Blog Topic: Public Health

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  Reducing the Prevalence of Cervical Cancer in the Hispanic Community

  January 19, 2018

  The Hispanic community is the fastest growing population in the United States, and their health needs are growing too: the CDC’s most recent reports show that Hispanic women have the highest incidence of cervical cancer than any other racial or ethnic group in the U.S.

  Womens Health Cancer Public Health
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  Getting to Zero Alcohol-Impaired Driving Fatalities: An Insider’s View

  January 17, 2018

  As we took our positions around the bed in the trauma bay, I could hear the first patient being wheeled in by the paramedics, screaming hysterically with slurred speech, “I’m sorry! I’m sorry! Please save her!” The paramedics slid her backboard on to the gurney. She was flailing with tears welling up in her eyes and a heavy smell of alcohol on her breath.

  Emergency Medicine Epidemiology Public Health Addiction
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  Baby, It’s Cold (Season) Outside!

  January 05, 2018

  “Don’t go outside with wet hair, you’ll catch a cold!” We’ve all heard this and other “facts” about how you might catch a cold, but which ones are true and which are simply something to sneeze at? We sat down with Anne Norris, MD, an associate professor of Infectious Diseases, to find out.

  Infectious Disease Public Health General Interest
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  When It Comes to Calorie Consumption, Is Knowledge Power?

  December 20, 2017

  Over-consumption of calories has been a key driver of rising rates of obesity. By May 2018, restaurants, grocery stores, and other food establishments with 20+ locations will be required to post calorie information on their menus. The hope is that making such information more visible will encourage consumers to choose – and restaurants to offer – lower-calorie items. But will it work?

  Nutrition Psychology Public Health
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  How the Opioid Epidemic is Changing Emergency Care

  December 13, 2017

  Drug overdoses, mostly from opioids, are killing an average of 142 Americans each day. In Chester County, deaths related to opioid overdoses are up 38 percent for the first half of this year compared with 2016. The crisis is affecting both urban and community hospitals alike. Chester County Hospital is taking steps to meet the challenges this crisis presents.

  Emergency Medicine Addiction Public Health
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  Tis the Season to Be…Hypertensive?

  December 06, 2017

  We’re smack in the middle of the Holiday season – the time of year when just about every media outlet begins rolling out tips for keeping stress down, maintaining diet and exercise routines, and starting the New Year off right. While these can be helpful, they’re not always foolproof. In fact, this year for many Americans, some heath pitfalls may be unavoidable – specifically, high blood pressure.

  Cardiology Health Care Policy Public Health
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  World AIDS Day 2017: Aging with HIV

  November 27, 2017

  It has been almost 40 years since the world was first introduced to the HIV/AIDs epidemic. Since those early days of confusion and fear, treatment advances have led to a scenario that doctors and patients in the 1980s and early 1990s could not have imagined: the aging HIV patient.

  Global Medicine Public Health
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  Surviving the “Silent Killer”: How Seamless Coordination Saves Lives

  November 13, 2017

  As temperatures drop, the number of visits to emergency rooms across the country tends to spike in the opposite direction. From tumbles off of ladders while decorating and holiday baking burns, to icy falls and omnipresent flu germs, the “most wonderful time of the year” doesn’t always live up to its moniker. Yet, there’s one seasonal threat that we tend to forget about until a tragic story hits the news: carbon monoxide (CO), often dubbed the “invisible killer” or “silent killer.”

  Emergency Medicine Patient Care Public Health General Interest
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  An Ounce of Volunteering is Worth A Pound of Cure

  October 27, 2017

  Over the past two years, Jack Sheridan has seen his cardiovascular vital signs – total cholesterol, triglycerides and LDL (the “bad” cholesterol) – decrease dramatically. Yet, during this time, he hasn’t exercised more or changed his diet. His weight has remained the same as have his medications. So what’s his secret? He volunteers.

  Public Health
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  The Evolution of the Apothecary for the Apothe-curious

  October 13, 2017

  A long, long time ago in a public health era far, far away, there was a world where CVS or Walgreens storefronts weren’t on every corner and drug regulations were nonexistent. This was the time of apothecaries – those fascinating druggists who meticulously mixed herbs and minerals, adding a dash of animal fat here and a bit of earwax there, all with the intent of curing the ailments of their fellow man.

  Pennsylvania Hospital General Interest Public Health pharmacy