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REGION — Spring is finally in full swing here in Northeast Pennsylvania. The temperatures are rising, the birds are singing, and the grass is growing.
I don’t know about you, …
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By WILLIAM DEMPSEY, M.D.
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7/5/23
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SCRANTON, PA — The Wright Center for Community Health is collaborating with Lackawanna Mobile X-Ray to offer mobile digital mammogram screenings at two locations in Lackawanna County.
The …
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6/27/23
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NEW YORK STATE — With a statewide air quality alert, Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Basil Seggos said that today’s air quality was the worst in memory. …
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By LAURIE STUART
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6/7/23
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Air Quality Advice from WMH Pulmonology: Avoid the outdoors
REGION — Due primarily to wildfires in Canada, Wayne County and other parts of the eastern United States are experiencing very …
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6/6/23
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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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NEW YORK STATE — Fraud costs Medicare an estimated $60 billion per year. It costs Medicare beneficiaries time, stress, their medical identities and potentially their health. It costs families, …
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5/31/23
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Health grants available
WAYNE COUNTY, PA — Nonprofit groups that are providing health-related programs and are in need of funding in the Wayne Memorial service area could qualify for …
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5/31/23
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The frequency of joint replacement procedures as an outpatient procedure is growing, with well over a million total hip and total knee replacement procedures performed each year.
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By james d. lomax
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5/31/23
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HONESDALE, PA — Victims' Intervention Program (VIP) will celebrate author Gigi Kilroe and her journey of hope and resilience from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday, May 24 at the Cooperage …
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5/18/23
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ONLINE — Rabbi Joshua Gray, who is both an ordained rabbi and a mental health professional, will lead a virtual mini-course, "Through a Jewish Lens: Mental Health and Wellness," on …
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5/3/23
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HONESDALE, PA — Wayne Memorial’s hospice department will host a spring memorial service on Sunday, May 7 at 2 p.m. at Grace Episcopal Church, to remember hospice patients who passed away …
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5/3/23
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Normal aging vs. Alzheimer’s disease
The infographic below is from the National Institute on Aging of the National Institutes of Health. It provides a useful guide to differentiating signs …
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5/2/23
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SCRANTON, PA — In the fall of 2013, Steve Dombrosky was out of breath seemingly all the time. A previously active 57-year-old, he struggled to get out of bed and go to his job as an electronics …
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Contributed by the Wright Center
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5/2/23
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HONESDALE, PA — When Merlyn Deighton was admitted to Wayne Memorial Hospital (WMH) he never imagined his home in Honesdale would be destroyed by fire while he was gone.
What he also …
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5/2/23
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And when the pandemic hit, nurses took on even greater responsibility
NORTHEAST PA — It has been more than three years since COVID-19 charged into the region.
Very little was known …
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Contributed by the Wright Center
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5/2/23
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REGION — The Alzheimer’s Association 2023 Facts and Figures report finds the burden on caregivers for patients with Alzheimer’s and dementia is growing.
It found an …
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5/2/23
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Forgetting the name of a familiar person or having difficulty finding the right word in a conversation can be disturbing at any age, but this form of memory impairment can make an older person wonder …
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By BRIAN SCANLAN, M.D.
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5/2/23
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Press Ganey awards for Grover Hermann hospital
CALLICOON, NY — The Grover M. Hermann hospital, part of Garnet Health Medical Center - Catskills, received the Press Ganey Human …
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4/5/23
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MIDDLETOWN, NY — Jonathan Schiller, formerly the CEO of Garnet Health - Catskills, has returned to the system as Garnet Health president and CEO.
He officially starts work on June …
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4/5/23
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Note: By the time this goes to print, the week will be half over. But the themes are important year-round.
NATIONWIDE — People of all socioeconomic backgrounds and cultures deserve to live …
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By WILLIAM DEMPSEY, M.D.
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4/5/23
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