If you’ve suddenly found yourself and your children stuck at home, cooking can be a healthy way to spend time together. Gathering together in the kitchen to cook and then enjoying a meal together has many benefits. It’s an opportunity for parents to be healthy role models by creating a ...
March is National Nutrition Month, a campaign created by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics to bring awareness to nutrition by encouraging the public to develop healthy eating and physical activity habits. This year’s theme is “Eat Right, Bite by Bite.” Consider the following ...
“It’s quite an interesting dynamic to be dealing with two public health crises at the same time — the opioid crisis and COVID-19,” Jennifer Smith, secretary of the state’s Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs, said. Speaking to the media by a web conference, Smith said that one ...
UPMC WorkCenter now offers telehealth workers compensation evaluations to employers in the Susquehanna region. Through a connected device, occupational health specialists can interview and evaluate the employee and determine treatment options for minor injuries or refer them to a higher ...
Mabel Henninger knitted on her living room couch as her husband of 69 years sat nearby in a recliner having his heart and lungs monitored by a Geisinger physician. The physician, Dr. Anthony Wylie, was in his Pittston office more than 60 miles away while the consultation with Glenn Henninger ...
Last month, Julie McKelvey, owner of 32 Miracle-Ear stores across Pennsylvania, and Miracle-Ear Foundation board member, completed her third climb out of the Seven Summits (the highest peak on each continent in the world). McKelvey, along with former Amplifon Americas CEO Heinz Ruch, climbed ...
LEWISBURG — Evangelical Community Hospital’s signature celebration, the Evangelical Charity Gala and Auction, was held on Saturday, March 7, 2020, and raised $113,000 during the A Midsummer Night’s Dream-themed event. Proceeds from this year’s Gala, including ticket sales, auctions, ...
Women from across the region recently joined UPMC’s Spirit of Women for a free, uplifting morning packed full of fitness, educational workshops and shopping at Clearstory at the Pajama Factory in Williamsport. “We’re excited so many women in our community came out for a morning of ...
A heart attack happens when blood flow to your heart muscle is blocked for long enough to damage the muscle. If blood flow isn’t restored quickly, the heart muscle begins to die from a lack of oxygen, and non-functioning scar tissue forms in its place. If enough muscle function is lost, ...
UPMC recently acquired West Branch Nephrology Associates in Williamsport, a private practice specialty care clinic with kidney health services provided by Sam Stea, MD, nephrologist; Emily Wascher, PA-C, and John Tyler Helmus, PA-C. The practice will now be known as SH Nephrology. “Dr. ...
Pennsylvania College of Technology’s state-of-the-art Dental Hygiene Clinic is scheduling appointments for the spring semester. The clinic provides low-cost preventive dental hygiene services to the community, including cleanings, exams, X-rays and sealants. The clinic collaborates with ...
LEWISBURG — A recent study by Bucknell biology researchers shows that, when it comes to stress, what doesn’t kill you may, in fact, make you stronger. Their study on Japanese quails explored how 20-minute periods of social isolation (removing birds from their pen mates) affected oxidative ...
Over the last two weeks, we’ve discussed both arrhythmia in general and its most common form, atrial fibrillation, or A-fib. In doing so, we’ve laid the groundwork to discuss the wide spectrum of options available to treat this irregular heartbeat. Affecting between 2.7 and 6.1 million ...
Urgent care. Emergency department. Extended hours. Walk-in appointments. With more ways than ever to access medical care, we have created greater consumer choice – and greater confusion. How do you know which choice is right for you and your family? Clear up the confusion with this helpful ...
LEWISBURG — Bucknell University Professor Dabrina Dutcher and Karen Castle, associate dean of faculty, along with senior chemistry students Jewel Cook and Ana Islas, are working on continuing research that was recently published by Dutcher, Castle and Alyssa Brown, Carnegie Mellon student, to ...
Always a giver, Sue Garison, of Loyalsock Township, finds it difficult and humbling to be on the receiving end of the generosity of her family, friends and strangers. But receiving a 90-day to live prognosis before Christmas and standing by for the “OK” of a life-saving liver transplant has ...
Many know that my dear wife Mary is quite an accomplished pianist. In fact, during my long years of training she merged her musical talent and her amazing way with young children and supplemented my meager resident’s salary by teaching music lessons — in addition to her full-time teaching ...
You probably know that your sweet tooth affects your waistline, but did you know it can also be harmful to your heart? A 2014 study showed that a diet high in sugar puts you at a greater risk of dying from heart disease, even if you aren’t overweight. If at least 25% of calories in your ...
MUNCY — Dr. Marcus Myers, along with his staff of four, has worked to help patients of all ages with vision and learning problems in school, double vision, and losing their place in reading through physical therapy to create “amazing changes” to their lives for the last 10 years. “As ...
AIDS Resource now offers an online option to schedule appointments for HIV, chlamydia and gonorrhea testing. Instead of calling, which can be incredibly nerve-racking, anyone can go to freetesting.as.me to schedule. Scheduling an appointment only requires a few quick clicks. You pick whether ...