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Over the summer, twelve college students learned what it was like to work in the IT department of a large, regional health care system via an internship program at St. Luke’s University Health Network.
The glamour of competing in beauty pageants might not feel compatible with the reality of working with underserved populations in one of the most economically challenging areas in the region, but for Physician Assistant Riley Slate, it’s a perfect fit.
St. Luke’s University Health Network officially broke ground on a new four-story, 165,000-square-foot patient care building at its Monroe Campus near Stroudsburg during a ceremony held at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday at the site.
St. Luke’s University Health Network has developed an innovative program for individuals seeking to work in the behavioral health field to receive paid training en route to a rewarding career.
St. Luke’s University Health Network is increasing the number of beds for inpatient psychiatric services at its Quakertown campus, continuing an expansion of mental health services to meet increasing demand brought about by a variety of factors.
Monkeypox is not a new disease, but it is a worldwide problem. The current outbreak was recently declared a U.S. public health emergency and now one local hospital network is warning area dentists to take heed of it.
The legacy of Brent P. Evans, a well-known East Coast snowboarder who was diagnosed with a rare type of stage IV non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma in 2010 and later died from the disease, lives on through the work of the Carve 4 Cancer organization he founded.
Whether you think you have a personal connection to prostate cancer or not, it’s likely that at some point in your life you will. All men are at risk for prostate cancer, and out of every 100 American men about 13 will get prostate cancer during their lifetime, according to CDC statistics.
Patients of St. Luke’s Laboratory Services-Bethlehem will have a new location to visit beginning Aug. 15, but they won’t have to travel far for their bloodwork and other tests.
Fountain Hill resident Gwen Hercik enjoys the thrill of reading a good whodunit by James Patterson. But for the past decade, her reading and other favorite pastimes were limited by her frequent migraine headaches. That was before she enrolled in a research study of the drug Aimovig at St. Luke’s Center for Neurology.
Every Wednesday, neighbors, staff and patients of the Star Community Health Sigal Center and St. Luke’s Sacred Heart Campus in center city Allentown have convenient access to healthy, fresh produce and other nutritious foods thanks to a partnership with the Kellyn Foundation and their mobile market.
