Dr. Cheryl Tierney discusses coming changes to the DSM--one of the tools used by doctors to diagnose mental disorders--and her research of how it may affect children with specific autism spectrum disorders.

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Dr. Cynthia Chuang and Dr. Jennifer Kraschnewski discuss their recent research looking at weight gain advice given to pregnant women. They discuss the inaccurate information given specifically to overweight women, why this may be, and what healthy weight gain guidelines are.

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Antibiotics are used to treat a wide range of illnesses – including some they’re not equipped to fight. The unnecessary prescriptions are often a result of undue pressures placed on parents and physicians. In this edition of Sound Health, Dr. Nicole Hackman, a pediatrician at Penn State Hershey Medical Group - Hope Drive, talks about the Get Smart About Antibiotics campaign which is designed to increase awareness about the appropriate use of the medications.

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In the more than 25 years since he discovered large granular lymphocyte – or LGL – leukemia, patients have traveled from all over the world to see Tom Loughran, M.D. of Penn State Hershey Cancer Institute. In this edition of Sound Health, Dr. Loughran discusses the discovery and his ongoing work to learn all he can about the disease. We also hear from one of his patients, Bob Meldrum, about why he travels from Colorado to be treated by Dr. Loughran.

>> Read more about Dr. Loughran's LGL research in Penn State Medicine:

• The lifecycle of a cancer
• The finding — and following — of a killer (T-cell)

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What exactly is a patient-centered medical home, and why is it important to the patient? In this edition of Sound Health, Robert Gabbay, M.D., Ph.D., director of Penn State Hershey Diabetes Institute, and William Bird, D.O., vice chair for clinical care in the Department of Family and Community Medicine, discuss how the concept is being implemented across the clinical, academic and research missions at Penn State Hershey.

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Every 40 seconds, someone in America has a stroke. According to the American Stroke Association, it is the fourth leading cause of death. Yet people can take steps to help prevent a stroke and to reduce the severity of damage once a stroke occurs. In this discussion, Dr. Ray Reichwein, co-director of the Penn State Hershey Stroke Center, outlines the types of stroke as well as their causes, symptoms and treatments.

• Visit the Penn State Hershey Stroke Center website for more information >>
• Read The Medical Minute: Solitaire for stroke – It’s not a game >>
• Stroke In-depth Report from the Penn State Hershey Health Library >>

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Does addiction to one thing make you susceptible to addiction to another? Dr. Patricia Sue Grigson of the Penn State College of Medicine looks at this subject as it applies to drug use and binge eating. Grigson worked with student Matt Puhl, who was lead author on the study and collected the data.

Read more about Dr. Grigson's research here>>

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Colorectal cancer is a leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States, yet it is curable when detected early. In this edition of Sound Health, Dr. Thomas McGarrity, chief of gastroenterology and hepatology at Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, talks about risk factors for colorectal cancer as well as screening techniques.

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Farmers’ markets at medical centers may contribute to greater wellness in surrounding communities while adding public health value to the mission of a market, say Penn State College of Medicine researchers who have both developed and evaluated a market created at Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center. In this interview, Matt Solovey speaks with Daniel George, Ph.D., an assistant professor of humanities, about the findings.

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Dr. Craig Meyers, professor of microbiology and immunology, Penn State College of Medicine, discusses his research using the virus AAV2 to kill breast cancer cells in the laboratory.

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