Tobacco Cessation

13 hours ago

🌟 Are you looking for information and resources on your reproductive rights? We encourage our patients and community members to visit these trusted sites for support, guidance, and other information 💖: www.pa.gov/agencies/health/programs/maternal-health-and-infant-care.htmlreproductiverights.org/ ... See MoreSee Less

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Berks Community Health Center

15 hours ago

Today is Maternal Health Awareness Day.From the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists:"Year after year, government data have shown that the maternal mortality rate in the United States remains unacceptably high, with Black and American Indian or Alaska Native pregnant and postpartum people disproportionately experiencing health inequities. The vast majority—roughly 80%—of maternal deaths are considered preventable, and nearly half of maternal deaths occur between seven and 365 days postpartum, not during delivery itself. But all of the resounding data about maternal deaths cannot capture the true scope and scale of those losses: the anguish felt by families who lose loved ones, the trauma endured by those with severe maternal complications, the tragedy of those unable to access needed abortion care, the emotional and financial cost of those recovering from severe maternal morbidity, the communities that are living with increasingly depleted health care resources, and the clinicians whose ethical obligations to their patients are compromised daily.Today, with patients in many states having lost their reproductive freedoms and care deserts expanding and touching more communities, it’s more critical now than ever that we stay committed to efforts to improve maternal health outcomes."Learn more here:www.acog.org/advocacy/policy-priorities/maternal-mortality-prevention/maternal-health-awareness-day ... See MoreSee Less

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Berks Community Health Center

21 hours ago

January is National Glaucoma Awareness Month.Glaucoma causes loss of sight by damaging a part of the eye called the optic nerve. When glaucoma damages the optic nerve, patches of vision are lost, usually peripheral vision. Treatment cannot reverse damage that has already occurred, but it can prevent further vision loss.Learn more here - preventblindness.org/glaucoma/ ... See MoreSee Less

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