on being well
STD Awareness Month: What you don’t know can hurt you
Working at an HIV/STD testing site, we hear this from folks who come in all the time: “If I had an STD, I would know it.” The fact is, many of us have rightfully gotten to where routine HIV testi...
Apr 25, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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LOUIE ORTIZ AND JAYMIE CAMPBELL
Finding wellness in and out of the classroom
Support for LGBTQ youth and their allies remains a controversial issue in the state of Pennsylvania. Last month, high-school students in Chambersburg who attempted to form a gay-straight alliance w...
Mar 21, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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To tie the knot or not?
“Because the condition of marriage is worldly and its meaning communal, no one party to it can be solely in charge. What you alone think it ought to be, it is not going to be. Where you alone thin...
Feb 21, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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Marking V Day with healthy choices
With Valentine’s Day just a heartbeat away, we thought we’d talk about relationships, love and, yes, sex. So is your heart palpitating with anticipation? Will you be stoking the flames that have b...
Jan 24, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Breaking down the stigma of HPV
Nobody likes to talk about, or even think about, genital warts ... Yuck! When I see patients with warts, they are usually embarrassed and think they must be the only one who has them. However, the ...
Dec 27, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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The growth of Movember
November is the month where we gather with friends and family to give thanks and stuff our bellies until we can’t move. What am I most thankful for? I am thankful that I am a physician and more imp...
Nov 22, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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Dealing with depression
Everyone knows what it’s like to feel sad or blue, even hopeless on occasion. Most of the time, for most people, these feelings are short-lived and will pass fairly quickly. When you have depressio...
Sep 27, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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Health-care reform and women
The Affordable Care Act, which was signed into law in March 2010 and is being rolled out in phases through 2015, has already begun to change the way our health-care system functions. Much has been ...
Aug 23, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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<b>Dusty Latimer</b>
What's the big deal about hepatitis C?
It is estimated that 5 million people in the U.S. are living with chronic hepatitis C, which is a blood-borne virus that primarily targets the liver. Unlike many other diseases of the liver, hepati...
Jun 21, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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Medical/legal partnerships: A holistic approach to health and well-being
Health-care professionals have long understood the effects of holistic wellness on the physical health of their patients. In response to this wisdom, a new kind of organization is beginning to emer...
May 24, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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