Apr 5, 2018
All children have moments of moodiness, but family medicine doctors and pediatricians may doubt their abilities to tell the difference between normal irritability and possibly bigger issues, according to Penn State researchers.
The grant will provide support for development of new cancer treatment drugs, clinical trials to test promising new therapies and recruitment of leading cancer researchers in key disciplines.
Apr 4, 2018
There are many factors that determine your likelihood of developing cancer, including age, genetic predisposition and lifestyle.
A new $5.5 million addition to the Penn State Health St. Joseph Cancer Center to open by year's end will offer people in the Berks region faster, more targeted radiation treatments close to home.
A recent story on LancasterOnline highlighted the work being done by the Department of Humanities at Penn State College of Medicine, including its new Medical Detective class. In this class, students share medical case studies of the deaths of famous people such as Wolfgang Mozart, Edgar Allan Poe and George Washington, and their classmates must figure out the cause of death and guess the famous fatality.
Apr 3, 2018
A Penn State College of Medicine MD/MPH student received his residency destination during the 2018 Match Day celebration. Tony Lin, who will be specializing in Diagnostic Radiology, was matched with Yale New Haven Hospital in Connecticut.
By Katherine Brind’Amour When you go shopping for testing equipment responsible for churning out 5,000 or more specimens per day—some of which have life-changing or therapy-altering implications—you have to make […]
Dr. Matthew Silvis, a sports medicine physician in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at Penn State Health Medical Group - Palmyra, is the April honoree in Penn State College of Medicine's "Exceptional Moments in Teaching" program.
Apr 2, 2018
Penn State College of Medicine has created a new Department of Radiation Oncology and named Dr. Rickhesvar Mahraj, professor of radiology and pediatrics, its interim chair.
Mar 30, 2018
Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center earned "Top Performer" designation in the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation's 2018 Healthcare Equality Index. The designation recognizes the Medical Center's equitable treatment and inclusion of LGBTQ patients, visitors and employees.
