Location: Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

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The Medical Minute: Keep your bones strong during menopause and beyond

Apr 23, 2025

When menopause hits, your risk of bone fractures goes up. Penn State Health experts tell how to protect your skeleton (and deal with other menopause symptoms, too).

A graphic rendering of a TAMBE device – a stent graft with branches – in place within a patient’s blood vessels.

Penn State Health performs region’s first minimally invasive repair for complex aortic aneurysms

Apr 22, 2025

Milton S. Hershey Medical Center is the first hospital in central Pennsylvania to offer TAMBE, a minimally-invasive alternative to open-chest and abdominal surgery for complex aortic aneurysms.

Two women and two men smile as they pose for a photo outdoors on the Milton S. Hershey Medical Center campus. The man in the middle is holding a sign that reads 27-7/12. The man on the right is holding a service dog’s collar.

The Medical Minute: Your organ donation questions answered

Apr 17, 2025

Every eight minutes, someone joins the transplant waiting list in the United States, and just one organ donor can save up to eight lives. Penn State Health experts tell how registering as an organ donor can give others a second chance at life.

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Flag-raising at Hershey Medical Center honors lifesaving gift of organ donation

Apr 9, 2025

Penn State Health held a moving flag-raising ceremony Wednesday at Milton S. Hershey Medical Center to honor organ donors, celebrate recipients and raise awareness for the importance of organ donation.

A nurse is seen out of focus on the right in the Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner room at Penn State Health St. Joseph Medical Center, A sign on the left reads: “Fast Track 25, SANE Treatment.” Another sign reads: “Clean in, Clean out.”

The Medical Minute: Sexual violence against older adults: How to find help and healing

Apr 9, 2025

Sexual violence often goes unrecognized in older adults. The co-chairs of Penn State Health's Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner program explain how to spot abuse and seek help.

Q&A: How can drug repurposing lower drug costs and improve care?

Apr 3, 2025

One way to potentially lower the cost of prescription drugs? Find new uses for existing medication, which is the idea behind drug repurposing.

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The Medical Minute: Getting ahead of head and neck cancer

Apr 2, 2025

The warning signs of head and neck cancer can be easy to miss. But according to a Penn State Health physician, prevention is possible.

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Milton S. Hershey Medical Center first in Pennsylvania to offer new Parkinson’s disease treatment

Mar 27, 2025

Milton S. Hershey Medical Center has become the first hospital in Pennsylvania to implement a new type of deep brain stimulation therapy that offers new hope to Parkinson’s disease patients looking for better symptom control.

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Meeting their match: College of Medicine students look to their futures on Match Day

Mar 21, 2025

Match Day involves students coming together to find out which residency programs they will join for the next phase of their training.

A National Guard member handles the IV line of a female patient who wears a hospital gown and neck brace. A nurse is in the background, pointing.

Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center launches National Guard trauma training program

Mar 19, 2025

National Guard members get hands-on experience in trauma care at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, the first on the East Coast to offer this critical training.

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