While pain medications almost always follow surgery, Penn Medicine has developed an alternate method of recovery for spinal patients that reduces the use of opioids in an effort to combat the ongoing ...

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 40% of adults in the United States fit the criteria for obesity, a high-risk condition that leads to progressive health ...

A novel "Enhanced Recovery After Surgery" (ERAS) protocol developed by Penn Medicine for patients undergoing spinal and peripheral nerve surgery significantly reduced opioid use. A new study published ...

Dennis and Michelle Guzy of Harrisburg made changes in the present to ensure they’d be around in the future. After meeting with the team at Penn State Health Dennis decided that bariatric surgery ...

A freak accident left a Harrisburg woman fighting for her life. After surgery and recovery, she faced a new challenge, phantom nerve pain. Learn how the doctors at Penn State Health helped Carol ...

Penn Medicine will no longer provide gender-affirming surgery to patients under age 19, effective this week, citing new federal orders targeting such procedures among transgender minors. President ...

A wish came true for a stroke survivor in Chester County, Pennsylvania, on Thursday, with a simple thank you to the doctor ...

Pennsylvania health officials have cited Lancaster (Pa.) General Hospital for several safety issues in recent months, including a wrong-site surgery, Penn Live reported Feb. 23. The Pennsylvania ...

Good news for Penn & Teller fans: The pair’s diminutive half, Raymond Teller, is on the mend after undergoing back surgery. “Surgery all done. Went perfectly,” Teller, 70, tweeted on Monday afternoon.

Penn State quarterback Drew Allar (15) was able to walk off the field initially but took a cart back to the locker room after suffering a broken ankle that required season-ending surgery. The ...

PHILADELPHIA — Penn Medicine will no longer provide gender-affirming surgery to patients under age 19, effective this week, citing new federal orders targeting such procedures among transgender minors ...