LEWISBURG — Hospital staff and executives gathered recently to announce a $72 million new addition entitled PRIME (Patient Room Improvement, Modernization and Enhancement Project) during a press conference at Evangelical Community Hospital. The 112,000-square-foot, four-story addition ...

WRITERS NOTE: This article is for educational purposes only and is not intended as a substitute for individual health and fitness advice. Just a quick recap: Testosterone is a sex hormone that is produced naturally in the body. Though this hormone is produced by women in small amounts, it ...

McELHATTAN — Members of the community, county officials and UPMC staff members celebrated the expansion of UPMC Susquehanna’s services in Clinton County with a flag-raising at the new outpatient center. Ron Reynolds, vice president of Clinton County operations for UPMC, thanked those who ...

After losing her sister to a car accident, Annelise Latini turned to alcohol. She said she ran from the pain, and that running led her to years of alcoholism. Until she found healing in yoga. “The opposite of addiction is connection,” she said. “One of the many ways to translate ...

LEWISBURG — With the goal of better serving the especially remote communities of an eight-county area, Evangelical Community Hospital, has unveiled one of only a hand full of mobile health units in the state. Mobile Health of Evangelical is a 38-foot-long bus that will travel across ...

The Pennsylvania Medical Society and the Lycoming County Medical Society recently honored Dr. Jason C. Shu for his decades of medical service faithfully performed in the traditional ideals of the medical profession. The event was part of the Lycoming County Medical Society’s 167th ...

Genomic screening for potential health problems is proving its worth for Geisinger patient Kim Mummert, of Williamsport, who also works for the organization’s technology education services. Mummert decided last year to participate in a free, ongoing genetic study called the MyCode ...

Changes to local health care have abounded over the past year, with both the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, known as UPMC, and Geisinger Health forming new alliances with several hospitals from Williamsport down to Sunbury and all the way back up to Coudersport. Since partnering ...

Each year, nearly 89,000 women in the United States are diagnosed with a type of gynecologic cancer, also known as reproductive cancer. All women are at risk for developing gynecologic cancers, and risk increases with age. These cancers occur in a woman’s reproductive organs, including the ...

The UPMC Center for High-Value Health Care will serve as the primary partner and subcontractor to oversee program and financial administration of a $5.7 million grant from the state Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. The ...

DANVILLE — As part of a strategy to expand its health program on a national level, Geisinger has launched the Geisinger National Precision Health Initiative and appointed Huntington F. Willard, as its first director. The new initiative, based in the Washington, D.C., area, will use the ...

After years of following exercise and diet trends to no avail, Christie Peck, of Williamsport, underwent endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty to help her body lose weight just over a year ago — she has since lost over 100 pounds. “It’s been a journey,” she said. “It’s a lifestyle ...

MUNCY — Anyone can be a superstar. That’s the message Diana Logan’s SuperStars class is spreading to folks of all abilities throughout Lycoming County. Held at the East Lycoming Branch YMCA on Saturday mornings, SuperStars is a free class that gives people of all ages who are ...

At just 24 years old, Jessica McDermott, of Williamsport, was a business owner, mother of two and cancer patient. McDermott was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma, stage 2, in October of 2014, almost exactly one year after taking ownership of and re-opening the Sunset Ice Cream Parlor on ...

The human body can do amazing things when it has a goal in mind. As a marathon runner who isn’t interested in running, Ronald Frick, of Loyalsock Township, can attest to as much. “I wouldn’t even consider myself a casual runner,” chuckled Frick, who also is the president of the ...

Going through chemotherapy and radiation can leave you feeling like a shell of who you were before the cancer diagnosis. But, once the “chemo brain” and neuropathy clear, and screens for new masses come up negative, you might feel better than you have in years. Dawn Astin, business ...

(EDITOR’S NOTE: Cancer of all kinds affects local residents on a daily basis. Through a month-long weekly series, the Sun-Gazette will speak with survivors of some of the most common forms of cancer locally. The paper realizes that not all cancer survivors share the same experiences and ...

UPMC Susquehanna is offering a variety of educational events and screenings to raise breast cancer awareness in the region. “We wanted to not only promote awareness with pink — lighting up our hospitals and wearing pink — but also to offer educational opportunities and life-saving ...

When a rapidly growing lump appears and intensive treatment and life-changing surgery ensue, “you have to” keep a positive attitude, said Mandy Bergstrom, of Jersey Shore, who is in remission after battling breast cancer. “I don’t associate cancer with death,” she said. “Cancer ...

Breast cancer is one of the most common cancer diagnoses in Lycoming County, according to officials at UPMC Susquehanna’s Cancer Center. As with any cancer diagnosis, patients facing breast cancer may feel devastated. But try not to fear the worst, said Dr. Susan Branton, of UPMC’s ...