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New Exercise is Medicine for Employees initiative kicks off with wellness event

4/16/18

Exercise is Medicine (EIM) on Campus at Penn State is expanding its focus beyond students to include employee health and wellness. To kick off the new EIM for Employees initiative, EIM and the Penn State women's golf team will host a "Know your Health" health fair from 4 to 6 p.m. April 17 at the Penn State Golf Courses.

Langan ribbon cutting

Penn State Berks and Penn State Health St. Joseph dedicate Langan LaunchBox

5/25/17

An enthusiastic group of about 75 community leaders; city and county officials; Penn State Berks faculty, staff and students; and Penn State Health St. Joseph physicians and administrators, participated in a formal ribbon-cutting ceremony and tour of the Langan LaunchBox, a signature social entrepreneurship and business accelerator program established with a $50,000 grant from the Invent Penn State Initiative.

HealthWorks students cook-up creative recipe videos

12/1/16

A group of student volunteers in the University Health Services HealthWorks program is making healthy eating habits a simpler, more enjoyable experience by producing a series of healthy cooking videos.

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Seminar on antibiotic resistance part of CDC Get Smart About Antibiotics Week

11/4/16

University Health Services, a unit of Penn State Student Affairs, joins the Pennsylvania Department of Health to offer the One Health Seminar focused on antibiotic stewardship in Pennsylvania. The seminar will be held on Nov. 15 in Schwab Auditorium. Registration begins at 7:45 a.m. and presentations begin at 8:15 a.m.. The seminar is open to the public.

staff and Dr. H. at St. Joe's

Penn State LaunchBox Center preview to be held Oct. 25

10/13/16

In partnership with Penn State Health St. Joseph, Penn State Berks has received a $50,000 seed grant as part of the Invent Penn State initiative. On Oct. 25, the two institutions will hold an event to announce the joint initiative at the new Langan LaunchBox, located within Penn State Health St. Joseph’s Downtown Reading Campus.

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Confronting Emerging Viral Threats: From HIV/AIDS to Zika

3/30/16

The upcoming Penn State Berks Science Colloquium will address a topic that is of utmost importance to healthcare professionsals: Confronting Emerging Viral Threats: From HIV/AIDS to Zika. Jose Esparza MD, PhD, of the Global Virus Network (GVN) and University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, will present this talk on Friday, April 1, 2016, at 1 p.m. in room 5 of the Luerssen Science Building.

Berks kinesiology department to lend expertise at UGI Health/Wellness Fair

3/3/16

The Penn State Berks kinesiology department will lend its expertise to UGI Energy Services for its first Health/Wellness and Small Business Fair, set for 7:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. March 10 at UGI headquarters in Wyomissing. Faculty and student members of the Penn State Berks kinesiology department will offer tests and measurements, followed by a complete review and interpretation of all results, which will be discussed with the employee.

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The Medical Minute: Easing back-to-school anxieties in kids

8/20/14

After a summer of lazy afternoons and late bedtimes, parents of school-aged children face the deadline for helping their young ones transition to not only a new routine and schedule -- but also the academic and social challenges a new school year brings.

The Medical Minute: Are new statin guidelines cause for concern?

11/21/13

The American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology recently issued a new set of guidelines to help doctors determine whether people are or are not most likely to benefit from a class of drugs called statins to treat high cholesterol. The guidelines have sparked a wave of controversy among physicians and other health care professionals who treat the millions of Americans affected by high cholesterol. In this Medical Minute, Dr. Peter Alagona, program director for diagnostic cardiology at Penn State Hershey Heart and Vascular Institute, provides some perspective on the new guidelines and what people concerned about their cholesterol need to know.

Farmers Market in Hershey opens for 2013 season

8/8/13

The Farmers Market in Hershey, a wellness-focused market located off of Bullfrog Valley Road near Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, has opened for the season. The farmers market is open Thursday afternoons from 2:30 to 6:30 p.m., through October 31.

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