Penn State Hershey Cancer Institute researchers are trying to determine if selenium yeast and selenomethionine lower prostate-specific antigen levels and prevent other markers related to prostate cancer development in healthy individuals of different age groups. Selenium is a mineral and is known to protect against cancer in laboratory animal ...
If you're finding yourself increasingly hobbled by stiff and painful joints, don't try self treatment for too long. While over-the-counter pain remedies may give you relief for awhile, there are risks involved in taking any medication for an extended time without medical supervision....
Penn State Hershey's Dave Mauger was the lead statistician of an asthma study that compared three supplemental treatments for children with persistent asthma whose symptoms were not well controlled by low doses of inhaled corticosteroids alone. Mauger is division chief of biostatistics in the Department of Public Health Sciences at Penn State ...
The goal of all surgical intervention is to allow patients to have a procedure completed in the best way that will optimize and improve their health. One of the emerging methods to achieve decreased pain with surgery, minimal blood loss, fewer complications, shorter hospital stay, faster return to activities of daily living and improved patient ...