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Section: Other News
Policies
New Task Force to Recommend College Mental Health Policies
A Connecticut task force has been charged with recommending a statewide policy for mental health services offered for college students across the state. The group was created by the General Assembly during the 2019 legislative session. Task force members, who include mental health experts, college mental health counselors and others, are expected to issue a […]
January 6, 2020
Other News
Study: College Football Players’ Hearts Take a Beating
Collegiate football can be demanding on the body, but typically, research has focused on the impact of concussions on football players. One study looks at how changes in weight and blood pressure for college football players may impact their heart health over time. The study looked at 126 college football players over a three-year period. […]
January 6, 2020
Other News
Knee-Jerk Vaping Bans Will Fail Public Health, Experts Argue
Bans and other policies restricting e-cigarette sales could do more public harm than good, according to a group of public-health, tobacco-policy and ethics experts. In a piece published online today (Dec. 12, 2019) in the journal Science, the authors, including three public health deans, caution that blanket policies developed in a rush to address two […]
December 16, 2019
Other News
‘Magic Mushroom’ Ingredient Could be Used to Treat Depression, Study Says
“Magic mushrooms” may have moved one step closer to becoming a treatment for depression. The active ingredient in psychedelic mushrooms is called psilocybin — and a new British study suggests it could safely be used to treat depression when other drugs have failed, offering hope to millions of patients worldwide. Read More
December 16, 2019
Other News
Amber Eagen Named VSU College of Nursing and Health Sciences Top Graduate
VALDOSTA — Amber Faith Eagen of Tallahassee, Florida, is the recipient of the Fall 2019 President’s Award for Academic Excellence for the College of Nursing and Health Sciences at Valdosta State University. The President’s Award for Academic Excellence is presented to the graduating student with the highest grade point average in each of VSU’s six […]
December 16, 2019
Other News
Tower Health, Drexel Complete $50M Deal for St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children
West Reading-based Tower Health and Drexel University in Philadelphia have finalized their $50 million acquisition of St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children. The proposed deal for the 188-bed North Philadelphia pediatric medical center was approved in September by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Delaware. The closing of the sale, which became effective Sunday, returns the 144-year-old […]
December 16, 2019
Other News
Drinking Problems Rampage Among College Students Causing Severe Health Risks
College students often assume that they can escape most of the negative physical and mental effects of consuming alcohol because they are young and healthy and some don’t drink all that frequently. But even minimal consumption of alcoholic beverages can still have significant negative impacts on health regardless of age. That’s according to Dr. Mashkoor […]
December 16, 2019
Other News
Manhattan College to Offer Public Health Major in Fall 2020
Manhattan College will introduce a new public health major beginning in the fall of 2020. “Public health affects all of us,” said Tekeyah Sears, Ed.D., MPH, program director of allied health. “From individual health to societal health, public health focuses on the promotion and prevention of health in all areas.” Read More
December 16, 2019
Other News
FSU to Name College of Health Sciences and Technology After Alumni Who Donates $500K
The Fayetteville State University College of Health Sciences and Technology will be named after retired physician Clarence Lloyd who recently donated $500,000 to the university. Lloyd, who retired in March of this year as a radiologist at the Veteran’s Affairs Medical Center in Winston-Salem, was a member of the Fayetteville State University class of 1965. […]
December 16, 2019
Other News
Researchers Identify Top Ways to Stop Projected 142% Rise in Latino Cancer
SAN ANTONIO (Dec. 9, 2019) – As U.S. Latinos face a staggering 142% projected rise in cancer cases by 2030, UT Health San Antonio leaders gathered international cancer experts to publish a new book with innovative research and recommendations to reduce Latino cancer. The book, Advancing the Science of Cancer in Latinos in Springer Open […]
December 9, 2019
Other News
Addressing Disparities in Cancer: Factors Influencing Care, Access and Outcomes
In their March 2006 report, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) showed overwhelming evidence of the existence of health related disparities for racial and ethnic minorities. The report’s definition of cancer health related disparities refers to the unequal treatment of patient population groups — the difference in treatment or access not justified by the differences in […]
December 9, 2019
Other News
Few Med Students Come From Rural Areas, Study Finds
Students from rural areas made up only 4.3% of all incoming medical students in 2017, according to a study published online yesterday in Health Affairs. Read More
December 9, 2019
Other News
Tufts Removes Sackler Name From Buildings, Programs
Tufts University on Thursday became the first major university to strip the Sackler name from buildings and programs, after months-long conversations and a report that censured the school for its relationship with the family behind OxyContin, an opioid blamed for hundreds of thousands of deaths nationwide. Read More
December 9, 2019
Disparities
Chicago Group Shows Hispanic Medical Students a Path to Medicine
Growing up in Miami, Florida, Pilar Ortega, MD, had a Latino doctor and grew up in a community that included her family that emigrated from Spain and neighbors from Cuba, Venezuela, Puerto Rico and Central America. It wasn’t until she was in college—and then even more so in medical school and residency—that she learned how […]
December 9, 2019
Policies
Colleges ‘Swamped’ by Students’ Mental Health Needs, But Services Vary Greatly
At Connecticut College, almost a third of students get mental health services in a given year and half of all students get that help at some point before they graduate. At Trinity College, close to half of the student body comes into the counseling center in a given year. By contrast, at Manchester Community College, […]
December 9, 2019
Policies
Campus Suicides Rattle N.J. College. Students Demand Improved Mental Health Services.
The Rowan University student was sleeping in her dorm room when it happened two years ago. In the middle of the night, another student killed himself nearby on the Glassboro campus. “It really struck me and I think about that a lot. Somebody felt like there was no other option that they had than to […]
December 9, 2019
Other News
Dr. Wayne A. I. Frederick Balances Life of a Surgeon and University President
Long before darkness had given way to sunlight on a recent Friday morning, Dr. Wayne A. I. Frederick was already in the operating room at Howard University Hospital, gearing up to operate on his 86-year-old patient. Working with Dr. Terrence Fullum, the interim chair of th Department of Surgery at Howard University College of Medicine, […]
December 2, 2019
Other News
Dangerous Gains, Deadly Losses
Almost as far back as I can remember, I’ve had issues with food. Whether I was eating too much, too little, or too much junk food, I’ve never quite been able to get the hang of eating a healthy, balanced diet. This wasn’t really an issue for me until recently. I had a fast enough […]
December 2, 2019
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