Location: Penn State Health Children's Hospital

Two Harrisburg Senators baseball players stand on either side of a child in a mobile hospital bed while a woman standing to the side takes their picture.

Harrisburg Senators pitch smiles to Children’s Hospital patients

Aug 22, 2018

Two Harrisburg Senators recently put down their bats and gloves and picked up stickers and other crafts in a trip to Penn State Health Children's Hospital.

In a clinic room, a man in a tie speaks with a woman who’s holding an infant and facing away from the camera. Three other people are in the room, standing and looking on.

Lancaster Cleft Palate Clinic marks 80 years of improving children’s lives

Aug 21, 2018

By Kyle Hardner As a medical student, Dr. Cathy Henry knew she wanted to be a pediatrician. Then she did a rotation with pediatric plastic and reconstructive surgeon Dr. Donald […]

A man uses a small funnel to pour glitter into the letter “I” in a wall display that spells out the word “INSPIRE.” Several people look on in the near background.

Four Diamonds teen rings bell to celebrate last cancer treatment

Aug 17, 2018

“It’s hard to comprehend that this is the last treatment I’ll be getting. Right now it feels kind of surreal.”

A young woman dressed as a princess kneels at the hospital bedside of a young boy, who is smiling.

Make-believe that comforts and cheers at Penn State Health Children’s Hospital

Aug 14, 2018

Meet some of the Penn State College of Medicine students who volunteer with BraveCubs, an organization that brings well-loved characters to life for young patients at Penn State Health Children's Hospital.

Two young children, a boy and a girl, stand with their father in front of a bathroom sink. All three of them are brushing their teeth.

The Medical Minute: Preparing preteens for good hygiene practices

Aug 8, 2018

Parents teach young children to bathe regularly, brush their teeth twice a day and keep their hair neat and clean. But when those children enter puberty and their bodies begin […]

$Three medical professionals dressed in operating room scrubs, caps and face masks stand in an operating room.$

Penn State Health completes first step in latex-free initiative

Aug 8, 2018

Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center completed the first major step in becoming a latex-free health care facility. Effective December 2017, all disposable gloves used by surgical and […]

A woman sits next to her baby, who's seated in a high chair, and feeds her with a spoon. A baby bottle is in the foreground; a window is in the background.

Responsive parenting intervention results in lower BMIs through age three

Aug 7, 2018

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.

A man stands to the side of an empty hospital bed, using a cloth to scrub the side rail.

In their shoes: pediatric cancer survivors grown up and working “For the Kids”

Aug 7, 2018

Cole Horne knows that being diagnosed with Burkett’s Lymphoma at age 6 was a life-changing moment, but his memories are not of the large tumor that had to be removed or the five months of chemotherapy that followed; he remembers the fun.

A group of young people stand on a stage holding up individual numbers that spell $7,036,560.82 and letters that spell out FOR THE KIDS.

Four Diamonds Mini-THON raises $7 million in 2017-2018 to fight childhood cancer

Aug 3, 2018

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.

A child's drawing depicts a yellow, long-eared creature, in crayon on white lined notebook paper.

Lorelei’s story: helping others is written on her heart

Jul 31, 2018

By Carolyn Kimmel When Lorelei McIntyre-Brewer picks up a pen, her words—and her imagination—take her to places her heart never could. “When I write, it’s just me and my adventures, […]

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