January 22, 2024 - With maternal mortality rates on the rise across the United States and in Pennsylvania, the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists has designated January 23 as Maternal Health Awareness Day. The theme for 2024 is 'Access in Crisis'.
January 19, 2024 -January is Thyroid Awareness Month, and it marks a good time to learn more about the small gland with a big impact, as well as the symptoms of thyroid disorders.
January 18, 2024 - As the nation marked what would have been the 95th birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., on Monday, January 15, employees throughout Tower Health participated in special Day of Service projects that honored his legacy and also benefited our patients and the communities we serve.
January 17, 2023 - Now that the party confetti has cleared and the calendar has flipped to 2024, many people are considering the positive changes they would like to make in the year ahead.
January 16, 2024 - Tower Health’s commitment to clinical quality has once again earned the health system national recognition from Healthgrades for the high-quality care that its team members provide to patients in several clinical specialty areas.
January 15, 2024 - When cold weather arrives and people use alternate sources to heat their homes, our emergency departments often treat an influx of patients suffering from carbon monoxide poisoning.
January 4, 2024 - A technology developed by a Formula One racecar driver will now help TowerDIRECT, the system’s non-profit ambulance company, safely transport the tiniest patients in our community.
January 2, 2024 - To celebrate Berks County native Taylor Swift’s birthday on December 13, Reading Hospital maternity and NICU staff shared Eras-style friendship bracelets. In all, 11 babies were born that day, and the staff distributed about 60 bracelets to newborns and their families, as well as to a few employees who are Swifties and couldn’t resist.
January 2, 2024 - For many people, the winter season means the return of holiday celebrations with friends and family or building snowmen out of freshly fallen snow. However, studies show that hospital visits increase approximately 10 percent during the holidays, a trend we’ve also seen at Reading Hospital.
December 22, 2023 - Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City, in partnership with the non-profit Kelly’s Kidz, facilitated a huge toy donation to St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children on Monday, December 18, 2023. The donation was distributed to patients receiving treatment at the hospital throughout the holiday season.
