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Why do prescription hearing aids cost so much?

Cost remains one of the most significant barriers to purchasing hearing aids and improving hearing. Nationwide, the average price for prescription-grade, digitally adjustable hearing aids is $4,000 per pair. In our region, technology pricing ranges from $3,000 to $12,000 per pair, depending on the level of sophistication. Since this is an educational article and not a sales presentation, I won’t list my specific prices here. When I first opened Hear the Birds fourteen years ago, my prices were consistently half the average retail cost for hearing aids. Although wholesale costs have ...

Are you eligible for lung cancer screening?

When you think about cancer screenings, a mammogram or colonoscopy may come to mind. But annual lung cancer screenings have become another important tool that can help detect lung cancer earlier. In its early stages, lung cancer may not show any symptoms. That’s why, if you meet the ...

Pine Creek Valley Wellness Center – Services for the Community

AVIS — Pine Creek Valley Wellness Center, located in Avis, Pa., is excited to report multiple services that are now available within each independent business at the same location. We have the new addition of B Connecting, LLC, with Bailey Shawley, MEd, who provides parenting and educational consulting services for individuals (at least five years of age), parents, caregivers, families and educators to improve connection, communication and comprehension. In addition, Bailey offers Reiki healing sessions and chakra readings. Enso Counseling and Wellness, LLC, with Stacy Clarke, LPC, ...

Mount Nittany Health celebrates Employee of the Month Dave Lingafelt

STATE COLLEGE — Dave Lingafelt, also known as “Dave in the Lab,” Medical Laboratory Scientist, Pathology, is a much valued member of Mount Nittany Health and his department. He is calm, cool and collected under pressure, and he always goes above and beyond to see that things are done ...

Five tips and tricks to gobble up a diabetes-friendly Thanksgiving dinner

For many, Thanksgiving is a time to gather with family and friends to enjoy a much-anticipated home-cooked meal. Fortunately, with a little planning and a few good habits, you can eat your cake (or pumpkin pie) and keep your glucose stable, too, this Thanksgiving. Having Type 1 or Type 2 ...

Does cold weather make joints ache?

Many people claim they can sense an approaching storm because their joints begin to ache. For those with arthritis or other inflammatory conditions, cold weather can intensify discomfort in already vulnerable areas. Joint pain is commonly blamed on weather changes, and some doctors believe ...