PA Cancer Treatment Center, Brachytherapy, IMRT, Breast & Colon Cancer - Read more

At Mountain Family Care we're here to serve as an active partner in your family's healthcare. We're dedicated to providing you with the highest quality of care. - Read more

The Pocono Health Foundation annually awards grants that support health and human service programs as well as students pursuing a career in healthcare. - Read more

The Pocono Medical Spirit of Women Center is a member of Spirit of Women ®, an elite coalition of American hospitals and healthcare providers. - Read more

At Pocono Obstetrics and Gynecology we're here to serve as an active partner in your healthcare. Our providers are specialists in well-woman care. - Read more

2011 wasn't quite as hot; still world's 11th-warmest

WASHINGTON - The world last year wasn't quite as warm as it has been for most of the past decade, government scientists said Thursday, but it continues a general trend of rising temperatures. The average global temperature was 57.9 degrees, making 2011 t

Science Q&A

Q: Do pacifiers affect babies' teeth? A: Pacifiers "can have some adverse effects on the structures of the oral cavity, especially after prolonged use," said Dr. Abhinav Sinha, director of the pediatric dental clinic at NewYork-Presbyterian/ Weill Cornel

Health & Science briefs

Leap second lives, at least for a week The leap second may go on for another three years. Once or twice a year, the leap second can be tacked on to synchronize atomic clocks - the world's scientific timekeepers - with the Earth's rotational cycle. Withou

Many teenage mothers claim ignorance

ATLANTA - A new government study suggests a lot of teenage girls are clueless about their chances of getting pregnant. In a survey of thousands of teenage mothers who had unintended pregnancies, about a third who didn't use birth control said the reason

Why are we ticklish? It's a mystery

Q: I am a very ticklish person. My husband thinks it's hilarious how easy it is to make me giggle and squirm. What causes ticklishness? A: Ticklishness is indeed a mysterious phenomenon, and not just for you. To this day, no one has adequately answered t

New autism definition would exclude many, study suggests

Proposed changes in the definition of autism would sharply reduce the skyrocketing rate at which the disorder is diagnosed and may make it harder for many people who would no longer meet the criteria to get health, educational and social services, a new analysis suggests.

Research that helps your health

Here's the latest edition of my news you can use to improve health. Exercise boosts diet According to researchers at Harvard University reporting in the journal Obesity Reviews, "Exercise seems to encourage a healthy diet. In fact, when exercise is added

Obesity epidemic not shrinking yet

CHICAGO - America's obesity epidemic is proving to be as stubborn as those maddening love handles, and shows no sign of reversing course. More than one-third of adults and almost 17 percent of children were obese in 2009-2010, echoing results since 2003,

Russia asks if U.S. radar sank probe

MOSCOW - Russia will look into the possibility that a U.S. radar station could have inadvertently interfered with the failed Mars moon probe that plummeted to Earth, Russian media reported Tuesday, but experts argued that any such claims were far-fetched

Invaders from Mars on Earth

WASHINGTON - They came from Mars, not in peace, but in pieces. Scientists are confirming that 15 pounds of rock collected recently in Morocco fell to Earth from Mars during a meteorite shower in July. This is only the fifth time in history scientists hav

Avoid cold to combat Raynaud's

Q: During the colder months, I'm prone to "attacks" in which my fingers and toes get very cold and then go blue and numb. Although they do eventually return to normal, it's a recurring problem. Could I have Raynaud's disease? A: Raynaud's is certainly on

Aiming at Alzheimer's

WASHINGTON - Effective treatments for Alzheimer's by 2025? That's the target the government is eyeing as it develops a national strategy to tackle what could become the defining disease of a rapidly aging population. It's an ambitious goal - and on Tuesd

Health & Science briefs

32 Florida panthers were born in 2011 State wildlife officials say the number of Florida panthers born last year appears to have offset the number of documented panther deaths. According to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, 32 of th

The ultimate compliment? Maybe not

CANBERRA, Australia - A newly discovered horsefly in Australia was so "bootylicious" with its golden-haired bum, there was only one name worthy of its beauty: Beyonce. Previously published results from Bryan Lessard, a 24-year-old researcher at Australia

The Examiner

The claim Grief can cause a heart attack. The facts The emotional pain of losing a loved one can take a toll on the heart, at least metaphorically. But can it trigger an actual heart attack? In a large new study, scientists have confirmed what the medica

Panic attack frightening but treatable

Q: In the past year I've had five panic attacks. Now I'm always worried I'm going to have another, at any moment. Is there anything I can do to prevent them? A: Panic attacks can be very unsettling. All of a sudden, you are filled with extreme fear or te

Study: In process of learning to speak, infants apparently employ lip-reading

WASHINGTON - Babies don't learn to talk just from hearing sounds. New research suggests they're lip-readers, too. It happens during that magical stage when a baby's babbling gradually changes from gibberish into syllables and eventually into that first "

Putting the spirit in weight loss

AKRON, Ohio - Lolly Marzulli is making healthier choices these days, thanks to her church family at Trinity United Church of Christ. The Akron congregation is encouraging its members to participate in a health initiative in partnership with Western Reser

Space probe lands in Pacific

MOSCOW - A Russian space probe designed to boost the nation's pride on a bold mission to a moon of Mars came down in flames Sunday, showering fragments into the south Pacific west of Chile's coast, officials said. Pieces from the Phobos-Ground, which had

Bell's palsy is scary but usually treatable

A local high school teacher came to my office last year with weakness and numbness on one side of her face. She was unable to smile, frown, speak or eat with facial symmetry. She had suffered from a cold, on and off, for two months. It wasn't a bad cold

Christian Alcohol Rehabilitation

Pachills a Christian Alcohol Rehabilitation Center provides specialized Christian Alcohol Rehabilitation Programs

[Read more]