May 2, 2018
Penn State Health leaders joined Hershey Entertainment & Resorts and other Hershey organizations to celebrate the grand opening of Phase II of the Hershey Community Garden.
Apr 25, 2018
Jordan Hughey, a doctoral student in the bioinformatics and genomics graduate program at Penn State College of Medicine, has been selected as a fellow for the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) in 2018.
Dr. Richard Courtney, former chair of the Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Distinguished Educator and Professor Emeritus, passed away April 11, 2018, following a brief battle with esophageal cancer.
Apr 18, 2018
People with obesity are more likely to develop a rapid and irregular heart rate, called atrial fibrillation, which can lead to stroke, heart failure and other complications, according to Penn State College of Medicine researchers.
Apr 10, 2018
A study led by Patricia McLaughlin, professor of neural and behavior sciences at Penn State College of Medicine, may show a new way to monitor the progression and treatment of multiple sclerosis.
Apr 9, 2018
The flavor of an e-cigarette may affect more than a consumer's taste buds, according to Penn State researchers who say the chemicals that make up the different flavors also produce different levels of free radicals.
Apr 5, 2018
All children have moments of moodiness, but family medicine doctors and pediatricians may doubt their abilities to tell the difference between normal irritability and possibly bigger issues, according to Penn State researchers.
The grant will provide support for development of new cancer treatment drugs, clinical trials to test promising new therapies and recruitment of leading cancer researchers in key disciplines.
Apr 4, 2018
A recent story on LancasterOnline highlighted the work being done by the Department of Humanities at Penn State College of Medicine, including its new Medical Detective class. In this class, students share medical case studies of the deaths of famous people such as Wolfgang Mozart, Edgar Allan Poe and George Washington, and their classmates must figure out the cause of death and guess the famous fatality.
Apr 3, 2018
Dr. Matthew Silvis, a sports medicine physician in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at Penn State Health Medical Group - Palmyra, is the April honoree in Penn State College of Medicine's "Exceptional Moments in Teaching" program.
