An intervention designed to promote healthy growth that taught first-time moms how to respond with age-appropriate responses to their babies' needs resulted in children having lower body mass indexes (BMIs) when they were three years old.
Click to view article: Responsive parenting intervention results in lower BMIs through age three
As Four Diamonds Mini-THON commemorates 25 years of helping families in the fight against childhood cancer, the program is celebrating the success of students, teachers and the community in raising more than $36 million over the last quarter century.
Click to view article: Four Diamonds Mini-THON raises $7 million in 2017-2018 to fight childhood cancer
Local Dairy Queen restaurants will celebrate the 13th annual Miracle Treat Day on Thursday, August 2 to benefit Penn State Children's Hospital, one of 170 hospitals supported by Children's Miracle Network Hospitals.
Click to view article: Dairy Queen Miracle Treat Day to benefit Penn State Children's Hospital
When Lorelei McIntyre-Brewer picks up a pen, her words—and her imagination—take her to places her heart never could.
Click to view article: Lorelei’s story: helping others is written on her heart
Multi-colored handprints marked the day as Hyundai Hope on Wheels presented Penn State Children's Hospital and Dr. Barbara Miller with a check for $100,000 toward pediatric cancer research.
Click to view article: Hyundai grant to bolster pediatric cancer research at Children's Hospital
In the United States, the percentage of children and adolescents with obesity has more than tripled since 1970. Today, approximately one in five school-aged children (ages 6 to 19) is obese.
Click to view article: The Medical Minute: Small changes can make big progress in preventing childhood obesity
Children's Miracle Network at Penn State Children's Hospital recently earned two bronze Telly Awards for cause marketing for videos that feature young patients.
Click to view article: Children's Miracle Network videos win Telly Awards
Five Penn State Health doctors have been named among the Pennsylvania Medical Society's “Top Physicians Under 40.”
Click to view article: Five Penn State Health doctors among ‘Top Physicians Under 40'
For the eighth consecutive year, U.S. News & World Report has ranked Penn State Children's Hospital among the Best Children's Hospitals in multiple specialties.
Click to view article: For eighth consecutive year, Penn State Children's Hospital ranks among best in nation
On June 20, the Penn State Nittany Lion football team made what has become its annual visit to Penn State Children's Hospital.
Click to view article: For fifth straight year, Penn State football players visit Children's Hospital
