When cancer patients stop smoking, they heal faster, experience fewer side effects from treatment and lower their chances of tumors returning. Now, top cancer hospitals are helping patients quit as evidence mounts that it’s never too late. The newest research, reported Monday, shows lung ...
Summer is here and after last year’s pandemic you may be looking to get the most out of the season. You’ve probably got plenty of celebrations, barbecues, road trips, and family fun planned, so don’t let a preventable injury get in your way. Enjoy all the season has to offer and ...
When you need care right away but it’s not an emergency, you can now see a Geisinger urgent care provider without leaving home. On-demand virtual visits are available for conditions typically seen at Geisinger’s ConvenientCare urgent care centers. These include cold and flu symptoms, allergies, rashes, headaches, insect bites, sinus infections and urinary tract infections. Providers can assess your symptoms virtually and provide care, referrals and/or prescriptions without having to see you in the clinic. “Virtual on-demand visits add another level of convenience for ...
LEWISBURG – The Lewisburg YMCA at the Miller Center has partnered with Bloomsburg Music Therapy to offer Singercise, a free, therapeutic class for people battling Parkinson’s disease. Singercise aims to improve speech intelligibility, increase vocal intensity, and improve respiration and swallowing, all while providing a source of social support in a fun and engaging setting. The program, offered completely free of charge to participants and their caregivers thanks to a community grant from the Parkinson’s Foundation, is currently being offered virtually with in-person ...
PITTSTON — Geisinger plans to develop an $80 million outpatient facility at the former site of Walmart at 1201 Oak St., Pittston Twp. Geisinger officials said the facility will improve availability of a variety of in-demand health services from surgery to eye care for residents of ...
Hulk smashes, yes, but he also feels lousy afterward, when he reverts to being mild-mannered Bruce Banner and surveys the wreckage. Therapist Jason Frei explores that lesson to great effect with children at Northampton Area Middle School who struggle with anger and tend to lash out instead of finding healthier ways to cope. And because the central character is the Hulk — a “giant, green rage monster,” to quote another character from the Marvel Comics universe — the moral of the story settles deep in the adolescent mind. This approach — harnessing comic books, video games, ...
