Topics: Women's Health

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The Medical Minute: Talking with your provider about endometriosis

Sep 4, 2019

What makes pelvic pain abnormal? While the answer is different for every woman, having the strength to discuss it with a health care provider may help prevent years of suffering.

From left, Kimberly Hunter, St. Joseph OB nurse navigator, stands and smiles next to Kelsey Seyler who is holding her two-yer-old son and Sabrina Turner, certified nurse midwife, next to the Breidgam Family Birthing Center sign.

St. Joseph Breidegam Family Birthing Center offers personalized approach

Sep 4, 2019

The Penn State Health St. Joseph Breidegam Family Birthing Center offers a family-centered environment in which mom, baby and support person are together in one room during the entire stay.

Princess Young smiles as she listens to Dr. Gerald Harkins during an endometriosis preoperative appointment. She has long hair and is wearing a sweater, top and casual pants. He is seen from behind. He has white hair and is wearing glasses and a lab coat.

Answers at last: New Penn State Center for Endometriosis and Female Pelvic Pain brings endometriosis into focus

Sep 3, 2019

The Penn State Center for Endometriosis and Female Pelvic Pain enhances care for women with endometriosis by providing a virtual home where women can access the latest research and treatment options, educational resources and specialty services for co-existing conditions.

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St. Joseph Women’s Services physician, director promote addiction screenings for pregnant mothers

Aug 13, 2019

Dr. Jessika Kissling of Penn State Health St. Joseph Women’s Services and Kirsten Benjamin, the organization's director, spoke about opioid addiction's effects on pregnant mothers and their babies.

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Legro delivers inaugural lecture on gender in clinical trials

Jun 12, 2019

Richard S. Legro, MD, Chair, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Penn State College of Medicine, and co-director, Hub Resource Capacity Core, Penn State Clinical and Translational Science Institute, presented his inaugural lecture, "Clinical Trials in Women and Their Tribulations," on June 11, 2019, in the College's Junker Auditorium.

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Ovarian Cancer Symposium focuses on translation of research into new therapies

May 9, 2019

The Penn State Gynecologic Malignancies Group hosted its second Ovarian Cancer Symposium on World Ovarian Cancer Day, May 8, 2019.

Researcher to study exercise and medication adherence in older breast cancer survivors

Feb 5, 2019

The American Cancer Society has awarded $728,000 in funding to Penn State College of Medicine researcher Shirley Bluethmann to study whether exercise reduces joint pain and increases adherence to a type of lifesaving medication called aromatase inhibitors in women who have survived breast cancer.

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The Medical Minute: Screenings, vaccine prevent cervical cancer

Jan 9, 2019

January is Cervical Health Awareness Month, and the National Cervical Cancer Coalition is urging women to make a New Year’s resolution to talk with their health care providers.

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“Medical, Legal, and Ethical Perspectives on Abortion” presentation explores difficult subject

Oct 30, 2018

In October 2018, 78 people attended the "Medical, Legal, and Ethical Perspectives on Abortion" presentation on the campus of Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center.

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Health Services and Behavioral Research Seminar features speaker from reproductive health center

Apr 11, 2018

Sarah Roberts, DrPH, associate professor in the Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health at the University of California - San Francisco, spoke at Penn State College of Medicine in April 2018.

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