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Section: Disparities
Disparities
One Vision. Two Universities. Three Years Of Work. The Payoff: A New Medical School
Finishing touches at Fort Worth’s new M.D. school were underway Friday, including filling student lockers with coffee mugs, T-shirts, medical scrubs and journals aimed at building a sense of welcome for the inaugural class. Members of the medical school’s incoming class of 60 begin their journey to become M.D.s on Monday. The school’s activities include a luncheon […]
July 8, 2019
Disparities
AU Nursing Students Give Health Screenings To Migrant Farm Workers At Fair
Every year, students from the Augusta University College of Nursing cross state lines and provide health screenings to farm workers in Trenton. This year marks the 14th annual Costa Layman Health Fair. Since it began, the program has provided more than 5,000 screenings to migrant workers from Costa Layman. Pam Cromer, a professor at the […]
July 1, 2019
Disparities
Q&A: Dr. Kimberlydawn Wisdom Sees Daily Evidence Of How Diversity Drives Health Outcomes
Kimberlydawn Wisdom, M.D., wakes up every morning thinking about inclusion. That has made a difference for Henry Ford Health System, where she has been chief wellness and equity officer for the past 12 years and was an emergency physician for 20 years before that. The former Michigan Surgeon General from 2003 to 2010 has a […]
July 1, 2019
Disparities
Medical Groups Warn Climate Change Is A ‘Health Emergency’
WASHINGTON (AP) — As Democratic presidential hopefuls prepare for their first 2020 primary debate this week, 74 medical and public health groups aligned on Monday to push for a series of consensus commitments to combat climate change, bluntly defined by the organizations as “a health emergency.” The new climate change agenda released by the groups, […]
June 24, 2019
Disparities
University Studies Cancer Risk And Testing For Black Women
HAMPTON, Va. — Luisel Ricks-Santi keeps the medical family tree of one of the participants in her study taped to the door of her office in her lab at Hampton University. There are four slashes among the women’s siblings, others among her immediate family, and most family members’ symbols are partially colored in. Each partially […]
June 24, 2019
Disparities
What It Means for Health Care to Be a Human Right
More than half the world’s countries have pledged to protect their citizens’ right to health care, through either national laws or international human-rights agreements. The United States is not one of them, although demands for universal health care and Medicare for All have been animating issues in the opening months of the 2020 presidential campaign. According to […]
June 24, 2019
Disparities
Research Brief: Evaluating The Effect Of Spin In Health Care News
Health care news stories represent an important source of information for patients. However, some evidence suggests that many news stories do not adequately explain research results and could mislead readers with spin, defined as “the presentation of information in a particular way, a slant, especially a favorable one.” The danger of spin is that it […]
June 24, 2019
Disparities
Summit Focuses On Improving Health Outcomes
Nurses are an integral part of addressing the nation’s substance abuse epidemic and it all starts with changing the conversation, according to Marla T. Oros, MS, BSN ’84, RN, president of the Mosaic Group, a management consulting firm with expertise in community health. Oros shared her vision for the tremendous impact nurses can make on combating […]
June 17, 2019
Disparities
New UNG-Gainesville Health Clinic to Serve Students In Former Lanier Tech Space
The University of North Georgia plans to open a new health clinic for students on its Gainesville campus in spring 2020, expanding services to match what is provided on the Dahlonega campus. “We have students who live in Gainesville but take classes in Dahlonega and vice versa,” Dr. Alyson Paul, dean of students on the Gainesville […]
June 17, 2019
Disparities
Domestic Abuse Victims More Likely To Suffer Mental Illness – Study
Women who have been abused by a partner are three times more likely to suffer depression, anxiety or severe conditions such as schizophrenia or bipolar disorder than other women, according to research. The study is one of the first in the UK to probe the relationship between domestic abuse and mental health. It found that […]
June 10, 2019
Disparities
New College Grad? You Can Get Health Plans Through Covered California
It’s college graduation season, and congrats to the class of 2019! The moment they’ve worked so hard for is finally here! They’re ready to walk across that stage, grab that diploma and begin the rest of their lives. But life can be complicated, and it’s imperative to have the important things — like one’s health […]
June 10, 2019
Disparities
Homeless In College: Students Sleep In Cars, On Couches When They Have Nowhere Else To Go
Three years ago, Kyshawna Johnson, 23, had a lot more than homework on her mind as she pursued an associate’s degree at Citrus College in Glendora, California. She also worried constantly about where to park overnight, since she was living in her car. “That journey was a little traumatic for me,” says Johnson, who lived in […]
June 10, 2019
Disparities
Insufficient Sleep Linked To Mental Health In College Students And Athletes
Preliminary results from a new study suggest that there is a dose-response relationship between insufficient sleep and mental health symptoms in collegiate students, including varsity athletes. Results show that in adjusted models, insufficient sleep was associated with all mental health variables, and a dose-response relationship resulted when insufficient sleep was treated as categorical. With every additional night […]
June 10, 2019
Disparities
University of Minnesota Health Officially Launches New Headache Care Program
The University of Minnesota Health launched its new Headache Care program just two weeks ago. Ahead of Migraine Awareness Month, in June, 5 Eyewitness News went to the University of Minnesota Health to find out how the new program is designed to help migraine sufferers in a whole new way. “It’s more than just a […]
June 3, 2019
Disparities
A Major Shortage Of End-Of-Life Doctors Is Coming
A declining number of physicians specialized in palliative care looms and won’t recover for 25 years without major U.S. health policy changes, new research in the June issue of Health Affairs shows. Research led by Dr. Arif Kamal at Duke University shows about one-third of palliative care clinicians are burned out and about two in five are 56 […]
June 3, 2019
Disparities
Florida’s Universities Get Creative to Meet Demand For New Nurses
With more rehabilitation facilities, urgent cares, walk-in medical clinics and outpatient facilities, it is easier than ever to get medical treatment outside of a hospital or doctor’s office. But will there be enough nurses to provide proper care? Amid a potential nursing shortage that threatens Florida’s healthcare system, the state’s universities and colleges are devising […]
June 3, 2019
Disparities
University of Dubuque Unveils Plans For New Health Center
DUBUQUE, Iowa (KWWL) – College students across the country are struggling to find access to adequate healthcare. Now, the University of Dubuque is hoping to change that for their students. Plans and sketches for a $1.1 million health care center were revealed on Tuesday. It would be the first center on the University of Dubuque’s […]
May 28, 2019
Disparities
Students From The Medical College of Wisconsin Open a New Free Mental Health Clinic
GREEN BAY (WLUK) — A new resource is now available for those struggling with mental illness in Northeast Wisconsin. “This is really important. There’s actually a shortage of psychiatrists around the country, but especially in Wisconsin,” said Nicole Petcka from the Medical College of Wisconsin-Green Bay. Read More
May 28, 2019
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