Despite what you’ve heard, shingles isn’t just a disease that affects older people. Anyone who’s had chickenpox can get shingles, and it can be a serious illness. But even if you don’t remember having chickenpox (you may not have had “true chickenpox,” or you had the live ...

Nobody likes waiting. As humans, we’re naturally impatient. In today’s world, we have unlimited information and instantaneous gratification at our fingertips — we want it, and we want it now. But imagine being one of more than 118,000 people currently waiting for a lifesaving organ ...

STATE COLLEGE — Mount Nittany Health recently announced that Renu Joshi, MD, has joined Mount Nittany Health Endocrinology. Dr. Joshi will provide telehealth care to endocrinology patients, adding depth to Mount Nittany Health’s growing telehealth capabilities. “I love patient care, ...

In 1974, the late Senator Frank Church of Idaho chaired a United States Congress/Senate Special Committee on Aging — a Subcommittee on the Consumer Interests of the Elderly. This committee dug into all aspects of elder abuse in the commercial marketplace. Special focus was given to the ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved selling the leading version of naloxone without a prescription, setting the overdose-reversing drug on course to become the first opioid treatment drug to be sold over the counter. It’s a move that some advocates have long sought ...

PHOTO PROVIDED In recognition of National Quilting Day celebrated on Saturday March 18, the Clinton Piecemakers Quilt Guild donated a baby quilt to the first newborn at The Birthplace at UPMC Williamsport, part of UPMC Magee-Womens. This year’s quilt was created by Bonnie Orndorf, and it ...