SCRANTON – State Sen. John P. Blake (D-Lackawanna/Luzerne/Monroe) today joined the Northeast Regional Cancer Institute at Lackawanna College to announce a $75,000 state grant to conduct a health survey in the areas of Northeastern Pennsylvania affected by Marcellus shale drilling [...]
Charles Cole Memorial Hospital endoscopy staff attended the Olympus Center of Excellence Training at the Maria Nathanson Center at St. Thomas Hospital inNashville earlier this year. Pictured, from left, are presenter Dr. Ronald Pruitt, April Worth, Ruth Novisher, Olympus representative [...]
Breast Feeding Support Group Charles Cole Memorial Hospital will host a breastfeeding support group at 5:30 p.m., July 7 at the hospital’s obstetric unit. Moms and babies are invited for an evening of fellowship, sharing, and a time to ask [...]
Charles Cole Memorial Hospital received the following charitable donations through June. Gifts were made in memory of Donna Knight by Claud Knight; in memory of Terry Trayer by Anita and Brian Trayer, Alcohol and Drug Abuse Services, Inc., and Thomas [...]
The McKean County Conservation District delivered a conservation message to students participating in the Footsteps Adventure Camp at Callahan Park in Bradford. Heather McKean, Watershed Conservationist, Sherry Dumire, Resource Conservationist and Intern Lindsay Shine demonstrated the negative impacts nonpoint and [...]
Charles Cole Memorial Hospital has joined the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Partnership for Patients initiative to improve the quality, safety and affordability of healthcare for its patients and community members. The patient safety partnership is a new [...]
Legislation that would amend the Workers’ Compensation Act to include cancer as an occupational disease for firefighters has been passed by the Pennsylvania House. Rep. Jerry Knowles (R-Berks, Schuylkill) said that firefighters, who are regularly exposed to carcinogens, should be [...]
Doug Guthrie/ The Detroit News Detroit— Criminal charges will proceed against a mother who allegedly fired a shot at police when they entered her home on orders obtained by child protective service workers to take her teen daughter on claims [...]
A group of Potter County employees accepted the trophy for winning the Steps to a Healthier You competition recently. The six-week wellness initiative included tracking minutes of weekly physical activity among participants: Charles Cole Memorial Hospital, Austin School District, Coudersport School District, Galeton [...]
The state Department of Health wants to initiate a system of tracking health and environmental data related to gas drilling in the Marcellus shale.
The state Department of Environmental Protection is trying to learn how methane gas ended up in residential drinking water wells in Moreland and Franklin townships near Lairdsville in eastern Lycoming County, the agency confirmed Wednesday.
News Release from Senator Robert P. Casey, Jr. Kicking off Monday, June 13, 2011, National Men’s Health Week encourages fathers, sons, brothers and husbands to focus on the importance of preventative healthcare and the significance of early detection. Now as [...]
Therapeutic Touch at Charles Cole Memorial Hospital will not be held in June. It will be held again at 7 p.m., July 14 at the Patterson Cancer Care Center. For more information, call 274-9301, ext. 1487.
Charles Cole Memorial Hospital’s Coudersport Wellness Center recently received two bikes, helmets and snowshoes with poles through the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford’s Center for Rural Health Practice. The equipment can be rented free of charge by community members and was purchased with funds from the Get Active grant as part of the [...]
State Rep calls Corbett’s refusal to open doors ‘absolutely disgraceful’ By DONALD GILLILAND, The Patriot-News The Patriot-News Josh Fox, director of the Oscar-nominated film “Gasland,” led a sit-in protest outside Gov. Tom Corbett’s office at the Capitol Tuesday afternoon. Click [...]
