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UPMC physical therapist: Cancer affects stamina, energy

If you experience fatigue during or after cancer treatment, you are not alone. Fatigue, usually described as feeling tired, weak, or exhausted, affects most people during cancer treatment with 14-96% of survivors experiencing some form during active treatment and 19-82% in the years after ...

Ollock Dental Group joins Laurel Health to expand care

Blossburg — To expand dental services in Tioga County, Ollock Dental Group officially joined the Laurel Health Centers on Feb. 1 as Laurel Dental — Blossburg, located at 116 Seymour St., Blossburg. This partnership will allow the combined team to provide more services to patients ...

Evangelical names new hospice medical director

Ayn Kerber, MD, has been named medical director of Hospice at Evangelical Community Hospital in addition to her role as a physician with Family Medicine of Evangelical-Lewisburg. As medical director, Kerber oversees the care provided by the Hospice of Evangelical team. She certifies ...

UPMC doctor: TAVR – A lifesaving heart valve replacement treatment

The aortic valve is the exit door of the heart and all of the oxygen-rich blood that keeps us alive is pumped through it. Without fail, this door bends open every time the heart beats, roughly 80 times per minute since the day we were born, and closes again as the heart refills. Unfortunately, ...

UPMC named one of World’s Most Ethical Companies

PITTSBURGH — For the third year in a row, the Ethisphere Institute, an organization focused on defining and advancing the standards of ethical business practices, has named UPMC one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies. UPMC is one of 135 organizations on Ethisphere’s 2021 list, which spans 22 countries and 47 different industries. Ethisphere evaluated UPMC as an integrated health care delivery and finance system, and it is one of only two organizations recognized in that category. To quantitatively assess a company’s performance in an objective and standardized manner, ...

Thousands of service members saying no to COVID-19 vaccine

WASHINGTON — By the thousands, U.S. service members are refusing or putting off the COVID-19 vaccine as frustrated commanders scramble to knock down internet rumors and find the right pitch that will persuade troops to get the shot. Some Army units are seeing as few as one-third agree to ...