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United Health Foundation and The Health Wagon Announce $1 Million Multiyear Partnership to Expand Access to Quality Care in Southwest Virginia

The United Health Foundation and The Health Wagon today announced a new partnership to expand access to vital health care services for thousands of people in communities throughout southwest Virginia. A three-year, $1 million grant from the United Health Foundation will enable The Health Wagon to provide new, no-cost diagnostic and specialty services, such as […]

August 30, 2019

Former Molina Healthcare CEO to Lead Claremont Colleges Medical School

A planned medical school at the Claremont Colleges has named Mario Molina, former longtime chief executive of Molina Healthcare Inc., as its founding dean, according to an announcement from the Keck Graduate Institute. The medical school, which will be part of the Keck Graduate Institute for the study of life sciences at the Claremont Colleges, […]

August 30, 2019

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Here’s What Happened When Maryland Students Forced Colleges to Confront Sexual Assault

In a decisive move, Johns Hopkins University drove out two professors this summer for violating sexual misconduct policies — and did not let them go quietly. An email sent to their departments named both men and and made clear why they were leaving. Hopkins ensured the allegations would not go unnoticed, a rare occurrence in […]

August 30, 2019

Saint Peter’s Partners with Medical School to Increase Diversity

Saint Peter’s University has signed an agreement with Ross University School of Medicine with the goal of increasing diversity in the U.S. physician workforce. Over the past decade, the Jesuit institution in New Jersey has seen the enrollment of Hispanic students go from approximately 25 percent of the undergraduate student population to nearly 50 percent. […]

August 30, 2019

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TSU is First HBCU to Open Student-Run Physical, Occupational Therapy Clinic

This week marks a historic first for Tennessee State University as it becomes the first historically Black college or university to open a student-run physical and occupational therapy clinic. The clinic, which is part of the College of Health Sciences, opens Aug. 30 and is located in the basement of Clement Hall on the main […]

August 30, 2019

TSU is First HBCU to Open Student-Run Physical, Occupational Therapy Clinic

This week marks a historic first for Tennessee State University as it becomes the first historically Black college or university to open a student-run physical and occupational therapy clinic. The clinic, part of the College of Health Sciences, opens Aug. 30 in the basement of Clement Hall on the main campus.

August 28, 2019

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Save the Climate and Yourself — Ban the Burger on Campus

If your campus is green energy-wise but you’re still buying all-beef hamburgers and the like in the school cafeteria, your school isn’t green enough.In the 60’s, they burned bras and draft cards. American schools should start burning burgers leading to an outright ban of beef on campus like they’re doing at Goldsmiths college of the University of London.

August 26, 2019

How to Get Your College Years Off to a Healthy Start

A wellness checklist to help the 20 million new students starting at U.S. colleges this fall is available from Ohio State University experts. Checklist topics include exercise, healthy eating, stress management, organization, and mental and physical health. The checklist also outlines resources students should pinpoint when they arrive on campus, such as fitness facilities and […]

August 26, 2019

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Health Officials Recommend Meningitis B Vaccine For College Students

Students at several metro Atlanta colleges and technical schools will head back to class this week. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends they have a Meningitis B vaccine. The bacteria the vaccine aims to prevent is called neisseria meningitidis, serogroup B. It can cause invasive meningococcal disease, which can lead to Meningitis and […]

August 26, 2019

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Joe Biden Holds Health Care Town Hall at Dartmouth College

The Democratic presidential candidate hosted a health care town hall in the afternoon at Dartmouth College in Hanover. Biden took questions from voters on a number of issues, but he spent the majority of his time talking about why he believes the Affordable Care Act must be protected. While Republicans and some Democrats want to […]

August 26, 2019

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McLaren’s New Tele-Health Service is Ideal for College Students

Your body aches, the coughing is out of control and it’s the third day of missing classes. Homework is piling up and your roommates are concerned. Scheduling an appointment with CMU Health Services could take days. You have no idea what your insurance is or if it is compatible with Health Services. McLaren Health Care’s […]

August 26, 2019

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New Initiative Tackles Graduate Student Mental Health

Graduate students are six times as likely to experience anxiety and depression as people in other fields, a study in Nature Biotechnology found last year. About 39 percent of graduate students surveyed were found to be moderately to severely depressed compared to only 6 percent of the general population. Statistics like this inspired the Council […]

August 26, 2019

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Parents: Ask Your College-Bound Teen These Eight Health Questions

Although preparing for unforeseeable health circumstances may feel like a daunting task, it’s crucial, explains Preeti Malani, professor of medicine in the division of infectious diseases at the University of Michigan’s Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation. Malani, chief health officer of the university, oversees the health and well-being of students, faculty, and staff. Before […]

August 26, 2019

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When College Dormitories Become Health Hazards

Annemarie Cuccia saw the black mold spread through rooms in her dormitory — five on her floor in a span of about two weeks last September. Soon she spotted some mold in her own room as well, growing on walls and furniture. Ms. Cuccia, now a sophomore at Georgetown University, and her roommate told a […]

August 26, 2019

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Can Telemedicine Help Students Stay Healthy?

The college lifestyle – famous for hectic schedules, late-night study sessions and 2 a.m. pizza – has never gone hand-in-hand with good health. But today’s college students are the least likely generation to go to a primary care doctor. So, campuses are increasingly turning to telemedicine – online health services – as a solution.

August 21, 2019

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New Initiative Tackles Graduate Student Mental Health

Graduate students are six times as likely to experience anxiety and depression as people in other fields, a study in Nature Biotechnology found last year. Such statistics inspired the Council of Graduate Schools and the Jed Foundation to partner on a new initiative called “Supporting Mental Health and Wellness of Graduate Students.”

August 20, 2019

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Gender-Minority Mental Health Study: Change Needed on Campuses

Students who identify as transgender, gender-nonconforming, genderqueer and nonbinary are far more likely to experience mental health problems than their peers, Boston University researchers and collaborators reveal in an article published in the September issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.

August 19, 2019

Precision Medicine Initiative to Focus on Minority Groups

More than 175,000 Americans have enrolled in the All of Us Research Program, which is set to have at least 1 million people enrolled over several decades. Collecting data — such as biospecimens, health questionnaires, and electronic health records — from 1 million people will create a sample size capable of generating studies that account for […]

August 19, 2019

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