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Health

UPMC lactation consultant: The power of breastfeeding

Breastfeeding is a personal choice, and one that comes with powerful health benefits for both mother and baby. August is National Breastfeeding Awareness Month, making it a great time to highlight how nursing supports lifelong wellness, strengthens bonds, and can even benefit communities as a ...

UPMC Sports Medicine doctor: Protecting your hands

Whether you’re catching pitches behind home plate, swinging a bat, or grabbing passes on the football field, your hands are doing important work. Unfortunately, the hands, fingers, and thumbs are some of the most commonly injured parts of the body across all ages. Catchers and Hand ...

Growing good health: UPMC Family Medicine Residency helps grow food security

The UPMC Williamsport Family Medicine Residency team has recently installed a drip irrigation system at the Salvation Army Community Garden, 724 Park Ave., Williamsport, and is launching Vital Roots, a series of community teaching kitchens, to help strengthen food security in Lycoming ...