he gained while writing his book “Dreamland: The True Tale of America’s Opiate Epidemic” during a presentation 7 p.m. April 3 at the Community Arts Center in downtown Williamsport, according to recent news ...
As part of an effort to talk openly about colon cancer, UPMC Susquehanna offers a giant inflatable colon that the public can walk through, according to a news release from the local health organization. Digestive Disease Center and endoscopy representatives will offer educational tours of ...
There are many reasons a person can feel tired all of the time, but one that’s important to consider is the activity of the thyroid gland. The thyroid gland is a butterfly-shaped gland located in your neck, below your Adam’s apple. It makes a hormone that controls how your body uses and ...
Annual blood drive is set for Sunday The fifth annual “In Memory of Greyson Blood Drive” will be held 1 to 6 p.m. Sunday at the Zafar Grotto Rafaz Club, 381 E. Second Ave., South Williamsport. Donors can bring along a children’s book for donation to the James V. Brown Library to honor ...
Imagine you had a life-threatening cancer that a wonder drug had kept in remission for years. Would you risk quitting? Thousands of people with a blood cancer called chronic myelogenous leukemia, or CML, now have that choice. New treatment guidelines in the U.S. say certain patients can ...
DANVILLE (AP) — A hospital system that covers much of rural Pennsylvania announced last week it plans to start hiring 2,000 employees at several locations this year. The Danville-based Geisinger Health System said in a news release that about half of the new hires will be doctors, nurses, ...
The best test for colon cancer is the one that is administered. If more people are screened for colorectal cancer at the appropriate age, more lives will be saved. Right now, colon cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death among both men and women in the United States. Yet ...
UPMC Susquehanna sets healthy events UPMC Susquehanna announces healthy events scheduled to provide health information and benefit the community. They are as follows: 5 to 6 p.m. Wednesday and March 22 Baby Cafe at The LifeCenter Baby Cafe at The LifeCenter offers moms an opportunity ...
Three UPMC Susquehanna nurses recently were recognized as recipients of the DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses, according to a news release from the medical organization. Andrea Woodling, nurse with the Emergency Department at Williamsport Regional Medical Center, was selected after being ...
Evangelical acquires Williamsport practice LEWSIBURG — Evangelical Community Hospital has acquired the practice of Central Penn Interventional Pain Medicine, or CPIPM, in Williamsport. With the acquisition, Dr. Shiyi Abla-Yao, lead practitioner of CPIPM, joins the Evangelical family of ...
Trying to avoid the many germs that lead to colds, influenza and other health problems may seem like navigating a minefield, especially during the winter months. But protection against germ warfare to stay healthy is not so much a battle as much as it is a common-sense approach. Germs are ...
WASHINGTON — Bacteria live on everyone’s skin, and new research shows some friendly germs produce natural antibiotics that ward off their disease-causing cousins. Now scientists are mixing the good bugs into lotions in hopes of spreading protection. In one early test, those customized ...
As care evolves for those experiencing chronic conditions, many patients ask: What’s the difference between palliative medicine and hospice care? While palliative medicine and hospice share the same philosophy of focusing on a patient’s comfort through an emphasis on quality of life, they ...
UPMC Susquehanna sets healthy events UPMC Susquehanna announces healthy events scheduled to provide health information and benefit the community. They are as follows: Noon to 5 p.m. March 6 Community blood drive Save a life with the Wellsboro Community Blood Bank. All are welcome to ...
HARRISBURG — The state Department of Health is working with Penn State to investigate confirmed cases of mumps at the State College campus, Secretary of Health Dr. Karen Murphy announced Friday in a news release. The department also is working with Penn State’s University Health ...
LEWISBURG — Lewisburg Reiki Practice and Whole Life Society are working together in service to our community by providing free monthly Reiki sessions to area residents currently in active cancer treatment. Reiki treatment has an excellent and proven track record of supporting cancer ...
Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield has rolled out a program that rewards primary doctors for a job well done. Dr. Quentin Novinger, Blue Cross medical director, said the program, True Performance, simply is a step toward taking better care of patients. “It’s being done with all ...
NEW YORK — This season’s flu vaccine seems to be working pretty well, weakening the punch of a nasty bug that’s going around, U.S. health officials said last week. Preliminary figures suggest the vaccine is 48 percent effective. That’s not bad since the strain that’s making most ...