Along with emergency medical services and hospital emergency rooms, hospital trauma centers are an important part of Pennsylvania’s emergency care system. Patients suffering the most severe, life-threatening injuries, such as car crashes, are taken to hospital trauma...
Each year, more than 135,000 babies are born in Pennsylvania hospitals. Babies don’t arrive according to schedule, so the 93 hospitals that provide obstetric services are ready around the clock to provide the different services needed to support all kinds of...
Life is full of unexpected events: both happy ones, like the birth of a baby, and, unfortunately, tragic ones too. Hospitals have designated “units”—areas with specialized medical experts, staff, and equipment—ready to help. When the unthinkable happens,...
The Pennsylvania Department of Health has reported the prescription opioid and heroin overdose epidemic to be the worst public health crisis in the state. The fact that more Pennsylvanians die from opioid overdoses than vehicle accidents is staggering. The opioid...
If you're experiencing severe sadness, anxiety, and exhaustion, you may be seeing your "baby blues" become postpartum depression. The good news, if you get treatment, the feelings you're experiencing won't last forever. You are not alone.
One in every five Pennsylvanians lives in a rural area. Many count on what are called critical access hospitals for all kinds of health care, including life-saving emergency care. Rural Pennsylvania has 16 hospitals designated as “critical access.” This designation is...
As Pennsylvania continues to battle the opioid crisis, health care professionals are examining new methods that can assist with treatment. One technology that is increasingly being used for addiction treatment is telepsychiatry, or telepsych. The American Psychiatric...
It’s Saturday, and that tickle you've had in your throat for the last few days has become a loud cough. You know you need to get to a doctor, but your primary care physician’s office isn’t open on the weekends. You can’t wait until Monday to see someone, so should you...
It can be difficult to notice signs and symptoms of an eating disorder, all of which involve abnormal eating behaviors. In a nation obsessed with body image, you could mistakenly think that a family member’s intense dieting and exercise are following a healthy path....
Uncontrolled bleeding is the number one cause of preventable death from trauma. Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center has been offering classes and events to the public on how to stop life-threatening bleeding. Hershey Medical Center joined an initiative...