FAMILY FEATURES — Hot flashes may be one of the better-known indicators of menopause, but women may experience a wide range of symptoms as they enter this stage of life. However, treatment options can ease, if not alleviate, most of these experiences. Menopause signals the end of a ...
METRO — Mental health is now discussed more openly than it once was. Mental illness or issues that affected mental health used to be stigmatized, and many people suffered in silence and might not have gotten the help they needed. The National Institute of Mental Health reports more than one in five adults in the United States lives with a mental illness. Mental illnesses include many different conditions that may vary in degree of severity, from very mild to severe. The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health advises that, in any given year, one in five Canadians experiences a mental ...
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Nilma Teles de Freitas, an 80-year-old retired teacher in Brazil who was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease more than a decade ago, says she used to fall over all the time. That changed after she began attending a capoeira class in downtown Rio de Janeiro ...
Modern hearing aids automatically adjust to different environments, switching programs based on sound levels. While these default settings are advanced and useful, they may not always perfectly suit every situation you encounter throughout the day. You can improve your experience by customizing hearing aid settings with personalized programs. We will review default options and customizations for specific needs. Settings are based on your hearing test; when imported, the aids adjust volume — slightly in areas of minor loss and significantly where hearing is more impaired. Many of ...
STATE COLLEGE — Mount Nittany Health Emergency Medical Services has been honored with the American Heart Association’s 2025 Mission: Lifeline Gold Plus Target: Heart Attack Honor Roll award, recognizing its outstanding commitment to excellence in the care of heart attack and stroke ...
WILLIAMSPORT — Tim Judge, M.D., General Surgery, UPMC Williamsport, recently performed his 1,000th robotic surgery, marking a major milestone in his commitment to advancing minimally invasive care in north central Pennsylvania. “Reaching 1,000 robotic surgeries is very exciting for us at ...
