October 27, 2021

Surviving Breast Cancer: How One Patient Found Strength in Advocacy and Lifestyle Changes

Kathleen Stremmel, 67, recounts her breast cancer treatment and how taking an active role in her health made a world of difference in her journey.

October 18, 2021

Sickle Cell Patients Need Our Compassion

Jefferson doctors, and long-time patient, Julius Adams, ask others to listen and understand the pain of sickle cell disease.

September 24, 2021

How a Genetics Test Revealed Stomach Cancer and Saved My Life

Sarah Miranda had no reason to believe in the life-altering possibilities of genetic testing, until results turned up a mutation connected to a rare form of stomach cancer.

September 20, 2021

What I Wish People Knew about Supporting Your Transgender Partner through Their Transition

Rose Perez, 23, shares how her life changed when her husband came out as a transgender man, and what she’s done, and continues to do, to support him.

September 17, 2021

The Realities of Top Surgery & How Transitioning Changed My Life

Xander Perez, 26, offers an update on his experience and recovery from top surgery and how it has taught him how much he can handle.

August 3, 2021

It’s a Marathon, Not a Sprint:
My Battle with Long COVID

Alexandra Hackett has been battling long COVID for almost a year and half. Here, she shares an update on her journey to health, including frustrating setbacks and new holistic treatments with micronutrient infusions and acupuncture.

July 26, 2021

My Transition Journey and Becoming My ‘True Self’

From coming out, to starting his medical transition at age 26, Xander has faced many changes – and many small victories – that have helped him become who he’s always wanted to be.

June 29, 2021

Abnormal Blood Vessels
in the Brain, Once Unreachable,
Can Now Be Treated

An expertly performed neurosurgery ends brain bleeds and reverses neurologic deficits for a 25-year-old Bucks County patient.

June 4, 2021

15 Years Later, a Man Reflects on the Facial Tumor That Caused Him to Undergo Multiple Surgeries as a Teenager

Cameron Fromm was just 15 when he became one of the first Jefferson Health patients to have a rare tumor behind his nose removed endoscopically.

May 8, 2021

Three Local Moms Reflect on Motherhood During the Pandemic

Babies born after March 2020 have only ever known the world amid a pandemic. How did mothers cope with pregnancy and childbirth during COVID-19? Here, women share their unique experiences.

April 27, 2021

She Missed A Vacation, But Got Life’s Gift, Twice

A kidney and liver transplant recipient recounts her health journey that's led her back on track and on her feet again.