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Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine dean to retire

Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine President and Dean Steven J. Scheinman, M.D. removes his mask before delivering his annual State of the School address from the school s auditorium in Scranton on Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021. Dr. Scheinman concluded Tuesday s address with an announcement of his upcoming retirement. CHRISTOPHER DOLAN / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Geisinger researchers find sex is not an independent risk factor for stroke mortality

 E-Mail DANVILLE, Pa. - An analysis of data collected from patients treated for ischemic stroke at Geisinger shows no disparity in outcomes based solely on sex. Various studies have suggested that women are disproportionately affected by stroke and may have poorer stroke outcomes. Women have a longer life expectancy than men and, therefore, likely have an increased lifetime risk of stroke. Women tend to be older than men at the time of stroke and have a higher pre-stroke degree of disability or dependence in their daily activities, which may contribute to worse outcomes. Rural populations may also have a higher risk of stroke based on a greater incidence of conditions like hypertension and poorly controlled diabetes.

Civic group working to boost quality of life

Scranton is an interesting place. It has for years been considered the quintessential has-been: once an industrial giant, the capital of the anthracite coal industry, then a significant center of clothing manufacturing and on to a place that had no particular industrial strength. It became a “rust belt” shrinking city in a shrinking part of the country. But the image doesn’t really hold up. The city’s several academic institutions were joined 10 years ago by the Commonwealth Medical College, now morphed into the Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine. At the time Bill Scranton, a former governor and the area’s most prominent citizen, said that the opening of the medical school was the most important thing that had happened here in his life. The med school could only happen because a diligent, impassioned strategizing small group of doctors and others met on a weekly basis. They were concerned about the need for better medical care in the region. The pass

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