Cleaning out your medicine cabinet is about more than having a tidy bathroom. In an age of opioid addiction, it can also prevent leftover medications from getting into the wrong hands.
Click to view article: The Medical Minute: The importance of safely disposing of opioids
Penn State Health and Penn State College of Medicine employees, faculty and staff celebrated Donate Life America's Blue and Green Day on April 12 with testimonies from organ recipients, refreshments and even a little dancing.
Click to view article: Blue/Green Day celebrates donors “On the Edge of Glory”
A regular column that features the advice of psychiatric experts from Penn State Health has been recognized by an international media organization.
Click to view article: Central Penn Parent column featuring Penn State Health experts honored
Penn State Health will host three community Prescription Drug Take-Back events on Saturday, April 27 -- in Hershey, Lancaster and Palmyra.
Click to view article: Prescription Drug Take-Back events set for April 27
Highmark Foundation has awarded $80,000 to Penn State PRO Wellness to help fund the annual Healthy Champions signature program for the 2019-2020 academic year.
Click to view article: Highmark Foundation partners with Penn State PRO Wellness on Healthy Champions program
Heart valves control the direction of blood flow, and when something interrupts their precision, the effect can be dire.
Click to view article: The Medical Minute: Ensuring heart valve health
CMN Hospitals presented Children's Miracle Network (CMN) at Penn State Children's Hospital with a national award at its #ChildrensHospitalsWeek conference in Orlando, Fla. in March.
Click to view article: CMN Hershey again takes top national fundraising honors
Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center offers a variety of volunteer positions that match a range of interests, skills and backgrounds. We learn more from Tracy Johnsen, manager of Volunteer Services at the Medical Center.
Click to view article: Ask Us Anything About… Volunteering at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Imagine your immune system, which is supposed to protect you, attacking your own tissues and organs. That sums up lupus, a systemic autoimmune disease. The inflammation it causes can affect many different systems – your joints, skin, kidneys, brain, heart and more.
Click to view article: Ask Us Anything About… Lupus
Infectious mononucleosis, or mono, sidelines high school athletes every year. Kids who play sports aren’t more susceptible to the disease. Instead, adolescent competitors are at a greater risk for one of the illness’s serious complications — splenic rupture.
Click to view article: The Medical Minute: Infectious Mononucleosis: Know the Risks
