Feb 17, 2012
Robert Harbaugh, MD, ’78 has a unique vantage point as a member of an NFL subcommittee studying the long-term effects of concussions on professional football players. First, Harbaugh is a well published and […]
Feb 14, 2012
Ongoing research at the Penn State Hershey Medical Center explores the effect of caesarian section on subsequent fertility. In previous studies conducted in countries throughout the world it was discovered that mothers who deliver […]
Part 16 – The Four Diamonds Fund Note: last week was Part 5, so this one seems out of synch. It is – intentionally. The 2012 THON event is this […]
Feb 13, 2012
Before medicine became so specialized or new technology so freely available, the team delivering care to a patient was small and able to communicate easily. Today, multiple professionals, including everyone from emergency physicians, surgeons, […]
Feb 10, 2012
Dr. Xuemei Huang and her team of clinicians, engineers, kinesiologists and computer scientists at Penn State have made the study of gait the focus of their research into identifying early signs of Parkinson’s disease.
Feb 9, 2012
Can a hormone decrease the brain damage caused by a blow to the head? Is there a better way to treat people with life-threatening seizures? Answers to these questions could provide hope to […]
There are, of course, easier ways to bond with one’s patients. When asked what was a normal-appearing post-open heart surgery scar, many doctors would show the patient a photograph or do a simple […]
Feb 8, 2012
In January 2011, E. Eugene Marsh, M.D., became the first senior associate dean of the Penn State College of Medicine Regional Medical Campus in University Park, where he will drive the College […]
As a physician on the front line of the obesity and diabetes epidemics gripping the United States, Urs Leuenberger, M.D., professor of medicine in the Division of Cardiology at the Penn State Hershey […]
Feb 7, 2012
Penn State researchers and Rebecca Craven, Ph.D., and Leslie Parent, M.D., are involved with separate research projects, but they often find themselves fielding the same question: “Why are you studying a virus that’s […]
