Dec 28, 2020
Surgery, in addition to treatments like chemotherapy and radiation therapy, may increase the length of survival for metastatic breast cancer patients.
Kohl’s Cares has awarded $100,000 to Penn State PRO Wellness to support Healthy Champion school wellness initiatives through the Circle of Wellness program.
Dec 24, 2020
In the halls and across Zoom calls, Penn State Health staff are finding creative ways to spread encouragement to each other and to patients while being sensitive to those whose holiday isn’t what they had imagined at all.
By his own admission, Dwayne Morris was limping halfheartedly into this year’s holiday season. Then came a mad dash to a chain store to get a white Christmas tree and an expected surprise. Read on for one touching holiday tale.
Dec 23, 2020
All three Penn State Health hospitals are now well underway administering the COVID-19 vaccines to employees.
Dec 21, 2020
The absence of a protein that works to prevent tumor formation may explain why some patients are resistant to a common cancer therapy, according to Penn State Cancer Institute and Penn State College of Medicine researchers.
Dec 18, 2020
Penn State Health St. Joseph will move its drive-thru COVID-19 testing site from the parking lot of its Bern Township campus at 2500 Bernville Road, to 2493 MacArthur Road.
Dec 17, 2020
Penn State Health St. Joseph Medical Center Pharmacist Darryle Tillman—a huge Eagles fan—likens himself to a defense coordinator, working with the coach—the doctor, in this case—for a patient’s best health.
Vaccines are in the news again – along with misinformation about their safety. We replace the common myths with truths about the safety and benefits of vaccination in this week’s Medical Minute.
Dec 11, 2020
Penn State Health is reiterating that surgeries – from high-priority to elective procedures – are being actively scheduled at all of its hospitals. Surgeries are not being canceled and patients are not being turned away.