Imagine having severe shortness of breath from asthma, and no amount of medications and inhalants provide help. Now imagine that a new treatment becomes available that opens up the bronchial tubes, and for the first time in months, even years, you can breathe much better than before.

Bronchial theromplasty is a new technology offered at Mount Nittany Medical Center, and it offers the hope of improved breathing for people with persistent asthma, according to John Cox, MD, pulmonary medicine, Mount Nittany Physician Group.

“Although the percentage of people who can benefit from this p...

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Study after study has shown that a healthy, happy workforce is a more productive workforce. It logically follows that the cost/benefit ratio of maintaining a corporate culture that promotes wellness is very beneficial, and many companies are realizing the cost savings in preventing lost time.

"An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” This is particularly true when referencing the cost of health promotion programs in the workplace versus lost time and productivity due to illness, injury, prolonged disability, retraining, and rehiring.

Efforts to protect and promote work...

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