http://www.dailyitem.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:42:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/0113_health_fitness/local_story_311164419.html http://www.dailyitem.com/0113_health_fitness/local_story_311164419.html Traditionally June is the most popular wedding month. But for the Amish in Central Pennsylvania, the wedding season occurs from late October through December, with November the peak. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:40:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/0113_health_fitness/local_story_310103751.html http://www.dailyitem.com/0113_health_fitness/local_story_310103751.html LOS ANGELES — Bobby Wright thought he had buried Smoky.The U.S. Forest Service worker had watched helplessly as a frenzied, massive forest fire turned toward the trailer where he lived with Smoky, a 6-month-old mutt, 20 other dogs and a rabbit named Bernie. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:33:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/0113_health_fitness/local_story_309113205.html http://www.dailyitem.com/0113_health_fitness/local_story_309113205.html MIAMI — Lily Pabian and her husband Jeff learned to tag-team household tasks when he lost his job and she went from stay-at-home mom to part-time consultant. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:49:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/0113_health_fitness/local_story_309085024.html http://www.dailyitem.com/0113_health_fitness/local_story_309085024.html Dr. O. Fred Miller and his wife Joan are giving back to a community they say has given them so much. They are giving back by sharing their medical and educational knowledge. Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:24:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/0113_health_fitness/local_story_308112232.html http://www.dailyitem.com/0113_health_fitness/local_story_308112232.html NEW YORK - Ralph Lauren's affinity for Americana will be on full display on athletes at the Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia — complete with red, white and blue, stars-and-stripes flags and, of course, polo ponies. Wed, 22 Jul 2009 14:29:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/0113_health_fitness/local_story_203142930.html http://www.dailyitem.com/0113_health_fitness/local_story_203142930.html Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:32:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/0113_health_fitness/local_story_307083429.html http://www.dailyitem.com/0113_health_fitness/local_story_307083429.html Country Farm And Home, Route 45, Mifflinburg is taking donations for the Kelsey’s Dream Chemo Duck Fund. For every $20 donation, a light will be placed on the Tree of Love during the Christmas Carnival and Tree of Love tree lighting ceremony on Nov. 14. Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:28:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/0113_health_fitness/local_story_307083147.html http://www.dailyitem.com/0113_health_fitness/local_story_307083147.html Geisinger Medical Center in Danville and Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center in Plains Township celebrated National Healthcare Quality Week from Oct. 18 to 24. Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:27:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/0113_health_fitness/local_story_307082817.html http://www.dailyitem.com/0113_health_fitness/local_story_307082817.html Since its founding in 1980, the Alzheimer’s Association has been the leader in making the fight against Alzheimer’s a national priority, a call that resonates during November, which is National Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month. Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:25:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/0113_health_fitness/local_story_307082652.html http://www.dailyitem.com/0113_health_fitness/local_story_307082652.html Susquehanna Health was featured as part of the cover story in the Oct. 19 issue of Modern Healthcare magazine. Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:22:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/0113_health_fitness/local_story_307082321.html http://www.dailyitem.com/0113_health_fitness/local_story_307082321.html Although gray skies and a cold drizzle served as the backdrop for Williamsport Regional Medical Center’s ground-breaking ceremony for a $140 million patient tower, the overall prognosis for the hospital is anything but cloudy. Fri, 30 Oct 2009 22:37:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/0113_health_fitness/local_story_303223043.html http://www.dailyitem.com/0113_health_fitness/local_story_303223043.html Stars. Not hex signs, but stars. Patrick Donmoyer, 23, has spent more than a year documenting and photographing 400 examples of such celestial iconography, a form of folk art painted on Pennsylvania barns over the last three centuries. Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:55:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/0113_health_fitness/local_story_303165359.html http://www.dailyitem.com/0113_health_fitness/local_story_303165359.html ATLANTA — Swine flu has caused at least 19 more children's deaths — the largest one-week increase since the pandemic started in April, health officials said Friday. Thu, 29 Oct 2009 09:42:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/0113_health_fitness/local_story_302093918.html http://www.dailyitem.com/0113_health_fitness/local_story_302093918.html ST. LOUIS — Mention swine flu to a young child, and odds are pretty good you'll get a blank stare.But an increasing number of kids can tell you that the Sesame Street character "Elmo" sneezes properly into the crook of his arm, and if they sing the whole "ABCs" song while washing their hands they'll get them really clean. Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:34:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/0113_health_fitness/local_story_302083216.html http://www.dailyitem.com/0113_health_fitness/local_story_302083216.html Fall is the breeding season — commonly known as “the rut” — for white-tailed deer. It’s also approaching the peak time of the year for motor vehicle-deer collisions.