Health

The Food and Drug Administration's warning began in July 2024 and has expanded four times since.

HARRISBURG — The age for colorectal cancer screenings to be covered by health insurers would shrink by five years under legislation that drew unanimous support Tuesday in the Pennsylvania House.

NEW BERLIN — Messiah Lutheran Church, 308 Market St., will host a community presentation, “Navigating the Challenging World of Dementia and Abuse Prevention,” on Thursday, Oct. 9, at 7 p.m.

Chan Soon-Shiong Institute of Molecular Medicine at Windber has published the first proteogenomic study of breast cancers in young women compared to cancers in their older counterparts.

Patients tend to frown when told they should take statin drugs to lower cholesterol. Why start a lifelong medicine, they argue, when they’re feeling healthy?

LEWISBURG — The state Attorney General’s Office on Monday launched a pilot program in Columbia, Montour, Snyder and Union counties to assist offenders with behavioral health and mental health services.

SUNBURY — Getting regular mammogram screenings is not something that should be put off, because the slightest detection by doctors of any irregularities can be the first step in saving lives.

If you’re diagnosed with cancer, asking which stage is likely one of your first questions. Stage 1 is the earliest, most treatable stage of cancer, while stage 4 is the most advanced and difficult to treat — as it means the cancer has spread to other parts of the body.

Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Dr. Shimon Sakaguchi have won the Nobel Prize in medicine for discoveries about how the body ensures immune cells attack intruders but not our own tissues. Their findings advanced the search for autoimmune disease treatments, as well as work in cancer and organ transplants. The Nobel Assembly announced the award Monday. Sakaguchi first discovered regulatory T cells in 1995. In 2001, Brunkow and Ramsdell identified a gene mutation involved in autoimmune diseases.

The original recall, issued last week, included nearly 60 million pounds of State Fair and Jimmy Dean corn dogs.