The year 2020 brought challenges none of us could have ever imagined. Our community health care heroes have worked tirelessly treating patients with COVID-19, while also continuing to care for individuals battling other chronic conditions. Read More...
December is National Impaired Driving Prevention Month. Traditionally, beginning in November and throughout the full month of December, an increasing number of Americans take to the roads, traveling to visit and celebrate with friends and family during the holiday season. Often, these holiday celebrations include alcohol service and consumption. Read More...
Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, the United States was experiencing another pandemic with our youth, a vaping pandemic. As of Feb. 18, there were 2,807 Americans who had been hospitalized due to EVALI (E-cigarette, or Vaping, product use Associated Lung Injury). The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported cases and/or deaths from all 50
October is National Substance Abuse Prevention Month. An entire month is set aside to highlight what is really a year-round and lifelong commitment to preventing substance abuse. Whether it is in our own personal lives or in the lives of our children, we all have a role to play in preventing substance abuse. Read More...
Several years ago, the faces and voices of recovery began to be seen and heard locally and around the nation, but this came at a great cost – lost brothers and sisters, sons and daughters, aunts and uncles, and mothers and fathers due to an opiate epidemic. Read More...
I was blessed to have one child; a beautiful, sweet, and loving daughter who meant the world to me. Logan Larue’s smile would always melt my heart and the hearts of others whom she met. For many years, it was just Logan and I living as mother and daughter, so we created an unbreakable bond
Growing up here as a teenager has most certainly opened my eyes to problems youth in society face, no matter the size of their community. When some of my peers are vaping, drinking and making other bad decisions, it can be difficult not to cave under the peer pressure. This is a big problem with
The Cambria County Drug & Alcohol Program administers federal, state and county funds to provide drug and alcohol treatment, prevention and recovery support services to the citizens of Cambria County. Read More...
Many people in our community are struggling with opioid use disorder or substance use disorder, and Cambria County has put forth an enormous effort to assist these individuals to be successful in recovery. Read More...
Humans have always struggled to deal with pain, anxiety and chronic stress. Learned women and men who study molecular biology and neurology share their knowledge about understanding and overcoming stress, anxiety, depression and pain. There are times, according to these medical leaders, that some members of our world will need pain treatment, approved medicines or