The primary mission of Lebanon Family Health Services is to provide education, nutrition and reproductive health services to the uninsured and underinsured families of Lebanon County with emphasis on women, infants and children.
Since its all-time high in 1990, the US teen pregnancy rate has declined over 42% and currently stands at a 40-year low. This little known fact about teen pregnancy is a reason to celebrate. The Centers for Disease Control notes these impressive declines have been found in all 50 states and among all ethnic…
Next month we recognize “World No Tobacco Day”, a day set aside to combat tobacco addiction and ultimately curtail the health ramifications that have resulted from tobacco use. Through the years, funding for such programs has been a challenge. However, In the coming months, the state of Pennsylvania will be gearing up to implement…
It is sometimes believed that what we can’t see can’t hurt us. When it comes to Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI), this is not the case. While there is a host of Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI’s), chlamydia is the most commonly reported STI in the United States. Chlamydia is often not physically noticeable to its…
Each year when women go for their routine gynecological exam, they often associate it with detecting cancers that are unique to women such as cervical, ovarian and breast cancers. However, an annual gynecological exam can also assist in detecting the third most common cancer in the US, colorectal cancer. Colorectal cancer…