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This Founder Raised $42M To Start A Digital Health App For Women

Friends told her stories of tragic miscarriages and infertility. Motherhood cast other friends out of the workplace because they couldn’t get the health services and support they needed. The American healthcare system was failing millennial women like her — and she knew she could fix it. Read More

Nursing Homes Penalized For High Hospital Readmissions

Most Connecticut nursing homes will see their Medicare reimbursements reduced in the coming year for having high resident readmission rates to hospitals. Of Connecticut’s 224 nursing homes, 75 percent (168) are being penalized by Medicare based on how often their residents were re-hospitalized within 30 days of discharge. Twenty-five percent (56) in Connecticut are receiving […]

OPINION: Strict Attendance Policies, Deadlines Negatively Affect Students’ Health

Have you gotten your flu shot yet? If you haven’t, it’s not too late. Influenza can be a devastating and potentially deadly illness. And being sick, especially with something as nasty as the flu, is not a luxury many students can afford. Read More

Student-led USC Group Aims for Diversity Among Physical Therapists

The physical therapy profession has a bit of a diversity problem, one might say. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 5 percent of all practicing physical therapists are African-American. And only 3 percent of all physical therapy students this year were African-American, while 6 percent were Hispanic, according to the Commission on Accreditation […]

U.S. Relies Heavily on Foreign-Born Healthcare Workers

(Reuters Health) – More than one in four doctors in the United States were born in another country, and a new study suggests many nurses, dentists, pharmacists, and home health aides are also immigrants. Researchers who analyzed U.S. census data on 164,000 health care professionals found that overall, almost 17 percent weren’t born in America […]

A Push For Diversity In Medical School Is Slowly Paying Off

In 2009, the body that accredits medical schools issued a new requirement: All medical schools must implement policies that help them attract and retain more diverse students. Failure to do so can lead to citations from this body, the Liaison Committee on Medical Education, and can affect their status as accredited institutions. Read More

Winston-Salem Pushes for Access to Healthcare

Winston-Salem State University (WSSU) has achieved many accomplishments within its School of Health Sciences in preparing Black students to be successful in health-related fields. One in particular is that the historically Black college and university (HBCU) is the only one in the country that has a year-round mobile health unit. Read More

College of Health and Human Development names student marshal

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Laura Santangelo, daughter of John and Janice Santangelo, of Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, will serve as the college marshal for the College of Health and Human Development at the Dec. 15 Penn State commencement ceremony. Laura Santangelo, of Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, will serve as the college marshal for the College of Health […]

AUA Names Dr. Elizabeth “Brook” Brown as 2019 Gallagher Health Policy Scholar

The American Urological Association (AUA) today announced that Dr. Elizabeth “Brook” Brown has been named as the 2019 Gallagher Health Policy Scholar. The Gallagher Health Policy Scholarship is designed to train the next generation of urologists for leadership positions in health policy. Scholars spend a full year engaged in critical seminars, conferences and meetings at […]

COMMUNITY VOICES: Let’s address children’s mental health

When our children are sick, we take them to the doctor; when they have a toothache, we take them to the dentist. Often, we forget to address their mental health. There are symptoms that we overlook and blame it on the child’s temper or behavior. Some common signs are hyperactivity, social isolation and poor academic […]

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Group of Johns Hopkins nurses say hospital fails to address patient care concerns

Agroup of Johns Hopkins Hospital nurses on Saturday slammed the renowned Baltimore institution, saying it fosters poor working conditions for those in their ranks and by doing so, compromises patient care. The nurses — who are in the midst of a contentious campaign to unionize — presented a trio of scathing reports during a town […]

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Bi Women, Gay Men at Highest Risk of Opioid Misuse

Bisexual women and gay men are reporting higher rates of opioid misuse compared to people of other sexual orientations, a new NYU study, published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, has revealed. The study, which surveyed more than 42,000 people of various sexual orientations — but not gender identities — in all 50 states, […]

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