Oct 13, 2020
Pediatrician Dr. Melissa Tribuzio dances with the 7-year-olds and pokes fun at the teenager’s eye rolls – all to put patients at ease. Gestures like these make Penn State Health a national leader in patient loyalty.
Oct 12, 2020
Carolyn Powell, Human Resources project coordinator, shares why she’s Milton S. Hershey Medical Center’s biggest cheerleader, 45 years and counting.
Oct 8, 2020
A large, international study of COVID-19 patients confirmed that cardiovascular disease, hypertension, diabetes, congestive heart failure, chronic kidney disease, stroke and cancer can increase a patient’s risk of dying from the virus.
Penn State Health discharged its 500th COVID-19 patient last weekend. Brenda Pogue of Linglestown is among the hundreds whom the health system helped heal. She’s still getting better.
How do parents separate myth from fact when it comes to trick-or-treating during the COVID-19 pandemic? Physicians with Penn State Children’s Hospital explore the answers in this week’s Medical Minute.
Oct 7, 2020
According to the Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network, an American is sexually assaulted every 73 seconds. Deborah Medley, assistant nurse manager in the Emergency Department at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, discusses the issue of sexual assault and how to get help.
Two Penn State College of Medicine authors joined others to write a commentary on an editorial published in the Journal of Addiction Medicine. The editorial lists stigmatizing diagnostic terms and suggests replacements for them.
Oct 6, 2020
Penn State Health and state health leaders stress the critical importance of getting a flu vaccination.
Health care professionals can struggle with knowing how to have an open, honest discussion with a transgender patient. Because the number of younger people who identify as transgender is increasing, Penn State Health is putting this issue front and center.
Oct 5, 2020
Dr. Cheston “Chet” Berlin reflects on 50 years of “firsts” since his arrival at the new Milton S. Hershey Medical Center in 1971.
