STATE COLLEGE — Mount Nittany Health recently welcomed Elizabeth (Liz) Wright, PhD, FNP-BC, to its team to practice internal medicine in the Bellefonte, Park Avenue and Philipsburg primary care locations. Wright’s deep-rooted connection to the community and her compassionate approach ...
WILLIAMSPORT — UPMC recently appointed Robert Strony, D.O., as the new senior medical quality officer for UPMC’s medical group practices in north central Pennsylvania. Dr. Strony received his medical degree from Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine and completed his residency ...
WILLIAMSPORT — Pennsylvania College of Technology’s physician assistant program hosted an open house on Sept. 15 to showcase recently completed renovations that promise to provide a true-to-life setting for hands-on education. Throughout the Physician Assistant Center, updates provide ...
Our hearts are amazing organs, and we can often take them for granted. They steadily pump away, rhythmically beating life into our bodies. But what happens when your heartbeat becomes irregular, erratic or even skips a beat? These incidents are called heart palpitations, and for most people, ...
DANVILLE — Having a genetic cause of high cholesterol increases the risk of heart disease more than having high cholesterol levels alone, a Geisinger-led study found. An estimated 6% to 13% of Americans have very high levels of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, known as severe hypercholesterolemia. These high LDL levels increase the risk of heart disease, heart attack and stroke. The research team included Geisinger investigators Matthew Oetjens, Ph.D., M.S., Alexander Berry, Ph.D., Laney Jones, PharmD, and Samuel Gidding, M.D. They evaluated genetic data from 11,738 UK ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration announced Wednesday that it is providing $600 million in funding to produce new at-home COVID-19 tests and is restarting a website allowing Americans to again order up to four free tests per household — aiming to prevent possible shortages during a rise in coronavirus cases that has typically come during colder months. The Department of Health and Human Services says orders can be placed at COVIDTests.gov starting Sept. 25, and that no-cost tests will be delivered for free by the United States Postal Service. Twelve manufacturers that ...
