Sep 25, 2018
A new grant will help Penn State researchers develop an innovative foam that helps seal wounds quickly -- on the battlefield, rural areas, or other isolated locations far from hospitals.
From aging to cancer—with quite a bit in between—Katherine Aird, assistant professor of Cellular and Molecular Physiology at Penn State College of Medicine, and her team have a whole world of research opportunities in front of them. This is not just because they have a lot yet to discover, as Aird insists they do, but because the progress they have made has incredibly broad potential impact.
Sep 19, 2018
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, one child under the age of 13 is involved in a crash every 33 seconds.
Sep 18, 2018
One recent August morning on the seventh floor of Penn State Health Children's Hospital, Tiffany Seibert shares an embrace with Dr. Charles Palmer, 21 years after they first met.
Sep 17, 2018
As if it weren't hard enough to fight cancer as a kid, childhood cancer survivors are at a higher risk of developing physical and emotional difficulties once their treatment is complete. We learn more about these challenges and how professionals at Penn State Health Children's Hospital navigate them from Dr. Smita Dandekar, director of the Pediatric Cancer Survivorship Clinic, and Amanda Musser, Four Diamonds social worker.
When he was diagnosed with leukemia in 2014, Four Diamonds child Josiah Garcia turned to his best friend to help him feel less like a kid with cancer, and more like just a kid.
Sep 14, 2018
A parade of 24 cement trucks in the early morning hours marked the next phase of the three-floor expansion of Penn State Health Children's Hospital.
Sep 13, 2018
Each day in the United States, 123 people take their own lives. For each of those deaths, at least 25 more people attempt suicide. The statistics from the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention support Dr. Ahmad Hameed’s opinion that suicide has become a public health crisis.
Sep 12, 2018
A team of Penn State Health employees were among nearly 1,700 volunteers who lent a hand during the United Way of the Capital Region’s 26th annual Day of Caring.
Sep 11, 2018
Dr. A. Craig Hillemeier, dean of Penn State College of Medicine, chief executive officer for Penn State Health and Penn State’s senior vice president for health affairs, presented an update to the Medical Center’s Board of Directors, faculty, staff, students and others.
