TOWANDA — Guthrie Cardiologist Dr. Saurabh Sharma kicked off American Heart Month with a big win at the inaugural Bradford County Dancing with the Stars Gala. Sharma and his dance partner, Alice Fedorka-Bennett, competed against nine other dance duos at the Keystone Theatre in Towanda on ...
Pennsylvania College of Technology recently presented a DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nursing Students to Jada M. Buchanan, of Belleville, who is pursuing an associate degree in nursing. Her nominator wrote about Buchanan’s empathy for patients during educational rotations at clinical ...
While cervical cancer is specific to females, as it grows in the cervix, an organ at the lower end of the uterus, it is almost exclusively caused by a virus that does not discriminate between victims. “What causes it, for the most part, is HPV — the human papillomavirus. It’s accurate ...
LEWISBURG – The Greater Susquehanna Valley YMCA will offer a monthly Parkinson’s support group beginning Wednesday, Feb. 1. The meetings will feature informational sessions and social activities and are in addition to the current lineup of Parkinson’s programs that include fitness and Singercise classes. The free support group is open to anyone in the Parkinson’s community, including caregivers. Meetings are the first Wednesday of the month from 10 to 11 a.m. at the Lewisburg YMCA, 120 Hardwood Drive. The group facilitator will be Lori DePorter, a certified personal ...
UPMC representatives recently held a ribbon cutting and dedication ceremony to celebrate the phase one completion of UPMC Williamsport’s newly renovated inpatient rehabilitation unit. The project wouldn’t be possible without the $3.5 million received in community donations to Susquehanna ...
Bryan M. Bilbao, who earned a combined bachelor’s/master’s degree in physician assistant studies from Pennsylvania College of Technology in August, recently received a Thomas J. Lemley Award for Health Disparities from the Pennsylvania Society of Physician Assistants. Competitors were ...
