The Medical Minute: Eustachian tube dilation offers safer relief from...
When the Eustachian tube connecting the back of the nose and middle ear becomes inflamed, infected or blocked, people can experience pain, discomfort and possible hearing loss. The Eustachian tube,...
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St. Joseph midwife completes medical mission to Bahamas
Coming face-to-face with the chronic illness, poor living conditions and lack of medical care left in in the wake of Hurricane Dorian was an eye-opening experience for Alexandra Black, who recently...
View ArticleFall Recognition Celebration recognizes Hershey Medical Center and College of...
A new diabetes education session for the Nepali-speaking Bhutanese population of Harrisburg. A recording-setting Drug Take-Back Program last spring that netted more than 595 pounds of medications and...
View ArticleHershey Medical Center again earns top safety marks from Leapfrog
Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center has once again earned the highest grade on The Leapfrog Group’s latest safety ranking report card. The Medical Center achieved an A on the Fall 2019...
View ArticlePersonalized gene networks enhance study of disease
Researchers at Penn State College of Medicine have developed a new method to model how genes interact with each other – and it may someday contribute to the development of personalized treatments for...
View ArticleWeekly Quick Hits — Friday, Nov. 8, 2019
Weekly Quick Hits recaps announcements and events from The Daily Brief email. Check your email inbox for more. Have an item to be featured in Quick Hits? Email news@pennstatehealth.psu.edu PEOPLE...
View ArticleHighmark Blue Shield grant to provide eye glasses for students in underserved...
Highmark Blue Shield has granted $10,000 to Penn State Health in support of a community health initiative to cover standard vision assessments and the cost of eye glasses for students in need in the...
View Article2020 Women’s Health Research Day set for April 16
Penn State Health Center for Women’s Health Research will host the sixth Women’s Health Research Day on Thursday, April 16, 2020, at University Conference Center in Hershey. The event will feature...
View ArticlePenn State Health hosts diverse business event Nov. 19
As part its continuing commitment to diversity and inclusion, Penn State Health is hosting a Diverse Business Enterprise (DBE) Contractor Outreach Event for diverse contractors on Tuesday, Nov. 19,...
View ArticlePatriotic presence: Penn State Health military veterans continue service
In the patients who walk through the doors of Penn State Health Medical Group – Cornerstone in Lititz, Dr. Scott Osborn sees the same sense of community and connection to a greater purpose that he saw...
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Penn State Health celebrates topping off ceremony at new acute care hospital
Penn State Health today celebrated the ‘topping off’ of Penn State Health Hampden Medical Center, the future 300,000-square-foot, three-story acute care hospital in Cumberland County. The topping off...
View ArticleSeven projects funded through translational science pilot grant program
Penn State Clinical and Translational Science Institute generates innovative health research ideas and promotes collaboration through its Bridges to Translation pilot grant program, which seeks to link...
View ArticleLife Lion EMS receives Pennsylvania CARES Award
Penn State Health’s Life Lion Emergency Medical Services received the Pennsylvania CARES Award. CARES stands for Cardiac Arrest Registry to Enhance Survival. The award, given in October in observance...
View ArticlePenn State Health and Highmark sign multi-year agreement with Reading Public...
Penn State Health and Highmark Health have entered into a multi-year sponsorship agreement with the Reading Public Museum to serve as title sponsors of an annual exhibition from 2020 through 2022. The...
View ArticleMassini and Black: Honoring our veterans
Penn State Health CEO Steve Massini and Penn State College of Medicine interim dean Dr. Kevin Black sent a Veterans Day message to employees, faculty and students: Dear colleagues, Today is Veterans...
View ArticlePay 4 Play fundraiser smashes record
The 13th annual People’s Pay 4 Play on WQXA-FM 105.7 The X on Nov. 7 and 8 raised a record-breaking $359,410 for Children’s Miracle Network at Penn State Children’s Hospital — a 36% percent increase...
View ArticleThe Medical Minute: How to discuss family health history with children
Parents spend hours planning to talk with their children about the “birds and bees.” But moms and dads often ignore an equally important conversation—discussing their family’s overall health history....
View ArticlePenn State philanthropists commit $1 million to build new chapel on Hershey...
Longtime Penn State philanthropists Dallas and Diane Krapf have committed $1 million—their largest single contribution to the University to date—to build a new interfaith chapel on the campus of Penn...
View ArticleA trip to say goodbye: Hershey Medical Center team comes together to help...
When the wife of a patient at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center’s Heart and Vascular Institute (HVI) took a turn for the worse at a nearby hospital earlier this month, staff rallied to...
View ArticleOnline guidebook now available for conducting clinical research at Penn State
An online guidebook detailing the clinical research process and available support resources at Penn State is now available. It is based on a guidebook released last year specifically for Penn State...
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