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.
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By JOSHUA BRADDELL
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12/6/23
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Legislation might begin to help people living with chronic pain WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sens. Bob Casey (D-PA), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Tim Kaine (D-VA) and Kevin Cramer (R-ND) introduced …
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10/5/23
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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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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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MONTICELLO, NY — In September, Sullivan County recognized National Suicide Prevention and Awareness Month with a butterfly display in the front of the NAMI Sullivan County offices, at the …
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10/5/23
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NORTHEAST PA — To help people guard against a potential triple threat of respiratory infections this fall and winter, The Wright Center for Community Health is offering access to newly updated …
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10/5/23
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HONESDALE, PA — The Alzheimer’s Association and Wayne Memorial Hospital will present an educational program on Thursday, August 24 from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at Wayne Memorial Hospital.
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8/16/23
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NORTHEAST PA — The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) chapter in Northeast PA has scheduled support groups for people living with mental illness as well as family, friends and …
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4/3/24
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LIBERTY, NY — Sullivan County’s Department of Community Services has increased, as of April 3, the available times for walk-in service for those seeking mental health, substance use …
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4/3/24
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SCRANTON, PA — The Wright Center for Community Health offers area college students the chance to sharpen their job skills through ongoing internship opportunities in medical-related pursuits, …
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Story contributed by THE WRIGHT CENTER
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6/1/23
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SCRANTON, PA — A tribute dinner in honor of physician and longtime community leader Dr. Robert Wright and his late wife, Carole, will be held at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, October 27 at the …
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10/16/22
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HONESDALE, PA — Board-certified urologist Irwin Goldstein, M.D. is seeing patients in the urology clinic of Wayne Memorial Hospital.
He joined his long-time colleague Donald L. …
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4/3/24
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ONLINE — Are you burned out and exhausted? Join a workshop at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, September 26 to learn how to care for yourself. Often as adults, we put ourselves last on the list. Research …
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9/20/23
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SCRANTON, PA — Mitch Marczewski, brother of Jane Marczewski, aka the singer Nightbirde, is one of the speakers at Showing Up: Perspectives On Cancer, which will be held Saturday and Sunday, …
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9/20/23
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October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, which is as good a time as any to stress the importance of women taking a proactive approach to not only their cancer screenings, but their overall …
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By SUPRIANA BHANDOL, M.D.
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9/29/22
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VetStock celebrates 10 years
PIKE COUNTY, PA — It’s been a decade since VetStock first began its mission to empower, enrich and improve the lives of veterans and their …
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6/8/22
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WAYMART, PA — There are pinwheels you can spin, xylophone bars you can ring, solar-powered water walls, rope walls, vine walls and boxes to plant flowers from a wheelchair or standing up.
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7/7/22
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As July is National Culinary Arts Month, now seems like an opportune time to highlight the many benefits of a healthy diet.
For those unfamiliar with the term, lifestyle medicine addresses the …
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By WALTER WANAS, LDN, The Wright Center for Community Health
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7/7/22
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MIDDLETOWN, NY — Garnet Health Medical Center, in partnership with Garnet Health Doctors, is offering free prostate cancer screenings Monday, Sept. 25, and Thursday, Sept. 28, at the …
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9/20/23
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NEWBURGH, NY — Rose Bradwell is a 46-year-old wife and the mother of three daughters. She is battling leukemia and is in urgent need of a blood stem cell or bone marrow transplant in order to …
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6/8/22
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