Meadville Medical Center

11/20/2025

🫵 This is your reminder that TOMORROW, Thursday, November 20 is the Great American Smokeout (that includes all to***co as well as va**ng) 🚭 and World Panreatic Cancer Awareness Day!

🤍💜 Some people may want to show their support by wearing white (for the Smokeout, also for ) or purple (pancreatic cancer). 🥜 Some folks may just want to focus on the fact that November 20 is also National Peanut Butter Fudge Day). 😋

🙌 Even if if it seems like there’s an awareness day for everything now, we’re up for anything that shows support for healthy next steps and for cancer research, fighters, and survivors!

11/19/2025

🍽️ “Appropriate nutrition plays a huge role in both initial and long-term success for individuals who are using weight loss injectable medications. New research is finding that without specific nutrition goals being met, a person’s metabolism can slow down and make weight loss even harder to achieve. Managing and minimizing gastric side effects is also a common goal for GLP-1 users.”

🥩 🏋️ You’ve probably heard the buzz about GLP-1 medications being used for weight loss, but that doesn’t mean that sound nutritional practices become any less important. In fact, it’s quite the opposite!

👇 Registered dietitians Bethany Say, RD, LDN, CDCES and Stefanie Arblaster, MHSc, RD, LDN co-authored this new wellness post that explains the role of nutrition with GLP-1 injectable weight loss medications.

Appropriate nutrition plays a huge role in both initial and long-term success for individuals who are using weight loss injectable medications. New research

11/16/2025

📣 RESPIRATORY CLINICAL COORDINATOR NEEDED! 📣

🫁 MMC has a unique career opportunity for RRTs (that's registered respiratory therapists for the rest of us!): respiratory clinical coordinator.

🩺 This is a leadership position that will play a key role in supporting the department’s daily operations, ensuring high standards of quality, safety, and evidence-based practice. The respiratory clinical coordinator will have the opportunity to collaborate closely with an interdisciplinary team, contribute to program development, mentor staff, and help shape RT services at MMC.

🙌 We are seeking a professional who is passionate about clinical leadership, education, and innovation in respiratory care. BTW — is just around the corner!

💙🧡 If you are ready to take the next step in your respiratory therapy career and lead with purpose, we encourage you to apply and join our dedicated team! at: https://ow.ly/4ijf50XrXzB.

11/15/2025

Have you looked at our job board recently? Here are some of the latest openings! Visit: careers.mmchs.org for more information.

11/15/2025

November is ! 🚽 The Urology Care Foundation wants to “flush out the myths” around bladder health. Here’s another pervasive bladder health myth:

Myth #2: 🩸 "Blood in your urine is probably nothing to worry about—it’s normal after exercise or if you’re dehydrated."

Blood in the urine is NEVER normal! 😳 While urinary-tract infections (UTIs) or kidney stones can cause this, blood in the urine is also a common early symptom of bladder cancer. Even if it happens once or seems to go away, it should always be checked by a healthcare provider.

👉 If you notice blood in your urine, see a doctor as soon as you can to be evaluated!

11/14/2025

Today is ! 🌍 If you are living with this condition and looking for extra support and guidance, why not consider the diabetes self-management and education program at MMC’s Mind-Body Wellness Center?

🎥 It’s accredited by the American Diabetes Association, and Registered Dietitian and Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist, Bethany Say, can tell you all about it!

🔗www.mmchs.org/diabetes-program
☎️ 814-333-5060

11/13/2025

💙🧡 Same faces, now in expanded spaces! Remember this terrific trio from your social feeds during ?

🩺 Patients now benefit from a bit more room and privacy when coming to see Dr. Jill Miller, DO for Stepping Stones outpatient services, which include medication-assisted treatment (MAT). Group sessions for recovery management and family education with Stepping Stones counselors also meet here.

☎️ For more information about outpatient services, call: 814-333-5933.
🔗 Learn more about Stepping Stones at: www.mmchs.org/SUD.

11/13/2025

📆 November is month, and next Thursday, November 20, is day!

👇 This month is also all about spreading awareness about diabetes. Some researchers believe that there may be a link between a sudden onset of type 2 diabetes and pancreatic cancer for those 50 and older.

💜🙌 Wear purple next Thursday and show your support for pancreatic cancer research, fighters, and survivors!

Research suggests that a sudden onset of type 2 may be an early symptom of , especially in those who are over the age of 50, have a low body mass index (BMI), are losing weight or do not have a family history of diabetes. 🩸💜

Pancreatic cancer is also more likely to occur in people who have had diabetes for more than five years.

This Diabetes Awareness Month, learn more about diabetes and pancreatic cancer at 🔗 http://pcan.at/diabetes.

11/13/2025

🍽️ Making healthy choices during the holiday season — we’re almost there! — is difficult, but it can be harder for those with chronic health conditions. Diabetes comes to mind as one of those conditions, but not just because it’s !

🥧 In the second part of this 2-part wellness tip, Bethany Say, RD, LDN, CDCES, a dietitian and diabetes program coordinator at MMC’s Mind-Body Wellness Center, offers some advice for meal planning during the holidays, especially if you are also managing diabetes. There are even recipe suggestions, such as the chocolate mousse pictured here!

😋 Even those simply looking for some healthier suggestions any time of year would benefit from this quick read: https://ow.ly/RSMm50XqNRE.

11/12/2025

🧠 More than 6 million Americans are estimated to have Alzheimer's disease, a form of dementia. Learn about dementia, ways to help reduce your risk, and more at Alzheimers.gov.

🌉Locally, support for dementia patients and loved ones is available through the Bridges Memory Loss Support Group, a collaboration between MMC and Wesbury Retirement Community. 👇

📆 Bridges meets next Wednesday, November 19 at 2:00 pm. For more details, call: 814-332-9238.

11/12/2025

Today is World Pneumonia Day, a reminder that this infection of the lungs is still a major cause of death in particular for the elderly, the very young, and those with chronic health conditions! 👶👵

🫁 Sixty percent of all child pneumonia deaths around the world are attributable to malnutrition, and more than one in four pneumonia deaths among adults aged over 70 are attributable to air pollution and smoking.

🧼 Preventing pneumonia means taking steps to prevent most infections in general: improve air quality, stop smoking, practice good hygiene, especially when washing hands, and yes — vaccines have been proven to be highly effective in preventing pneumonia too!

🔗 Learn more at: stoppneumonia.org and https://www.lung.org/blog/about-pneumonia-things-to-know.

11/11/2025

Dr. Garrett Britton, a Townville native and U.S. Army veteran, joined MMC in 2024 as an internist and intensivist with Perioperative Services of Meadville. In this clip, Dr. Britton discusses his work with the Army Burn Center and Army Burn Flight Team (BFT). 💙🧡 Learn more about Dr. Britton’s background and service on our website: https://bit.ly/4hV6kWc.

🙌 Thank you, Dr. Britton, for your service to our country and for your care to patients not only in our local area, but around the world!

🎥 Watch Dr. Britton’s full interview at: https://youtu.be/icmeHMeICag.