Healthcare
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Wayne Girl Makes the Times Square Billboard With Migraine Ad
For two weeks in June, a 13-year-old Wayne girl was the face of pediatric migraines on a giant billboard above Times Square, writes Linda Stein for Main Line Media News. “It was really cool,” said Lexi DiMarino, an 8th grader at St. Katharine of Siena School. Her dad, Keith DiMarino, entered her into a contest…
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Upper Providence 8-Year-Old Girl Awaits Donor for Heart Transplant
Emma Tipping, 8, a third-grade student at Rose Tree Elementary School, is like most other little girls her age, writes Peg DeGrassa for Delaware County News Network. But life changed for Emma three years ago when she was diagnosed with dilated cardiomyopathy. The condition weakens heart muscles which can no longer pump blood effectively, leading…
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Delco Officials Worry About Changes Coming to Pennsylvania’s Medical Transit Program
Angela Lisa is legally blind, living in a Folcroft row house, and has to travel to a slew of doctors, writes Michaelle Bond for the Philadelphia Inquirer. She uses Pennsylvania’s Medical Assistance Transportation Program. Part of a coordinated shared-ride system that one proponent called a “national model” for efficiency, it became a lifeline for Lisa…
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CPR Ready Gets a Boost, Thanks to Foundation for Delaware County
This past spring, CPR Ready and The Foundation for Delaware County celebrated the completion of their first year of partnership. CPR Ready is a campaign that strives to increase bystander response and cardiac arrest survival rates in Delaware County and surrounding counties. The organization’s objective has been made possible through the support of the Foundation for…
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Health Tech Firm Buys Broomall Wellness Company, Doubling Its Size
Philadelphia-based health tech firm GlobalFit is acquiring Broomall-based employee wellness company Charge Group, writes Michelle Caffrey for Philadelphia Business Journal. Charge Group offers insurance-funded health and nutrition programs to employees. Its 34 employees will join GlobalFit’s staff of 32. Both organizations plan to increase hiring next year. Charge will be a subsidiary of GlobalFit, remaining…
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Athletes Ready to ‘Compete, Connect, Conquer’ at Delco Senior Games
More than 700 senior athletes will compete next week for gold, silver and bronze medals in a variety of Olympic-style sports as they demonstrate their athletic prowess at the 2019 Delaware County Senior Games. The Games run June 10 to 21, kicking off Monday, 8:30 a.m., with Pickleball Doubles in Concordville and a Bocce tournament…
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Springfield Store’s Natural Approach Earns Owner SCORE Small Business Award
Tamora Williams was tired of seeing chemicals in skincare products. Instead, she wanted to use the power of nature to take care of her family’s skincare needs. She already knew about the healing power of shea butter so, at her mother’s urging, she came up with her own line of natural products using karite, the…
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Foundation for Delaware County Grant Helps Fund EMS Simulation Lab
The Thomas Wolfarth EMS Simulation Lab is the first of its kind in Delaware County, writes Ginger Rae Dunbar for dailylocal.com. “This lab is designed to allow Delaware County EMS agencies to practice using their own equipment in a setting that closely mimics the homes that they are dispatched to on a daily basis,” said…
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Former Delco Cop Opens No-Men Allowed Fitness Studio
Jennifer August loved being a Delaware County police officer, but she has never felt more empowered than now, running the all-female Jabz Boxing studio in Ridley Park, writes Erin McCarthy for philly.com. “It’s so refreshing,” the Norwood native said, “going from 10 years of working with all men to now working with all women.” August…
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Radnor-Based Avantor IPO Most Valuable Seen in Years
Avantor, a drug-laboratory equipment and chemical supplier, began trading on the New York Stock Exchange Friday, raising about $3 billion for investors with an initial public stock offering of $14 a share that closed at $14.48, writes Joseph N. DiStefano for philly.com. It is one of the most valuable IPOs by a Philadelphia-area company in…
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Glen Mills Farm Gives 2-Year-Old a Chance to Be a Kid
Two-year-old Jackson Guernsey recently got a chance to pet his favorite animals and walk with them at Hidden Valley Farms, reports CBS Philly. Through the Make-A-Wish Foundation, Jackson and his family came to the Glen Mills farms for a very special Saturday. Jackson has a rare gene abnormality known as leukodystrophy that affects the brain,…
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Urgent Care Center in Springfield Will Focus on Children’s Medical Needs
A pediatric urgent care center is coming to Springfield in the fall, writes John George for Philadelphia Business Journal. PM Pediatrics, a New York-based operator of pediatric urgent care centers founded in 2005, is getting ready to open centers in Springfield Township and Wynnewood. It opened its first Pennsylvania center in Wayne last year and…
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Havertown Couple Seeks to Save Kids From Suicide
Since Denette and Jim Stetler lost their son, Trent, to suicide four years ago, they have embarked on a mission to teach as many kids as possible about opening up to sadness, writes Maria Panaritis for Philly.com. The Havertown couple hope that by reaching out they can help others avoid the path that led their…
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First Medical Marijuana Dispensary in Delaware County to Open on Monday
The first medical marijuana dispensary in Delaware County will officially open its doors on Monday at 409 Baltimore Pike in Morton, writes Barbara Ormsby for the Daily Times. Herbology representatives were present at a public meeting last week at borough hall to answer questions from borough officials and residents on dispensary operations and the various…
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Twenty-One-Year-Old’s Woodlyn-Based Startup Aims to ‘Redesign the Healthcare Experience’
Vitable Health, a Woodlyn-based startup, is offering local residents on-demand urgent care, writes John George for the Philadelphia Business Journal. According to Vitable founder and CEO Joseph Kitonga, people will be able to visit the company’s website to request an appointment. Then, one of the company’s advanced nurse practitioners will arrive at their home within…
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Rates for Severe Childbirth Complications Vary at Delaware County Hospitals
Rates for severe childbirth complications in Delaware County hospitals vary significantly, ranging from some of the highest to some of the lowest in the region, writes Marie McCullough for the Philadelphia Inquirer. In the U.S., around 700 women die during or soon after giving birth every year, with African-American women and low-income women at greater…
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Historical Marker to Honor Upper Chichester Native, Pioneer in Women’s Medicine
Dr. Anna Broomall, a pioneer in the field of women’s medicine, made a huge impact on both obstetrics and the history of Delaware County, according to a report for the Delaware County News Network. While studying at the Women’s Medical College of Philadelphia, the Upper Chichester native was one of nine women attending lectures at…
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How Bad Is This Flu Season? Here Are the Region’s Numbers
According to the flu report recently published by the Pennsylvania Health Department, Chester and Delaware counties had lower flu rates relative to the state’s 65 other counties, writes Bailey King for PhillyVoice. Statewide, influenza has already caused the deaths of 46 adults and one child. The majority of adult fatalities were individuals 50 and older.…
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