Apr 13, 2022
A growing number of mothers in the U.S. are having perfectly healthy babies in safe environments but minus what was once considered a key ingredient – the doctor. A Penn State Health midwife talks about how more mothers are turning to midwives to help manage labor.
Mar 16, 2022
Endometriosis, an inflammatory condition affecting 10% of women, causes severe pelvic pain and other complications. There’s no way to prevent it, but treatments are available to help manage the pain.
Mar 14, 2022
Pelvic pain can be a sign that there might be a problem with one of the reproductive organs in a woman’s pelvic area. Dr. Kristin Riley, a physician and surgeon at Penn State Health Obstetrics and Gynecology, shares important information for women who may experience pelvic pain.
Mar 4, 2022
Meg Snead, acting secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services (DHS), visited Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center for a media event March 1 to spotlight joint efforts to improve maternal health services in central Pennsylvania.
Feb 14, 2022
The Pennsylvania Department of Health has awarded Penn State College of Medicine $3.9 million through May 2025 to study the impact COVID-19 has on pregnancy.
Jan 18, 2022
A College of Medicine-led study found that women with obesity and unexplained infertility who lost weight prior to starting infertility treatments did not have a greater chance of having a healthy baby than those who did not lose weight prior to starting therapy.
Jan 3, 2022
As we flip our calendars to a new year, here’s a look at the first babies to be born at Hershey Medical Center, Hampden Medical Center and St. Joseph Medical Center in 2022.
Dec 9, 2021
They call each birth a miracle. Fertility specialists make sure the miracle trains run on time. When to see a fertility specialist and why in this Medical Minute.
Dec 8, 2021
When Aiden Shimp was born on Dec. 1 at Holy Spirit Medical Center, he made history as the last of nearly 60,000 babies born since 1963 at the former Holy Spirit Hospital.
Dec 7, 2021
Labor and delivery are nothing new for third-time mom Kathryn Durham, but the birth of son Avery Sampson on Dec. 1 marked a milestone as she delivered the first baby born at Penn State Health Hampden Medical Center.
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