‘This is children helping children’– Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
CLARKS GREEN, Pa. -- If you've seen a lot of the color gold recently, it may be because gold is the color associated with childhood cancer. September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month and students...
View ArticleHealthwatch 16: T2 Protect Study
PLAINS TOWNSHIP, Pa. -- There is a nationwide study going on now to figure out whether a certain drug can protect against or slow down Alzheimer's disease. Geisinger is looking for people who may be...
View ArticleGeisinger in ‘D-Care’ Study on Dementia, Alzheimer’s
LUZERNE COUNTY, Pa. -- An estimated 6 million people in the United States are living with dementia. Geisinger is now enrolling dementia patients and their caregivers in a national research study. It's...
View ArticleHealthwatch 16: New Childbirth Center at Geisinger CMC
SCRANTON, Pa. -- After Geisinger Community Medical Center in Scranton closed its labor and delivery center 12 years ago, babies are back. Geisinger CMC just unveiled its new childbirth center in...
View ArticleBreaking a Record
DALLAS, Pa. -- You'll find 21-year-old Kaitlyn Weatherby in the pool at least 20-hours a week. The New Jersey native is a senior at Misericordia University. She is also a national record holder, which...
View ArticleRally in Harrisburg for ‘Peyton’s Law’
HARRISBURG, Pa. -- A new bill is headed to the Pennsylvania Senate floor in honor of a King's College student who died of sudden cardiac arrest. Senate Bill 836, or Peyton's Law, is based on...
View ArticleHealthwatch 16: World Polio Day
World Polio Day is Thursday. It's a day set aside to get the word out that we, worldwide, are very close to eradicating the disease altogether. Rotary Clubs worldwide have taken on fundraising and...
View Article5Kate: Race and Wellness Fair for Mental Health
SCRANTON, Pa. -- When a man from Scranton lost his daughter to suicide three years ago, he penned an obituary that ended up being read around the world. Ed Shoener highlighted his daughter Katie's...
View ArticleHealthwatch 16: Vaping and Carbon Monoxide
LEWISBURG, Pa. -- E-cigarettes and vaping have made a lot of headlines lately. They are also the topic of a research study, a portion of which was recently completed at Bucknell University in Union...
View ArticleHealthwatch 16: A Mammogram Reminder
CRESCO, Pa. -- We are just about done with October, Breast Cancer Awareness month. One woman from the Poconos was eager to share a message she thinks others need to hear, this month and all year...
View ArticleHealthwatch 16: Choosing the Right Plan
LUZERNE COUNTY, Pa. -- Now through early December, those who receive Medicare can sign up for supplemental health benefits not covered by traditional Medicare. Experts know the whole process can be...
View ArticleHealthwatch 16: Early Breast Cancer Detection
WILKES-BARRE, Pa. -- A professor of electrical engineering at Wilkes University in Luzerne County watched a relative battle breast cancer and it gave him an idea. He researched how to better detect...
View ArticleHealthwatch 16: Great American Smokeout
SCRANTON, Pa. -- Every year, on the third Thursday of November, the American Cancer society Urges everyone to quit smoking, just for a day with the hopes that one day will turn to two, and on and on....
View ArticleHealthwatch 16: ECMO Helped Firefighter Diagnosed with Legionnaire’s Disease
GEISINGER MEDICAL CENTER -- Andrew Jones is the volunteer firefighter from Northumberland County who got very sick this summer and was diagnosed with Legionnaire's disease. He met us at Geisinger...
View ArticleSanta in the Skies
SCHUYLKILL COUNTY, Pa. -- A bustling scene in part of Schuylkill County, as Shenandoah ushered in the holiday season. Mrs. T's pierogis sponsored the event, welcoming Santa from the skies. President...
View ArticleHealthwatch 16: Helping Patients by Increasing Mobility
PLAINS TOWNSHIP, Pa. — Medical professionals say there is a growing body of evidence to suggest that keeping a patient lying down for a prolonged period after surgery is detrimental to their eventual...
View ArticleTurkey Trotting for Animal Rescue
FORTY FORT, Pa. — Tim’s Turkey Trot in Luzerne County benefitted a lot more than just the runners who came out for the Thanksgiving Day race last week. Before they sat down to a Thanksgiving dinner...
View ArticleHealthwatch 16: Good News about Concussions
LEWISBURG, Pa. -- A study published in the journal Pediatrics a few months ago was all about student-athletes and concussions. It was a huge study that looked at data from 20 high school sports...
View ArticleHealthwatch 16: EMT’s Frightening Heart Attack Experience
PLAINS TOWNSHIP, Pa. -- An emergency medical official in Luzerne County has no doubt he was in the right place at the right time this summer. He was on a trauma call when he recognized he was having a...
View ArticleA Bit of Winter in the PhotoLink Library
Some frost on the window, a very cold window. A bit of winter is what we'll look at in this edition of the PhotoLink Library.
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