January 23, 2024 - Encouraging young children to eat more fruits and vegetables and make fitness a part of their daily routine helps them establish lifelong skills that could prevent serious health conditions in the future such as obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure, and others.
January 19, 2024 -January is Thyroid Awareness Month, and it marks a good time to learn more about the small gland with a big impact, as well as the symptoms of thyroid disorders.
January 17, 2023 - Now that the party confetti has cleared and the calendar has flipped to 2024, many people are considering the positive changes they would like to make in the year ahead.
January 15, 2024 - When cold weather arrives and people use alternate sources to heat their homes, our emergency departments often treat an influx of patients suffering from carbon monoxide poisoning.
January 2, 2024 - For many people, the winter season means the return of holiday celebrations with friends and family or building snowmen out of freshly fallen snow. However, studies show that hospital visits increase approximately 10 percent during the holidays, a trend we’ve also seen at Reading Hospital.
November 29, 2023 - Results from a clinical trial recently shared by the European Society for Medical Oncology show great promise in using “Induction Chemotherapy” to reduce deaths from cervical cancer.
Stephen Longenecker, MD Medical Director, Reading Hospital Joint Replacement Program
It’s normal to get used to everyday aches and pains without realizing they are causing us to become less and less active over time – missing out on activities we used to enjoy or avoiding…
October 30, 2023 - In December of 2020, at the age of 37, Elizabeth Keller, LSW, OSW-C, a Social Worker at McGlinn Cancer Institute at Reading Hospital was diagnosed with breast cancer.
September 29, 2023 – Reading Hospital recognizes National Preparedness Month, which raises awareness about the importance of being prepared in the event of an emergency or disaster.
April 18, 2023 - Tower Health will join healthcare organizations around the world in recognizing "Pediatric Sepsis Week" April 16 through 22. In the United States, 75,000 children are diagnosed with sepsis and 6,800 children die every year.
