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U.S. Communities Reach Out to Homeless as Liver Disease Surges
This industrial city in central Massachusetts has had many nicknames through the years, including âthe Heart of the Commonwealthâ and âWormtown.â Among them was this less-known medical moniker: âHepatitisville.â Worcester has endured several outbreaks of the liver-battering disease, including one that sidelined 90 members of a college football team in 1969. Read More
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New Director Appointed to Oversee Maine Veteransâ Health Care
Come mid-April, there will be a new director of Veterans Affairs Maine Healthcare System. Tracye Davis has been appointed to the position overseeing the comprehensive health care system that provides care to about 43,000 enrolled Maine veterans, which has an operating budget of more than $370 million. She will officially begin her post April 14. [âŚ]
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Clearwater Company OnMed Reveals Health Station That Can Diagnosis Patients, Dispense Medications
Itâs the typical doctorâs visit: Patient confers with a physician or nurse. Patient gets medication. On Tuesday, this transaction didnât take place in a doctorâs office or clinic, but in a medical kiosk. Read More
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Ana West | Loneliness at Penn is Rampant, And Itâs Time to Stop Hiding it
Penn students talk a lot about various aspects of our campus culture and the negative effects that accompany them. We all know how our preâprofessional culture creates stress among students and negatively impacts our mental health; we frequently talk about flashy displays of wealth and the insular, outâofâtouch environment that we have here, so much so that terms like [âŚ]
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How to Help College Students Counteract Depression and Anxiety
One in 5 students battle depression, anxiety and related mood disorders during their college years. Suicide is the second-leading cause of death among people ages 15 to 34 in the U.S., according to the National Institute of Mental Health. Depression is the most common underlying cause for these deaths. Unfortunately, there is no single known cause for depression and [âŚ]
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Wellness Center Adjusts to Increased Demand for Mental Health Resources
Nationally, college students are more likely to use campus mental health resources compared to years past, a recent study showed. In response, Loyolaâs Wellness Center staff has grown and adjusted its processes in order to assist more students, but some students say more needs to be done. The number of students who visited campus counseling [âŚ]
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Arkansas Colleges of Health Education Announces Start of Courtyard Home Construction at Heritage Village
Rick Mooney Construction recently broke ground on courtyard homes for the Arkansas Colleges of Health Educationâs Heritage Village living community, according to a news release. Phase I of the project includes 25 lots, beginning with 17 homes designed in a âpocket neighborhoodâ style. Pocket neighborhoods are those featuring a group of homes surrounding a shared courtyard [âŚ]
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After Mumps Outbreak, Temple to Require New Students to Get Vaccinated
Temple University will begin requiring new students to be vaccinated against mumps after a recent outbreak of the viral disease. Mark Denys,Templeâs director of student health services, told WHYY that the school has reported at least 15 cases of mumps on its campus since late February. As as preventive measure against future outbreaks, he said, a new policy will [âŚ]
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Opioid Crisis Shows Partnering With Industry Can be Bad for Public Health
âShow me the bodies!â someone demanded at the end of my lecture a few years ago. As a scholar of public health ethics, law and policy, I had just warned an audience of professors and university administrators about the perils of partnering with, or taking money from, corporations â a common practice in public health research and [âŚ]
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2018 Was Super Hot year for New Commercial Projects in Dayton
New buildings for health care companies and colleges were among the top Dayton projects â valued at more than $280 million â started in 2018. Builders, developers and others took out commercial permits valued at more than $284 million, a 31 percent increase from 2017 and more than double the value of projects the city [âŚ]
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New Concern on College Campuses: âDrunkorexia,â a Combination Drinking and Eating Disorder
My college experience included this life-skills lesson: Drink alcohol on a full stomach, so you donât get inebriated too quickly. Of course, most college students shouldnât be drinking at all, but we know from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism that close to 60 percent of college students ages 18 to 22 do consume alcohol, [âŚ]
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IU, Two Other Colleges Win $10M Grant to Study Bone-Muscle Health
Researchers at the Indiana University School of Medicine and two other institutions have won a $10.4 million grant to study new therapies to improve musculoskeletal conditions. The National Institutes of Health awarded the five-year grant to IU, the University of Missouri-Kansas City and the University of Texas at Arlington. IU announced the grant on Monday. [âŚ]
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