Oct 20, 2017
For those who live along the Appalachian mountain range, limited availability of health care services, low level of health insurance coverage, and behavioral risks, such as opioid addiction, are challenges. […]
Sep 27, 2017
By Carolyn Kimmel Beyond the picturesque barns and horse-drawn buggies that define Pennsylvania Dutch Country lurk farm dangers that can land children in the hospital. Falling down hay holes in […]
Sep 13, 2017
By Jade Kelly Solovey September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. Treatment outcomes for children with cancer have made tremendous improvements over the past 50 years, but the reality is one […]
Sep 5, 2017
How Penn State PRO Wellness is helping scouts make better food choices By Heidi Lynn Russell Summer camp can be rife with memories of telling ghost stories by crackling […]
Aug 23, 2017
By Heidi Lynn Russell Most people may not consider their family doctor to be a cancer prevention researcher. But Dr. Mack Ruffin IV balances one-on-one patient care with scientific sleuthing. […]
Aug 16, 2017
By Jade Kelly Solovey While outcomes for children diagnosed with cancer have improved greatly over the past five decades, one-in-five children will still die from their disease. In the United […]
Aug 1, 2017
By Jennifer Vogelsong A parade of physician assistant students filed into the University Conference Center at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center Friday afternoon with sacks […]
Jul 26, 2017
By Heidi Lynn Russell With three children ages 2, 5 and 8, Dr. Daniel Schlegel has many-a-time answered a wistful call to “Read me a story, Daddy.” There is “nothing […]
Jul 19, 2017
By Jade Kelly Solovey When a child is first diagnosed with cancer, the family may be scared and wonder how they will make it through. It’s during that time that […]
Jun 21, 2017
Dr. Leonard “Jim” Jefferson in the forefront with Dr. Scot Kimball. By Heidi Lynn Russell What happens in the research laboratories at Penn State College of Medicine doesn’t stay in […]
