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Keeping You and Your Pets Healthy

Everyone loves their cuddly companions and the joy they bring into their lives. There are many health benefits to owning a pet: they provide opportunities to get exercise and be social with other pet owners, and have even been proven to help those who suffer from anxiety and depression. However, pets can carry different germs…

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Flossing: How This Simple Habit Can Impact Your Health

Every six months, many of us go to the dentist for a cleaning. At some point, they’re likely to ask, “Have you been flossing?” Some of us do, and some don’t as often as we should, but you’ll always hear your dentist and hygienist recommend it before you leave. For many people flossing is a…

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Prescriptions: Maintenance, Storage, and Disposal

At some point in our lives, we’ll end up on a prescribed medication. Whether it’s a serious health condition or simple allergies, if your doctor writes you a prescription, it’s because they believe you’ll be able to be healthier because of it. However, once you get home from your local pharmacy, it’s easy to make…

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PHN Welcomes Dr. Jere Wagner

Primary Health Network (PHN), announced the addition of Jere Wagner, MD to Shamokin Community Health Center. Dr. Wagner is a leading physician in the Shamokin community. Most recently, Dr. Wagner was an emergency care physician at Geisinger-Shamokin Community Hospital and has dedicated his career to increasing access to care for patients. He is looking forward…

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Meditation: A Simple Activity with Big Benefits

Meditation has been a common practice for centuries. Today, it’s a commonly recommended practice to reduce an even more common problem: stress. We all experience stress every day, and many of us simply deal with it, rather than doing something about it. However, meditation is a simple, cost-free way to reduce stress and increase positivity…

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Self-Care: Benefits of Taking Care of Yourself

We all spend time thinking about how best to care for others: your parents, your children, your pets. But how often do you stop to think about taking care of yourself? It’s a lot more important than you might think, and it can affect everyone around you for better or worse. One common side-effect of…

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Waking Up Healthy

For many of us, the blaring of our alarm is the last thing we want to hear in the morning. We’ll slap our hand around in the darkness, fumbling until we manage to turn the thing off. Then, we’ll slowly pull ourselves from the warmth of our bed, reluctant to leave sleep behind. That morning…

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Tips to Get a Good Night’s Sleep

We all know the feeling of looking at the clock, realizing you have to go to bed soon, and sighing as you realize you aren’t quite ready. Or maybe you’re more familiar with tossing and turning, trying to fall asleep, and you just can’t seem to get comfortable. It turns out, there are things you…

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Sugar: Real or Artificial?

By now, most of us are well-informed on the dangers of eating or drinking too much sugar. Sugar causes tooth decay and weight gain (especially from drinking soda), and has been linked to increased risk of heart disease. It can even lead to hyperactivity and ADHD in children. To reduce sugar intake, many people have…

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Earbuds and Hearing Loss: Turn the Volume Down

Nowadays, people seem to wear their “earbuds” everywhere: at the grocery store, at work, even while driving (not a safe choice!). Children and teens may have earbuds even in more throughout the day, and there has been an increase in hearing loss in teens in the last 30 years according to the American Osteopathic Association….

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PA OH Gives Week 2024! Now Open!

The highly anticipated giving event, PA OH Gives, is now open! This virtual fundraising initiative, hosted by the Community Foundation of Western PA and Eastern OH, aims to support local nonprofits, including PHN Charitable Foundation, that are tirelessly working to make a positive impact in our communities. The event runs from June 22nd to 28th,…

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