School gardens also help to teach children valuable gardening and agricultural concepts as well as skills that integrate with several academic subjects. When children are able to grow their own vegetables, they are more likely to eat them.
Community
St. Luke’s Summer Jobs Program Gives Teens Up-Close Look at Health Careers (Sponsored)
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Twenty local high school students are working this summer as part of St. Luke’s University Health Network’s Health Career Exploration Program. The program is for rising seniors in the Allentown and Bethlehem Area School districts who have socioeconomic barriers to summer jobs.
Community
Hellertown Man Admitted to Medical School’s Scholars Program
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Luis Devia of Hellertown was welcomed to Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine’s (GCSOM) Class of 2023 Aug. 2 in Scranton. A member of Saucon Valley High School’s Class of 2010, Devia has committed to stay in the region to practice medicine by becoming part of the school’s Abigail Geisinger Scholars Program.
Business
Small Town Fun at Biggest Ever Hellertown-Lower Saucon Community Day
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A record number of vendors–nearly a hundred–combined with beautiful if humid August weather to make for another near-perfect Hellertown-Lower Saucon Community Day Saturday in Dimmick Park.
Community
Couple Who Met at St. Luke’s Med School Return as Doctors (Sponsored)
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When Dr. Cori Shollenberger and Dr. Akaash Kumar applied to medical school, little did they know that being part of the 2015 inaugural class of the Temple/St. Luke’s School of Medicine would be one for the storybooks.
Community
Hospice Doc’s Cross-State ‘Don’t Wait’ Bike Ride Begins in L. Saucon
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When Ric Baxter, MD, pedals away from St. Luke’s University Hospital Network’s (SLUHN) Hospice House in Lower Saucon Township Sept. 2, beginning his trans-Pennsylvania bike trip, he’ll be taking an urgent message to the people he meets along the way: Don’t wait.
Community
West Nile Virus Confirmed in Northampton County Mosquito
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The first confirmation of West Nile virus in Northampton County this year came Tuesday, with a report from the state’s West Nile Virus Control Program indicating that a mosquito tested in the City of Easton tested positive for it.
Community
St. Luke’s Plastic Surgeon’s Procedure Offers Migraine Relief (Sponsored)
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It took just several small incisions by St. Luke’s University Health Network plastic surgeon Juan Carlos Martinez, MD, to relieve pressure on the nerves under Amber Walck’s scalp, and suddenly her two-year agony from migraines was history.
Community
Cancerous Tumors Flake Off in St. Luke’s ‘Rose Bengal’ Trial (Sponsored)
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Cancer researchers at St. Luke’s University Health Network were impressed by the results: After injecting a patient’s cancerous tumors with an experimental medicine derived from a fuchsia-colored liquid from India called Rose Bengal, the tumors shriveled up and flaked off.
Community
South Whitehall Twp. Mosquito Tests Positive for West Nile Virus
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The second mosquito to test positive for West Nile virus in the Lehigh Valley this season has been found in South Whitehall Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania’s West Nile Virus Control Program confirmed Tuesday. The first mosquito to test positive for it was found in Allentown a week ago.
Babies
Breastfeeding Moms Invited to St. Luke’s ‘Big Latch On’ Event (Sponsored)
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Attention: Breastfeeding Moms. In celebration of World Breastfeeding Week, you are cordially invited to participate in a “Big Latch On” event Friday, Aug. 2, at the St. Luke’s Baby & Me Support Center at 1425 8th Ave., Suite 1, in Bethlehem.
