SCRANTON, PA — The Northeast Regional Cancer Institute (NRCI) recently received a $10,000 grant from the Scranton Area Community Foundation.
Funds will support the …
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1/3/24
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WHERE PEOPLE HAVE BLOOD PRESSURE — If one spouse or partner in a heterosexual couple has high blood pressure, the other partner often does too, according to new research published in the …
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1/3/24
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We are now entering our cold-weather season, which brings a number of infectious diseases into our homes, workplaces and the community.
During the winter, we live and work in more-confined …
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By JAMES D. LOMAX, M.D.
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1/3/24
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SCRANTON, PA — Dr. Erin McFadden, a board-certified internal medicine physician and medical director of the Wright Center for Community Health Scranton Practice, has been named deputy chief …
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12/25/23
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SCRANTON, PA — Tiffany Jackson, organizational development director at the Wright Centers for Community Health and Graduate Medical Education, recently completed the 2023 Northeastern …
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12/25/23
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NORTHEAST PA — The 10th year of the Grouse Hill Gallop 5K run/walk event took place on Thanksgiving morning in Greenfield Township.
This year, the grassroots group chose the Northeast …
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12/25/23
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WAYNE COUNTY, PA — Since the public health emergency ended, food assistance requests from people in need, including senior citizens, have risen locally and nationally.
So notes …
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12/20/23
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HONESDALE, PA — As of Tuesday, January 2, 2024, Wayne Memorial Hospital will be accepting patients for its new urology department and scheduling appointments with its newest staff …
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12/6/23
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SULLIVAN COUNTY, NY — Dr. Bruce Ellsweig, the medical director with Sullivan County Public Health Services and a family physician at Crystal Run Healthcare, has been recognized as the 2023 Dr. …
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12/6/23
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NATIONWIDE — We’re now in the thick of the holiday season—one of the happiest, most festive times of the year.
Alas, we’re also heading into peak flu season.
As we …
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By JOSHUA BRADDELL
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12/6/23
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HONESDALE, PA — Wayne Tomorrow! and the Wayne County Commissioners first celebrated National Rural Health Day in November 2020. The community was only a few months out of lockdown from the …
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12/6/23
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NATIONWIDE — Holiday shopping and gift-giving can be challenging, but even more so when trying to find the perfect gift for a person with dementia.
More than six million Americans …
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By THE ALZHEIMER’S ASSOCIATION
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12/6/23
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WORLDWIDE — As she trained for her career as an infectious disease specialist, Dr. Mary Louise Decker, medical director of the Wright Center for Community Health’s Ryan White HIV/AIDS …
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12/6/23
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NEW YORK STATE — U.S. Rep. Marc Molinaro (NY-19) announced details for a telephone town hall he will host at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, November 29 to help upstate New York seniors …
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11/27/23
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POUGHKEEPSIE, NY — On November 2, Matthew Bateman, CEO of In Flight, and board president Ralph LaCasio, accepted the Nonprofit of the Year award from the Think Dutchess Alliance for Business.
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11/26/23
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NATIONWIDE — Diabetes mellitus affects approximately 37.3 million people—11.3 percent of the United States population.
Insulin replacement therapy has remained the mainstay of …
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By SOMAR HADID
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11/15/23
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MARTIN COUNTY, MN — The board of directors of Bravo Zulu House has named Jack Zimmerman as chair of the advisory team and implementation team for the veteran’s program.
Bravo …
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11/13/23
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MONTICELLO, NY — All across the world, Survivors of Suicide Loss will gather on Saturday, November 18 for International Survivors of Suicide Loss Day, to honor and remember loved ones lost to …
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11/9/23
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NEW YORK STATE — U.S. Rep. Marc Molinaro (R, NY-19) recently launched Think DIFFERENTLY: Stories, an initiative for residents in New York’s 19th Congressional District to share stories, …
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11/1/23
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ORANGE COUNTY, NY — Garnet Health announced that Anjana Poonthota, M.D., MPH, the hospitalist at Garnet Health Doctors Pediatric, has been appointed by the Orange County legislature to the …
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11/1/23
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