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LECOM Health Breaks Ground on Colonial Family Pharmacy on Wattsburg Road

LECOM Health Breaks Ground on Colonial Family Pharmacy on Wattsburg Road

Erie, Pa. (August 4, 2025) — LECOM Health today held a ground breaking ceremony at the site of the new Colonial Family Pharmacy at 9040 Wattsburg Road, Suite A, in Greene Township. The new facility will sit adjacent to LECOM Health’s Rural Health Clinic on Wattsburg Road. “In many rural areas, accessing essential medications and basic healthcare can feel like a hassle with long lines, limited availability, and sparse resources,” said James Lin, D.O., President... Read More »

Danielle Hansen, D.O., Named in The City & State 2025 Trailblazers in Healthcare

Danielle Hansen, D.O., Named in The City & State 2025 Trailblazers in Healthcare

We are so proud to announce that City and State PA is honoring Danielle Hansen, D.O., Regional President of LECOM Health, as one of its 2025 Trailblazers in Healthcare. Thank you for your impactful contributions to healthcare in PA! Check out all of the incredible Pennsylvanians being honored on City and State PA’s 2025 Trailblazers in Healthcare list this year! Read Article Read More »

Sorting Out Seasonal Allergies

Sorting Out Seasonal Allergies

Sneezing, runny nose, nasal congestion. Symptoms of the common cold or seasonal allergies? Without the intervention of your physician, it might be hard to tell. Here's what you should know about seasonal allergies, what causes them and how you might avoid them this season. Allergies are an abnormal reaction by a person's immune system to a normally harmless substance, explains Dr. Garrett Clark, DO, an osteopathic internal medicine physician from Erie, PA, and an Assistant...Read More »

Hearing Loss and Headphones – Is Anyone Listening?

Hearing Loss and Headphones – Is Anyone Listening?

As a parent, do you often find yourself asking your teenagers to remove their headphones so you can speak to them? You may want to consider doing it even more often. Today, one in five teens has some form of hearing loss, a rate about 30 percent higher than it was in the 1980s and 1990s, which many experts believe is due, in part, to the increased use of headphones. Gary Peterson, DO, an osteopathic...Read More »

LECOM joins AHRQ Partnership in national health improvement initiative

LECOM joins AHRQ Partnership in national health improvement initiative

As an advocate for evidence-based research and informed decision making, LECOM School of Pharmacy is an official partner of the Effective Health Care Program at the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), the lead Federal agency charged with improving the quality, safety, efficiency and effectiveness of health care for all Americans. Under the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, AHRQ supports health services research to improve the quality of health care and promote...Read More »

Stock up on Fruit for the Winter

Stock up on Fruit for the Winter

Fruit is nature's sweetest treat. We enjoy it by itself or add it to an assortment of different foods, from salads to smoothies. While we know we are supposed to eat two to five servings of fruit each day, we may not know why. Jackie Carlson, RD, LDN, CDCES, Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist with Medical Associates of Erie, explains the benefits of fruits and which ones are best to eat during the winter...Read More »

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