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Sports Medicine for the Primary Care Provider is a bi-annual newsletter for physicians. Matt Silvis, MD, pictured at left, is the Medical Director of Primary Care Sports Medicine in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at Penn State College of Medicine/Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center.

Summer 2017 edition: Sports Medicine for the Primary Care Provider

Aug 16, 2017

The Summer 2017 edition of Sports Medicine for the Primary Care provider was recently published. Articles in this edition include "Selective Functional Movement Assessment (SFMA)," "Diving Medicine" and "Research in Brief," a look at two recently presented studies.

Pediatric cancer research thriving thanks to Four Diamonds

Aug 16, 2017

By Jade Kelly Solovey While outcomes for children diagnosed with cancer have improved greatly over the past five decades, one-in-five children will still die from their disease. In the United […]

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Organs fight infections that enter through the skin

Aug 15, 2017

New information about how and where the innate immune system fights off viral infections that enter through the skin could lead to better treatments for viruses like Zika, dengue and measles, according to Penn State College of Medicine researchers.

Ask Us Anything About...Bipolar Disorder

Ask Us Anything About… Bipolar Disorder

Aug 11, 2017

What is bipolar disorder? What causes it? How is it diagnosed? We get some answers from Dr. Erika Saunders.

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The Medical Minute: Preventing and treating dog bites

Aug 10, 2017

Many of the 4.7 million dog bites that take place each year happen in the summer, when both dogs and children are outdoors and interacting more.

An aerial view of the Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center campus.

Medical Center named among best hospitals by U.S. News & World Report

Aug 8, 2017

U.S. News & World Report has recognized Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center as one of the best hospitals for 2017-18 in gastroenterology and GI surgery and orthopedics.

Several people stand on a stage and hold up numbers comprising the figure $6,461,295.50. In front of them are large red letters reading "FOR THE KIDS."

Four Diamonds Mini-THON raises over $6.4 million in 2016-2017 to fight childhood cancer

Aug 4, 2017

As Four Diamonds Mini-THON enters its 25th year of helping families in the fight against childhood cancer, the program is celebrating the success of students, teachers and the community in raising $29.5 million over the last quarter century.

A baby lays on its back in a NICU isolette, its head turned toward the camera, which peers through a hole in the side of the unit.

Grounding technique may improve health outcomes of babies in the NICU

Aug 3, 2017

A technique called electrical grounding may moderate preterm infants' electromagnetic exposure in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) and improve their health outcomes, according to Penn State College of Medicine researchers.

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The Medical Minute: Preventing the spread of hand, foot and mouth disease

Aug 3, 2017

Hand, foot and mouth disease may sound scary to a parent unfamiliar with the condition, but for young children, it's nearly as common – and about as serious – as catching a cold.

Two residents completed the Penn State Plastic Surgery Residency in 2017. At left is Christine Jones, MD, who went on to a Craniofacial Pediatric Fellowship at Cincinnati Children™s Hospital in Cincinnati, OH; at right is Kavita Vakharia, MD, who is now in a Hand Fellowship at University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, NM. Photos of the two graduates, each wearing white medical coats and standing in front of a blue photo background, are seen superimposed on a photo of the Penn State Nittany Lion statue in the College of Medicine courtyard. A building and tree are visible in the background.

Plastic Surgery Residency celebrates 2017 graduates

Aug 1, 2017

Penn State College of Medicine's Plastic Surgery Residency graduated two students in 2017, Christine Jones, MD, and Kavita Vakharia, MD.

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