According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, one child under the age of 13 is involved in a crash every 33 seconds.
Click to view article: The Medical Minute: Navigating new car seat guidelines to keep kids safe
One recent August morning on the seventh floor of Penn State Children’s Hospital, Tiffany Seibert shared an embrace with Dr. Charles Palmer, 21 years after they first met.
Click to view article: From preemie to premed: former NICU baby all grown up, ready for career in medicine
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 Children’s Hospital navigate them from Dr. Smita Dandekar, director of the Pediatric Cancer Survivorship Clinic, and Amanda Musser, Four Diamonds social worker.
Click to view article: Ask Us Anything About… Life After Childhood Cancer
A parade of 24 cement trucks in the early morning hours marked the next phase of the three-floor expansion of Penn State Children’s Hospital.
Click to view article: Early morning concrete pour marks next phase of Children’s Hospital expansion
Plans for a new Penn State Health acute care hospital in Cumberland County reached another milestone this evening, when engineers presented a conceptual sketch plan for Penn State Health Hampden Medical Center to the Hampden Township Planning Commission. Penn State Health is seeking input from homeowners near the planned hospital, as well as the broader community, to take feedback […]
Click to view article: Penn State Health presents sketch plan for new hospital to Hampden Township Planning Commission
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.
Click to view article: The Medical Minute: Suicide: A public health crisis
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.
Click to view article: Penn State Health team spreads kindness at Day of Caring
It’s not every day you meet someone who changed the way the world understood the development of HIV and hepatitis C or any other infectious disease. But that is precisely the accomplishment of Dr. Elaine Eyster.
Click to view article: A career for the ages: Eyster revolutionizes understanding of HIV and hepatitis C
A team of researchers has developed a new framework that can combine three existing methods of finding mutations -- or structural variants -- in the DNA of cancer cells into a single, more complete picture.
Click to view article: Optimizing technologies for discovering cancer cell mutations
Being a teenager can be tough. Teens must manage high school and the pressures of adolescence while at the same time battling stubborn acne.
Click to view article: The Medical Minute: Back to School often means back to acne
