http://www.dailyitem.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Tue, 13 May 2008 00:00:58 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/0113_health_fitness/local_story_133163025.html http://www.dailyitem.com/0113_health_fitness/local_story_133163025.html With a new location at Geisinger's Outpatient Surgery Center on Woodbine Lane, the growing department can begin its innovative approach to pain management, which focuses on keeping patients active in the treatment process as soon as they step through the door. Tue, 13 May 2008 00:00:57 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/0113_health_fitness/local_story_133163035.html http://www.dailyitem.com/0113_health_fitness/local_story_133163035.html Geisinger's dermatology clinic's recent move from the medical center campus to the Outpatient Surgery Center on Woodbine Lane not only doubled the treatment space, but expanded the opportunity for more state-of-the-art technology to be implemented. It has also allocated room for future growth of the clinic. Tue, 13 May 2008 00:00:56 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/0113_health_fitness/local_story_133163041.html http://www.dailyitem.com/0113_health_fitness/local_story_133163041.html Bringing home baby comes with a bundle of new precautions for proud parents, and plastic bottle contamination has now become a primary concern. Mon, 12 May 2008 16:44:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/0113_health_fitness/local_story_133163051.html http://www.dailyitem.com/0113_health_fitness/local_story_133163051.html On any day of the week, more than 6,000 people search the national registry for bone marrow donors to find one who can possibly save their lives. Derrick Dull, 22, is one of those people searching for a bone marrow transplant. Tue, 06 May 2008 08:10:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/0113_health_fitness/local_story_127081110.html http://www.dailyitem.com/0113_health_fitness/local_story_127081110.html Kathy Beck loves talking about her kids. She has pictures of her four boys scattered throughout her living room, bakes them cookies weekly, and boasts they do chores without being nagged. Tue, 06 May 2008 07:41:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/0113_health_fitness/local_story_127074135.html http://www.dailyitem.com/0113_health_fitness/local_story_127074135.html Hearing repeated stories of suffering from trauma victims causes serious psychological stress in clinical social workers, a new Geisinger-led study suggests. Tue, 22 Apr 2008 08:07:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/0113_health_fitness/local_story_113080902.html http://www.dailyitem.com/0113_health_fitness/local_story_113080902.html Because of a severe case of sleep apnea, Gabbie Hughes has seen her fair share of hospital rooms. Tue, 22 Apr 2008 08:03:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/0113_health_fitness/local_story_113080351.html http://www.dailyitem.com/0113_health_fitness/local_story_113080351.html New research has indicated parents may be inadvertently adding to their children’s sleep problems, which in turn can lead to many health problems such as obesity and diabetes. Tue, 22 Apr 2008 08:02:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/0113_health_fitness/local_story_113075513.html http://www.dailyitem.com/0113_health_fitness/local_story_113075513.html On April 12, the Sunbury YMCA participated in the National Healthy Kids Day. Bloomsburg University senior nursing students also participated in this event. Tue, 22 Apr 2008 08:00:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/0113_health_fitness/local_story_113073405.html http://www.dailyitem.com/0113_health_fitness/local_story_113073405.html John Peeler is no stranger to the Annual Race for Women’s Health. “I’ve run it quite a few years,” he said. “I go back far enough that I have the original year-one T-shirt.” Tue, 22 Apr 2008 07:57:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/0113_health_fitness/local_story_113075841.html http://www.dailyitem.com/0113_health_fitness/local_story_113075841.html Dr. Michael Facktor has joined Geisinger’s Janet Weis Children’s Hospital as a board certified pediatric allergist and immunologist. Tue, 15 Apr 2008 07:48:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/0113_health_fitness/local_story_106074958.html http://www.dailyitem.com/0113_health_fitness/local_story_106074958.html Sept. 22, 2007 is a date that Heather Nunamaker will never forget. It’s the day she was diagnosed with breast cancer. A strong, positive and powerful woman, the 34-year-old wouldn’t allow the hardships of the disease get the best of her. Tue, 15 Apr 2008 07:41:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/0113_health_fitness/local_story_106074554.html http://www.dailyitem.com/0113_health_fitness/local_story_106074554.html Early detection is the key to saving lives. That’s what volunteers will be reminding women during the fourth annual “Tell-A-Friend Mammathon,”to be held 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday in the Susquehanna Valley Mall. Tue, 15 Apr 2008 07:40:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/0113_health_fitness/local_story_106074134.html http://www.dailyitem.com/0113_health_fitness/local_story_106074134.html Susan Colón has found her calling promoting awareness and acceptance of children with autism spectrum disorders. She will be presenting the fifth annual Autism Awareness Event from 5:30-9 p.m. Thursday at the Central Susquehanna Intermediate Unit, Lawton Lane, Montandon. Tue, 15 Apr 2008 07:34:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/0113_health_fitness/local_story_106073525.html http://www.dailyitem.com/0113_health_fitness/local_story_106073525.html The Healthy Woman series from Sunbury Community Hospital continues this month with a program focused on Autism Awareness. This program, at 6 p.m. April 23 at Sunbury Community Hospital, is free and open to all Healthy Woman members and anyone interested in joining Healthy Woman.