The opioid epidemic continues to escalate across the U.S. and within communities in Pennsylvania. Opioid addiction is a chronic disease and its proper clinical designation is opioid use disorder, or OUD. This disease doesn’t discriminate. It can affect anyone,...
The opioid crisis has taken its toll on many Pennsylvania families and others across the country. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that nearly 18 out of 100 Americans have used illicit drugs or misused prescription medications. An average of 115...
The opioid epidemic has impacted too many lives. We know this all too well in Pennsylvania, where 36.5 fatal overdoses occurred in 2016 per 100,000 people, a 37 percent increase from 2015. Opioid addiction often begins with prescription medication. Therefore, it’s...
May 7-13 is National Hospital Week. It's dedicated to recognizing the efforts of countless hospital employees, including volunteers, who work hard to provide care to others. Sometimes there are no words to express the feeling of making a difference in another’s...