Health & Wellness

BY JEFF STEINER Executive Director Dads’ Resource Center Here is something for those craving positive news — fathers are stepping up in a big way. A 2015 Pew Research Center survey indicated that the percentage of fathers who felt that parenting was an extremely important part of their identity (57 percent) was…

HealthSouth Nittany Valley Rehabilitation Hospital’s Stroke Group, in honor of Stroke Awareness Month, hosted a presentation, “Motor Performance Following Stroke Depends on Brain Hemisphere,” on May 29. Pictured, from left, are presenters Candice Maenza, of the Movement Neuroscience Laboratory at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, and Dr. Robert Sainburg, professor of kinesiology and…

PORT MATILDA — What could an optometrist’s office and a dance studio possibly have in common? Quite a lot, actually. Restore Eye Care and Eye Gym, co-owned by Dr. Tracy Sepich and Dr. Christine Zlupko, and MindBodyArt Dance Studio, owned by Michele Brandt, are both local, female-owned businesses. But beyond that obvious connection, the…

STATE COLLEGE — State College Family Chiropractic Center, located at 905 W. Beaver Ave., has announced the addition of Dr. Melissa Kneidinger to its staff. Kneidinger graduated from the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown with a bachelor’s degree in biology and earned her doctor of chiropractic from Sherman College of Chiropractic in 2001. She…

STATE COLLEGE — With kids now spending more time outside, there are a few ways to treat common summer ailments, according to Mount Nittany Health. ■ Splinters Superficial splinters that are pain-free can be left in the skin. These splinters will eventually work their way out. For larger splinters that hurt, you’ll need…

UNIVERSITY PARK — The past eight years have brought two transformative additions to the Penn State medical community. The first was the establishment of the University Park Regional Campus of the Penn State College of Medicine, offering the opportunity for medical students to study medicine in a clinical setting in the State College area. The…

Meghan Bennett, a 12-year-old Bellefonte girl, will be in the spotlight Saturday, June 2, and Sunday, June 3, when she will be featured during Geisinger’s 2018 Miracle Kid Celebration Weekend. The event is being held at various locations in the region, including Geisinger Janet Weis Children’s Hospital in Danville, Geisinger Woodbine Lane in Danville…

HERSHEY — A team of Penn State researchers is planning to create a new map of the brain that will establish a neural circuit diagram of oxytocin, a compound often associated with affection and emotional behavior. Researchers hope the map will give them insight into how oxytocin in the brain drives social behavior. The…

SPRING MILLS — More than 90 health care professionals attended Geisinger Western Region’s critical care seminar May 8 at the Seven Mountains Wine Cellars, Spring Mills.  Dr. Brian Simpkins and counselor Michele Davis, of Geisinger, led a panel of speakers that included Gordon Merry, director of the Cabell County, W.Va., Emergency Medical Services; Jerry Mitchell,…

World Salt Awareness Week, an opportunity to recognize the many benefits of salt, was  celebrated this year in March. Salt, or sodium chloride, is essential for life. In fact, no mineral is more essential to human survival than sodium, because it allows nerves to send and receive electrical impulses, helps to keep muscles strong and…