Feb 13, 2018
This coming weekend, a year's worth of effort by some 16,500 student volunteers at Penn State will culminate in a 46-hour dance marathon to help children fight cancer.
Every year, Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center hosts an event to honor the families whose loved ones gave the gift of life. Ninety-four individual donors between July 1, 2016 and June 30, 2017 did exactly that.
Feb 12, 2018
By Marianne Clay Denise Voloshin, the first Four Diamonds patient, holds a school photo of herself from 1975, the year she was treated for cancer. Just days before this year’s […]
In a 2018 interview, Dr. Barbara A. Miller, chief of the Division of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology at Penn State Health Children's Hospital, discussed the significant improvements in the treatment of pediatric cancer over the past four decades that have boosted survival rates.
Feb 9, 2018
GM-CSF, a protein that modifies the immune response to the flu, may also help reduce lung inflammation and improve survival during influenza, according to Penn State researchers.
Feb 8, 2018
Childhood cancer survivors are at a higher risk of developing physical and emotional difficulties once their treatment is complete. That's why it's important to connect them with follow-up care and resources.
Feb 5, 2018
Helping others is in Jim George’s nature. As the director of community relations at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center and Penn State College of Medicine, he’s made […]
Feb 1, 2018
The Winter 2018 edition of Sports Medicine for the Primary Care provider was recently published. Articles in this edition include "Aquatic Exercise," "Jumper's Knee," "Figure Skating: Most Common Injuries Throughout Season" and "Research in Brief," a look at a recently presented study.
Jan 31, 2018
Doctors ask patients about smoking habits for the same reason they check weight, blood pressure, breathing and heart beat during a visit.
Jan 29, 2018
A recent Penn State College of Medicine physician's study review suggests that shorter courses of radiation are preferable to longer ones for older patients receiving treatment for slow-growing skin cancers.
