For American Diabetes Month, Discover the #EverydayReality of Those Affected by...
More than 30 million Americans are living with diabetes and 84 million are at risk, totaling nearly half of the U.S. adult population. The...
Newborn Screenings Essential to Detect Serious Medical Conditions
The Wolf Administration emphasized the importance of the newborn screening program designed to screen newborn babies for serious medical conditions and diseases, as well as hearing...
GIANT/MARTIN’S Alerts Customers To Voluntary Recall Of Nature’s Promise Chicken &...
Following a recall by Sunshine Mills, Inc., GIANT Food Stores and MARTIN'S Food Markets announced it has removed from sale Nature's Promise Chicken & Brown...
State Alerts Public of Increasing Hepatitis A Cases Across Pennsylvania
Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine today alerted Pennsylvanians of a significant increase in the number of Hepatitis A cases being reported across the...
Meditation helps vets with post-traumatic stress disorder
(Cumberlink.com) Meditation worked as well as traditional therapy for military veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder in a small experiment sponsored by the Department of Defense. One...
State Demands Accountability on Nursing Home Oversight to Keep Pennsylvanians...
Auditor General Eugene DePasquale said his office will follow up on his audit of the Department of Health’s (DOH) oversight of nursing homes to...
“Be Antibiotics Aware” Children’s Art and Video Competition Winners Announced
Pennsylvania announced the winners of the statewide “Be Antibiotics Aware” art and video competition, which raises awareness about safe antibiotic use, the dangers of...
New Lifesaving Lung Cancer Screening Available
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths for both women and men, with 10,470 newly diagnosed cases in Pennsylvania in 2018 alone....
New Report: PA Hospitals Decrease Mortality, Re admissions
Pennsylvania’s hospitals continue to make strides in improving the quality and outcomes of the care they deliver to patients across the commonwealth, according to...
Healthy Thanksgiving Tips from the “Healthy You Cafe” in PA
By Flora Posteraro
Michele Reber has turkey on the brain. In a week, she'll prepare a Thanksgiving dinner with all the trimmings but 3 things will...