American Diabetes Month Urges Awareness
American Diabetes Month Urges Awareness Medical Center plans events to increase knowledge and compliance November is American Diabetes Month, a time to communicate the seriousness of diabetes and t...
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Expert offer education seminar at the Medical Center
Mount Nittany Medical Center is concluding the Fall 2008 Family Medicine Seminar Series with a program on "Surviving Sepsis," presented by Evan Bell, MD. As part of its partnership with Penn State,...
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Medical Center offers Diabetes Education Program during Diabetes Awareness Month
November is Diabetes Awareness Month and according to the American Diabetes Association, more than 20 million Americans are affected by diabetes while an estimated 6.2 million people are unaware th...
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Be Prepared For An Emergency Department Visit
It is reassuring to know that when someone has a medical emergency the emergency department is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year. Patients may seek care for life threatening i...
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Tour of the Model Rooms Still Available
The full-scale model patient rooms are still available to tour and provide feedback. More than 170 online surveys were completed by staff. The key points of the survey responses were taken into con...
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Ongoing Professional Practice Evaluation
The Ongoing Professional Practice Evaluation (OPPE) as required by The Joint Commission is a routine monitoring of current competency for privileged practitioners. The Joint Commission requires tha...
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Healthy Hunting Tips to Avoid Tree-stand Related Injuries
The use of treestands for hunting is becoming more popular each year. Hunting from elevated stands has many advantages. Hunters position themselves in trees to improve their field of view and to re...
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You Can Manage Insulin Resistance
Understanding your body and body processes are important to achieving and maintaining good health. Insulin resistance is a common condition, often occurring in diabetics. Understanding insulin resi...
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Genetic Counseling To Find Cancer Risk
Did you know that rolling your tongue is an inherited trait from your parents? All of us are made up of unique characteristics programmed by our genetic make up. Other than identical twins, everyon...