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Make healthy lunches part of your kid’s back to school routine

It’s that time of year again, the time of year that parents love, and students often dread – back to school. There are many routines associated with going back to school, such as buying a backpack and picking out some new sneakers. Just like these are part of the back-to-school routine, ...

Mt. Nittany Medical team set new standard in stroke care

STATE COLLEGE — Mount Nittany Health is pleased to recognize Ryan Burton, DO, and the Emergency Department team for providing exemplary stroke care to a patient at Mount Nittany Medical Center. Recently, Dr. Burton and team achieved a remarkable 21-minute “door to needle” time in ...

Firefighters fear the toxic chemicals in their gear could be contributing to cancer cases

BOSTON (AP) — Boston firefighter Daniel Ranahan had heard about colleagues getting cancer but he was stunned when doctors discovered a tumor in his chest. He was only 30 and had been in the Boston Fire Department less than a decade. But as he investigated his diagnosis of Hodgkin’s lymphoma in October 2020 and sought successful treatment, he learned he and others wore gear that contained the toxic industrial compound PFAS. “You always hear about the dangers. You just never think it’s going be you,” said Ranahan, who stopped working due to the cancer and is among thousands ...

Keeping up with immunizations

It’s that time of year again. Everyone is getting back in the swing of things with school starting. Your child might be due for a check-up at the doctor’s office as well. This annual check-up is a great way to check in and see how your child’s health is developing. Usual topics of ...

Hearing with our brains and not just our ears

When sound enters your ear those sounds or signals end up in the brain. Acoustic Energy vibrates down the ear canal against the eardrum, it is then changed into mechanical energy as it passes through the three small bones of the middle ear. Next it becomes hydraulic energy in the fluid fill tubes of the inner ear, the cochlea. Finally the sound wave, as it moves through that fluid, flows over microscopic inner hairs which change it into an electro-chemical-neural energy signal that flies up the auditory nerve into the complex receivers waiting in the brain. The brain can make no sense of ...