More than 300 members of the community attended the inaugural Hands-Only CPR mass training event, sponsored by Penn State Hershey Heart and Vascular Institute, held on Feb. 4 at the Giant Center. Participants of all ages were enthusiastically engaged in learning this life-saving skill, how to use an AED, how to save a choking victim, and how to perform infant CPR.
New hands-only CPR sessions are scheduled in Hershey for March and April. (more)
WGAL-TV will air the second part of a series featuring medical innovation and ground-breaking research conducted at Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center and Penn State College of Medicine at 7 p.m. on March 10. The final installment will air at 7 p.m. on Monday, March 19. For more details about each episode visit: www.pennstatehershey.org/medicineinblue. (more)
Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center and Penn State College of Medicine have launched the Penn State Hershey Institute for Personalized Medicine, which will bring together faculty, resources and programs devoted to advancing the relatively new field of personalized medicine, one of the most promising frontiers in medicine.
The new institute will work in close collaboration with departments and institutes across the Hershey campus, including the Penn State Clinical and Translational Science Institute, to advance research in this field and to translate that research into clinical applications. (more)
The Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center and Penn State College of Medicine marked the opening of a new Support Services Building on Wednesday, Nov. 2. Campus leadership and representatives from environmental health, facilities, shipping and receiving, and the Clinical Trials Office officially marked the building's opening with a ribbon-cutting ceremony followed by building tours for all staff and a cook-out reception.
To view a video of the ribbon-cutting ceremony and other activities related to the opening of the new Support Services Building, go to http://youtu.be/gTvV6vlcucA online. (more)
Three stories focusing on Penn State Hershey's patients, families and history earned Mid-Atlantic Emmy Awards during the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) chapter ceremony held at the Lowe's Hotel in Philadelphia on Saturday, Sept. 24.
Patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) could lose brain function earlier than is noticeably detectable, affecting their ability to make decisions about their care. Physicians need a method to assess these sensitive changes in brain function, without the need for extensive neuropsychological tests. (more)
It is believed that as many as 30 million Americans suffer from osteoarthritis -- characterized by a breakdown of cartilage, specifically at the ends of the bones. This is the cartilage that normally protects the joint, allowing for smooth movement and a cushioned surfaced. As the normal cartilage layer wears, the bones gets closer together, in some cases actually rubbing, causing pain, swelling and stiffness. Osteoarthritis most commonly occurs in the hips, knees, and hands, but other joints, particularly the shoulders and ankles, also can be affected. Most osteoarthritis comes from the general "wear and tear" associated with the aging process. However, other types may have injury or obesity as predisposing factors. (more)
A stroke is sudden brain injury caused by a sudden vascular (blood vessel) compromise. There are two major types of strokes. An ischemic stroke occurs when blood flow to a part of the brain is blocked by clot or other debris. This is the most common type, comprising approximately 85 percent of all strokes. The other type, hemorrhagic stroke, occurs when a blood vessel or aneurysm ruptures and blood spreads in and around the brain. Strokes can be mild, or can be quite disabling, even fatal, depending on the brain area involved and the type of stroke. (more)
This year, like every year, more than one-third of Americans will get at least one sunburn. According to the Skin Cancer Foundation, the risk of melanoma, the deadliest type of skin cancer, more than doubles with just one severe sunburn in childhood or adolescence or from five such overexposures in a lifetime.
Skin cancer, including melanoma, is the most common of all cancer types. More than 2 million skin cancers are diagnosed each year in the United States. That's more than all other cancers combined. But, skin cancer is largely preventable by avoiding overexposure to harmful UV-A and UV-B rays -- outdoors and in -- and skin cancer is extremely treatable if caught early. (more)
Transplant surgeons at Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center recently performed their first simultaneous, dual living donor organ transplant on a single recipient. The recipient, a 60-year-old man from the Hazleton area, received a kidney from his wife and a section of his youngest son's liver in a complicated surgery that lasted nearly 19 hours. Simultaneous transplants of multiple organs from multiple living donors to a single recipient are exceedingly rare in the United States; since 1987, the procedure has been performed with a liver and kidney coming from different living donors just 10 other times. (more)
