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Section: Health
Disparities
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, Loyola’s 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 […]
March 13, 2019
Nursing
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 Education’s Heritage Village living community, according to a news release. Phase I of the project includes 25 lots, beginning with 17 homes designed in a “pocket neighborhood” style. Pocket neighborhoods are those featuring a group of homes surrounding a shared courtyard […]
March 13, 2019
Disparities
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,Temple’s 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 […]
March 11, 2019
Disparities
Opioid Crisis Shows Partnering With Industry Can be Bad for Public Health
“Show me the bodies!” 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 – a common practice in public health research and […]
March 11, 2019
Policies
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 — valued at more than $280 million — 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 […]
March 11, 2019
Disparities
New Concern on College Campuses: ‘Drunkorexia,’ a Combination Drinking and Eating Disorder
My college experience included this life-skills lesson: Drink alcohol on a full stomach, so you don’t get inebriated too quickly. Of course, most college students shouldn’t 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, […]
March 11, 2019
Nursing
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. […]
March 11, 2019
Disparities
School Programs Help Students With Life Issues
Columbia County high schools have set up student life centers to provide services on issues including mental health and suicide prevention. The former textbook room in the Grovetown High School library no longer contains books to educate students, but it is still helping to transform them. Read More
March 11, 2019
Policies
Bill Filing Ends With a 10-Year Record High
As of Friday, the deadline for bill filing, 7,067 bills have been introduced for the 2019 Texas legislative session. This is the highest number of bills filed during a regular session since 2009. We’ve compiled a list of priority items in the Senate — legislation filed with bill numbers under 30 — that students should […]
March 11, 2019
Health
More Than 10 Cases of Mumps Confirmed at Temple University
More than 10 cases of mumps have been confirmed at Temple University according to health officials, the most confirmed cases in the city in the past eight years. Six additional cases are also suspected and one case is currently being investigated, said Temple spokesperson Ray Betzner. Whether or not an individual has had a mumps […]
March 8, 2019
Disparities
First Measles Case Reported in San Antonio by University Health System
A case of the measles virus has been diagnosed in San Antonio, officials from University Health System have confirmed amid an outbreak of the disease that’s swept through Texas and 10 other states. UHS diagnosed the patient last week via a lab test, spokeswoman Elizabeth Allen confirmed. Read More
March 6, 2019
Other News
Opinion: Building a Diverse And Inclusive Health Care Company Takes Work But is Worth the Effort
Diversity and inclusion tend to get more lip service than action, often because business leaders don’t always recognize the connection between the two and company performance. That’s a mistake, because they are inextricably linked. Read More
March 6, 2019
Nursing
University of Utah Health Improves Turnaround Time With New Imaging Tech
University of Utah Health provides care for residents of Utah and six surrounding states, with a referral area of about 10 percent to 15 percent of the continental United States. THE PROBLEM Given this large area, and the increasing number of imaging studies being performed, the health system found it had far too much data. […]
March 6, 2019
Policies
Trinity College Dublin Becomes Tobacco-Free Campus
Almost three years after establishing tobacco-free zones on its campus, Trinity College Dublin (TCD) has announced it will officially become a tobacco-free campus beginning on National No Smoking Day, or March 6. TCD Students’ Union initially were resistant to the idea, said health promotion officer Martina Mullen. However, the momentum to create a tobacco-free campus […]
March 6, 2019
Disparities
Howard University President Dr. Wayne A.I. Frederick Runs for Sickle Cell Cure
Running an institution of higher learning is one challenge after another. But that hasn’t stopped Howard University president Dr. Wayne A. I. Frederick from taking on another challenge. Frederick, 48, who was diagnosed with sickle cell at birth, has launched the Run to Cure Sickle Cell campaign to increase awareness about the disease that disproportionately afflicts Blacks […]
March 6, 2019
Disparities
Health Care Educator Focuses On Closing Health Disparities
The University of New Mexico (UNM) has named clinician and public health researcher Dr. Tracie Collins as the dean of its newly established College of Population Health, effective July 2019. Collins joins the UNM faculty after serving as the Kansas Health Foundation Distinguished Professor and chair of the Department of Preventive Medicine and Public health […]
March 6, 2019
Other News
Eastern Nazarene, Regis Colleges Partner to Provide More Health Degree Programs to Students
Eastern Nazarene College (ENC) and Regis College have formed a new partnership that will allow Eastern Nazarene students to complete their bachelor’s and master’s degrees in health services disciplines at the other institution. Under the agreement, a total of five bachelor’s and master’s programs were established that students can participate in – one accelerated 16-month […]
March 6, 2019
Disparities
Researchers Plan to Use Artificial Intelligence to Improve Health Care
Researchers at the University of Iowa are working on developing algorithms in artificial intelligence to learn from sample data and ultimately attempt to predict disease outcomes. Graduate research assistant Zhihui Guo, who has worked with the team for two years, is very interested in the potential it has for health care. Read More
March 4, 2019
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