May 5, 2016
While women who are pregnant, breastfeeding or may become pregnant are often excluded from clinical trials for type 2 diabetes drugs, the exclusion is not based on the risk of […]
Apr 20, 2016
Older adults who met twice-weekly strength training guidelines had lower odds of dying in a new analysis by researchers at Penn State College of Medicine, Penn State Health Milton S. […]
Apr 11, 2016
A signaling molecule called interferon gamma could hold the key to understanding how harmful autoantibodies form in lupus patients.
Feb 24, 2016
Omega-3 fatty acids may lower the risk of breast cancer in postmenopausal obese women, according to researchers.
Feb 15, 2016
Penn State College of Medicine's Dr. Jennifer Kraschnewski, assistant professor of medicine and public health sciences, has received $2.2 million in funding from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) to […]
Feb 10, 2016
Physicians use different definitions of “reasonable medical certainty” when testifying as expert witnesses in child abuse cases.
Dec 21, 2015
Understanding how tiny molecular motors called myosins use energy to fuel biological tasks like contracting muscles could lead to therapies for muscle diseases and cancers, say a team of researchers […]
Dec 17, 2015
An MRI contrast agent that can pass through the blood-brain barrier will allow doctors to detect deadly brain tumors called gliomas earlier, say Penn State College of Medicine researchers.
Dec 14, 2015
Researchers at Penn State College of Medicine, working with Chinese and American colleagues, have discovered a novel way to enhance and restore cancer suppressor activity in B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia, […]
Dec 2, 2015
Electronic cigarettes produce highly-reactive free radicals – molecules associated with cell damage and cancer – and may pose a health risk to users, according to researchers at Penn State College […]