Healthcare
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Creating Mental Health Support in the Construction Industry
Recently, Construction Working Minds White Paper 2024 highlighted key issues that continue to impact construction including mental health, suicide, and substance abuse. Taking inventory of construction workers’ mental health is the duty of all who lead the construction industry forward. We all shoulder the duty of nurturing and fostering mental health, and mental health awareness. As the…
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National Cancer Institute Designates Jefferson’s Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center As a Comprehensive Cancer Center
Jefferson recently announced that its Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center (SKCC) has earned a National Cancer Institute (NCI) “Comprehensive” Cancer Center designation, the highest recognition awarded by the NCI. This recognition places SKCC among an elite group of only 57 cancer centers nationwide, providing exceptional and personalized cancer care and superior outcomes, fueled by a…
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77 Members of Doylestown Health’s Medical Staff Make Region’s Top Doctors 2024 List
Philadelphia Magazine published its annual list of the region’s top doctors, which this year includes the names of 77 members of Doylestown Health’s medical staff, writes Jeff Werner for the Patch. Having so many representatives on the Top Doctors 2024 list once more confirms the health system’s nationally recognized quality of care. The most Doylestown…
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“Don’t Let It Get Under Your Skin” When It Comes to Skin Cancer – Prevention and Early Detection
Skin cancer is the most common type of cancer worldwide, with over 5 million cases diagnosed each year in the United States alone. While people usually associate only melanomas with the diagnosis of skin cancer, there are in fact three major types of skin cancer: basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, and melanoma. Non-melanoma skin…
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Delaware County Hospital Makes National List of Best Medical Centers
A Delaware County hospital was among three medical centers in the Philadelphia area that made Healthgrades’ list of best hospitals in the nation for 2024. Riddle Hospital in Media was one of two Main Line Health hospitals to make it into the top 50, the other being Lankenau Medical Center in Wynnewood, writes John George…
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Montgomery County Partners with Gift of Life to Honor Organ Donors with ‘Donate Life’ Flag Initiative
The Gift of Life Donor Program and the Montgomery County Coroner’s Office have joined forces to honor organ donors and their families, writes Jim Melwert for KYW Newsradio. Montgomery County is now the first to fly a “Donate Life” flag in the Keystone State. “It’s a reminder that each donor has the potential to save…
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Earthquake Turned Horsham Man’s Surgical Procedure Into Strangely Memorable Experience
Justin Allen, of Horsham, had a truly memorable vasectomy experience earlier this month, writes David Chiu for People. On the morning of April 5, Allen was at a urology office in Huntingdon Valley when a rare 4.8-magnitude earthquake struck around 10:30 AM local time. Allen recalled that everything “started totally normal” when he got to…
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Bucks County Leadership: Danielle Geyer, Executive Director, Freedom Village at Brandywine
Danielle Geyer, Executive Director of Freedom Village at Brandywine, spoke to BUCKSCO Today about growing up in Abington, playing on a boys’ soccer team with her twin sister when they were young, and learning the importance of customer service at her first part-time job as a cashier at CVS pharmacy. Geyer discussed why she chose…
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CHOP Pays $24.75M For Grays Ferry Property, Further Expanding Its Philadelphia Footprint
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia recently purchased a 3.2-acre property in Grays Ferry for $24.75 million in its latest effort to expand its Philadelphia footprint, writes John George for the Philadelphia Business Journal. As a property zoned by CMX-3, it allows for a range of commercial development. CHOP’s purchase of the site comes as it undergoes…
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1 Delaware County Hospital Makes US News List for Best Maternity Care
Eleven Philadelphia-area hospitals, including one from Delaware County, received U.S. News & World Report’s top “high performance” rating for the country’s top hospitals for providing the best maternity care, writes John George for Philadelphia Business Journal. Riddle Hospital in Media made the top list from a U.S. News evaluation of 680 hospitals nationwide that offer…
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Alzheimer’s and Dementia Caregivers Face Significant Challenges
The burden of Alzheimer’s and other dementias weighs heavily on family caregivers in Pennsylvania and across the country, according to the Alzheimer’s Association 2024 Alzheimer’s Disease Facts and Figures report. Last year, 465,000 dementia family caregivers in Pennsylvania provided 822 million hours of unpaid care valued at $13 billion. Dementia caregivers in the Commonwealth also…
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Warminster Veteran Finds Joy and Companionship Through Seniors Helping Seniors Program
Warminster veteran Barry Platt, who lives with Alzheimer’s, is enjoying the benefits of Seniors Helping Seniors, writes Matteo Iadonisi for 6 ABC. Several years after his diagnosis, Barry’s wife Barbara contacted the organization, which provides professional in-home services and companions. “After a few years I decided to need to have some help,” she…
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Norristown-based Gaudenzia, a Leading Substance Use Disorder Treatment Provider, Names First Woman CEO
Deja Gilbert, PhD, has been named the new president and chief executive officer of Norristown-based Gaudenzia, making her the first woman to hold that role in the organization’s 55-year history. Gilbert is a change leader and veteran executive in the treatment of substance use disorder. She will run one of the largest nonprofit providers of…
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Newsweek Ranks Two Montgomery County Hospitals as Among Best Hospitals in U.S.
Two hospitals right here in Montgomery County are being recognized for providing quality healthcare by Newsweek. Main Line Health’s Lankenau Medical Center and Bryn Mawr Hospital are ranked in the top 250 of the best hospitals in the United States. The magazine recently released its 2024 ranking of the World’s Best Hospitals, including a category…
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Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Receives $6.4 Million Gift from Bucks County Family
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) has received a $6.4 million gift from the family of Connor Boyle, a Central Bucks East High School graduate who died at age 18 from osteosarcoma. This three-year gift, named “The Connor Initiative: Precision Therapeutics for Osteosarcoma & Rare Cancers,” will support cutting-edge research in osteosarcoma and other rare cancers.…
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Doylestown Hospital Ranks as the Best in Bucks County
Doylestown Hospital is the best health care facility in Bucks County, and the eighth best in the state, according to Newsweek’s 2024 World’s Best Hospitals List. This is the sixth year in a row the healthcare facility has earned its accolades, according to a staff report from TapintoDoylestown. In addition to ranking so…
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Bensalem Priest Gets New Lease on Life Thanks to Organ Donor
Father Tim O’Sullivan, who has been at St. Ephrem Catholic Church in Bensalem for 23 years, recently got a new lease on life thanks to the kindness of a family in his parish, reports Trish Hartman for 6abc. In 2017, O’Sullivan started struggling with several health issues. After 11 surgeries in 15 months, he had…
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Doylestown Welcomes Its First FYZICAL Therapy and Balance Center in Bucks County
Doylestown is officially the first Bucks County town to welcome FYZICAL Therapy and Balance Center, writes Jeff Werner for the Patch. The Sarasota-based franchise, which was founded in 2012, has over 550 locations, offering personalized comprehensive patient care across a variety of services that help patients recover from injuries and surgeries. The Doylestown…
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