Nov 10, 2020
Medical diagnoses involving alcohol-related disorders, substance-related disorders and suicidal thoughts and behaviors – commonly referred to as diseases of despair – increased in Pennsylvania health insurance claims between the years 2007 and 2018, according to researchers.
Nov 9, 2020
College of Medicine leaders updated faculty, staff and students on Nov. 6 about the ongoing response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Penn State College of Medicine researchers conducted a study to better understand why breast cancer has become the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths among women in sub-Saharan Africa.
Making sure that patients and their families/support persons follow our masking policies is an essential part of helping to prevent the spread of COVID in our hospitals, clinics and physician offices.
Doctors may soon be able to more accurately diagnose concussions by measuring the number of certain molecules in a person’s saliva, according to Penn State College of Medicine researchers.
Nov 8, 2020
Jennifer Moss, PhD, an assistant professor of family and community medicine at Penn State College of Medicine, recently published research about the cancer screening rates of older Americans.
The team from The ONE Group (Oncology - Nutrition - Exercise) at Penn State College of Medicine offers thoughts on staying active as the weather gets cooler.
Nov 7, 2020
Researchers from the College of Nursing are working to advance health outcomes in sexual and gender minority individuals, who face disparities in access to care compared to heterosexual and cisgender individuals.
Nov 6, 2020
The Staffing, Mentorship and Research Training (SMaRT) Program started a year ago with an important goal: to fill a gap in workforce development for research support staff like project managers and human research technologists.
Read a roundup of announcements and short articles for the week of Nov. 2.
