Highmark Inc. plans to open the first health-insurance retail
stores in Pennsylvania early next year -- including
one in Silver Spring Township, Cumberland
County - company
officials said.

Lancaster General Hospital (LGH) opened a new operating room
on its main campus yesterday that is designed specifically for trauma patients.

Thomson Reuters named Harrisburg's
PinnacleHealth System as one of the nation's top 100 hospitals for
cardiovascular treatment in 2008.

Behavioral-health care provider Philhaven opened a new
location in Ephrata, Lancaster
County.

Rite Aid Corp. expanded the number of discounted generic medications available through the company’s RX Savings Card. The list now includes more than 500 drugs. Rite Aid made the announcement Nov. 13.

For 40-plus hours each week, many working Americans will not breathe fresh air, will not stop to relieve stress and won’t walk more than a few steps. If they do walk, it’s to the lunchroom, where they’ll be met by a wall of vending machines filled with processed, fat-filled snacks and sugar-laced sodas.

downtown York
yoga studio is starting a lunch-time class designed to help workers de-stress
over their break.

Ivan Martin pulled the minivan up, parked, and they saw him.

"Competitive" and "competition" are words Bill Lehr uses a
lot.

Penn
State Milton
S. Hershey
Medical Center
is piloting a product designed to help prevent medical mistakes, hospital
officials said today.

Last week's question: Should companies offer more wellness
programs? If so, what should they include?

YES - 89 percent
NO - 11 percent

The West Shore Chamber of Commerce gave its Business
Achievement Award to Robert Ortenzio, chief executive officer of Cumberland
County-based Select Medical Corp.

It's as simple as the old axiom "An apple a day keeps the
doctor away."

The Center for Women's Health has opened a new location in Lower Paxton
Township, spurred by
rising demand for its services.

Steven Nitsos was three days away from donating a kidney to
his uncle, Patrick Scholl, when the bad news struck.