Women's Health & Environmental Network (WHEN) has released the Healthcare's Harvest: Seeding Sustainability in Hospital Kitchens recipe collection to coincide with National Nutrition Month. The kickoff event, held in October 2010, included demonstrations by hospital chefs demonstrating recipes utilizing sustainable, organic ingredients.

A specialist in Pediatric and Adolescent Psychiatry, Dr. Pumariega joins Cooper from The Reading Hospital and Medical Center in Reading, PA, where he served as Chair of Psychiatry and Head of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.

Today is Employee Appreciation Day, a day to recognize the important contributions of the more than 5,000 dedicated individuals whose commitment and hard work has helped Cooper University Hospital become one of the region’s leading healthcare institutions.

Based on a book by Richard Selznick, PhD, Director, Cooper Learning Center, called “The Shutdown Learner,” the program aims to find strengths in children and allow them to explore them, rather than a constant focus on test taking and scores.

Jeffrey C. Brenner, MD, Family Medicine specialist at Cooper and Director of the Camden Coalition of Healthcare Providers was honored with a Camden Hero Award during a meeting held at the Adventure Aquarium on Thursday.

Rosalie Pepe, MD, Infectious Disease Specialist at Cooper, was featured on CBS3 discussing a new product called “GermBullet” which claims to guard against airborne germs and viruses. Dr. Pepe is skeptical to advise patients to use this product and believes the best way to prevent illness is by consistently washing your hands.

The Gloucester County Times published an article about Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP), a therapeutic method being utilized at Cooper, that uses a person’s own blood to combat chronic pain caused by progressive joint damage.

According to a recent study conducted at Cooper, 50% of athletic coaches don’t realize that children who seem tired or out of breathe may be displaying symptoms of asthma.

Today at approximately 2:25am there was an internal flooding event that occured in one of the buildings at Cooper University Hospital. The incident was quickly responded to and assesment of damage continues throughout the morning.

The Star Ledger published an article about mother’s who are unable to nurse and are turning to online websites to find other women willing to share their breast milk. Sites such as milkshare.birthingforlife.com have grown in popularity as they connect families and provide information on milk sharing.