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Section: Health
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
Other News
ETSU College of Clinical and Rehabilitative Health Sciences Adding Programs, Students
East Tennessee State University College of Clinical and Rehabilitative Health Sciences said goodbye to 296 graduates — the largest class in the college’s history — at ETSU’s spring commencement last month. However, the college anticipates even larger class sizes in the coming years due to the proposed addition of new degree programs and growth 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
Women
The ‘Weaker Sex’? #FACTS
As my last blog post, I want to leave you with a challenge – a challenge that, in the spirit of this blog, is at the intersection of diversity, education and health, and, I believe that, if accepted, can help initiate change we are sorely in need of today. The challenge is based on a question that I have asked myself on and off throughout my life. This question has been on my mind more and more recently as a result of the political and social climate in the US and my work focused on women’s health. The question?“Who is the ‘weaker sex?’”
June 5, 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
Other News
Colorado State University Health And Medical Center To House CU Medical School Branch
Colorado State University is joining forces with the University of Colorado School of Medicine to establish a medical school branch at the CSU Health and Medical Center in Fort Collins. The $59 million, 113,000-square-foot facility opened at the corner of College Avenue and Prospect Road in 2017, consolidating student medical, counseling and health education and prevention services in one […]
June 3, 2019
Other News
UF College of Pharmacy Receives Top Funding Across Country
What does $23.7 million get you? For UF’s College of Pharmacy, the answer is fourth place. The American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) ranked 142 pharmacy programs across the country, and UF made it in the top five in all three categories. The UF College of Pharmacy ranked fourth in the total amount of funding with […]
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
Nursing
Fitchburg State Signs Nursing Degree Agreements With Community Colleges
Fitchburg State University has signed nursing-degree agreements with community colleges in Worcester, Gardner, Bedford and Fall River. The agreements, which the university announced Monday, guarantee students a spot at Fitchburg State’s bachelor’s nursing program and is aimed at helping ensure more of the state’s nurses have bachelor’s degrees in the coming years. Read More
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
Health
College Student Wellness and Mental Health Are Growing Global Issues
Measles outbreaks across the United States have put a spotlight on student health, which already has taken on a heightened sense of urgency on college campuses worldwide as schools address increasing mental health issues and related problems among degree-seekers.
May 30, 2019
Health
Experts Probe Critical Issues of Student Health and Education
Health and education have a major impact on each other, and collaborations at all levels involving families, schools, policymakers and other stakeholders are essential to improving outcomes in both areas for students – especially those from low-income, rural and other under-served populations, speakers said at an event Tuesday co-sponsored by the Bipartisan Policy Center and the Healthy Schools Campaign.
May 28, 2019
Nursing
Carthage Honors First Class of Nursing Students
Carthage College honored a group of pioneers with a symbolic ceremony on Saturday. The school’s inaugural graduating class of nursing students received the school’s first nursing pins in front of college officials, local health-care professionals and proud family and friends at the Todd Wehr Center. The 13 seniors receiving their pins will graduate today with […]
May 28, 2019
Policies
Guest Commentary: High School Education Explains Our Shortage of Health Care Providers
Like a lot of teens then and now, I didn’t know what I wanted to be when I was in high school. Fortunately, I figured it out quickly in college — getting my undergraduate degree in exercise physiology and a master’s in education that set me up to work as a health and PE teacher […]
May 28, 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
Disparities
College Students Work to Boost Access to Morning After Pill
WASHINGTON (AP) — The calls and text messages arrive directly to Michyah Thomas’s iPhone. They come from other students at Hampton University in need of the morning-after pill or in search of a ride to a health center or a hand to hold. They reach Thomas, a 21-year-old at Hampton, through a hotline she and […]
May 28, 2019
Policies
Emory University Fires 2 Neuroscientists Accused of Hiding Chinese Ties
Emory University fired two neuroscientists after they were accused of failing to disclose foreign research funding and connections with China. Li Xiao-Jiang told Science magazine that the university fired him and his wife, Li Shihua––with whom he led a laboratory at the Atlanta university’s medical school. The university also shut down their laboratory. Four Chinese postdoctoral students working […]
May 28, 2019
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