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Bariatric surgery restores nerve cell properties altered by diet

6/17/13

Understanding how gastric bypass surgery changes the properties of nerve cells that help regulate the digestive system could lead to new treatments that produce the same results without surgery, according to Penn State College of Medicine scientists, who have shown how surgery restores some properties of nerve cells that tell people their stomachs are full.

Celebrate the Fourth of July with Penn State Hershey

6/13/13

Year after year, Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center has continued its tradition of a July Fourth celebration. This year, Penn State Hershey will host “An American Salute,” a public, Independence Day performance by the Hershey Symphony Orchestra on the front lawn of the main hospital complex.

Dance class for people with Parkinson’s to be offered at Penn State Hershey

6/12/13

The internationally acclaimed program Dance for Parkinson’s will now be available to residents of central Pennsylvania thanks to a new collaboration among teaching artists from the nonprofit, Lancaster-based Contemporary Ballet of PA (COBALT) and the Penn State Hershey University Fitness Center, which will host the classes.

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Penn State Hershey Children's Hospital again ranked as one of nation's best

6/11/13

Penn State Hershey Children’s Hospital has been ranked in five specialties in U.S. News & World Report’s 2013-14 Best Children’s Hospitals rankings. Children’s Hospital ranked in cancer, urology, orthopedics, neurology and neurosurgery, and cardiology and heart surgery -- two more specialties than last year.

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Image of the front of Penn State Hershey Children's Hospital

Penn State Hershey Children's Hospital again ranked as one of nation's best

6/11/13

Penn State Hershey Children’s Hospital has been ranked in five specialties in U.S. News & World Report’s 2013-14 Best Children’s Hospitals rankings. Children’s Hospital ranked in cancer, urology, orthopedics, neurology and neurosurgery, and cardiology and heart surgery -- two more specialties than last year.

Children's Hospital specialty outpatient services have new home

3/2/11

Lancaster County families now have even greater access to specialty pediatric care close to home with the opening of the Penn State Hershey Children's Hospital -- Lancaster Outpatient practice site. The new practice site, at 2170 Noll Drive, Lancaster, off Rohrerstown Road near Stauffer's of Kissel Hill, provides easy access to a full array of specialty services for children and adolescents in one convenient location.

Farmers market to provide local, fresh products for staff, students

6/2/10

Local, fresh, sustainable -- the Farmers Market in Hershey opens this week for its inaugural season. Founded by two Penn State College of Medicine faculty members and supported by the Hershey Trust, Hershey Entertainment & Resorts, the Hershey Center for Applied Research, and Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center and College of Medicine, the market will open every Thursday from 3 to 7 p.m.

Bariatric surgery restores nerve cell properties altered by diet

6/17/13

Understanding how gastric bypass surgery changes the properties of nerve cells that help regulate the digestive system could lead to new treatments that produce the same results without surgery, according to Penn State College of Medicine scientists, who have shown how surgery restores some properties of nerve cells that tell people their stomachs are full.

Celebrate the Fourth of July with Penn State Hershey

6/13/13

Year after year, Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center has continued its tradition of a July Fourth celebration. This year, Penn State Hershey will host “An American Salute,” a public, Independence Day performance by the Hershey Symphony Orchestra on the front lawn of the main hospital complex.

Dance class for people with Parkinson’s to be offered at Penn State Hershey

6/12/13

The internationally acclaimed program Dance for Parkinson’s will now be available to residents of central Pennsylvania thanks to a new collaboration among teaching artists from the nonprofit, Lancaster-based Contemporary Ballet of PA (COBALT) and the Penn State Hershey University Fitness Center, which will host the classes.