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U.S. Communities Reach Out to Homeless as Liver Disease Surges

This industrial city in central Massachusetts has had many nicknames through the years, including “the Heart of the Commonwealth” and “Wormtown.” Among them was this less-known medical moniker: “Hepatitisville.” Worcester has endured several outbreaks of the liver-battering disease, including one that sidelined 90 members of a college football team in 1969. Read More

March 13, 2019

New Director Appointed to Oversee Maine Veterans’ Health Care

Come mid-April, there will be a new director of Veterans Affairs Maine Healthcare System. Tracye Davis has been appointed to the position overseeing the comprehensive health care system that provides care to about 43,000 enrolled Maine veterans, which has an operating budget of more than $370 million. She will officially begin her post April 14. […]

March 13, 2019

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Clearwater Company OnMed Reveals Health Station That Can Diagnosis Patients, Dispense Medications

It’s the typical doctor’s visit: Patient confers with a physician or nurse. Patient gets medication. On Tuesday, this transaction didn’t take place in a doctor’s office or clinic, but in a medical kiosk. Read More

March 13, 2019

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Ana West | Loneliness at Penn is Rampant, And It’s Time to Stop Hiding it

Penn students talk a lot about various aspects of our campus culture and the negative effects that accompany them. We all know how our pre–professional culture creates stress among students and negatively impacts our mental health; we frequently talk about flashy displays of wealth and the insular, out–of–touch environment that we have here, so much so that terms like […]

March 13, 2019

How to Help College Students Counteract Depression and Anxiety

One in 5 students battle depression, anxiety and related mood disorders during their college years. Suicide is the second-leading cause of death among people ages 15 to 34 in the U.S., according to the National Institute of Mental Health. Depression is the most common underlying cause for these deaths. Unfortunately, there is no single known cause for depression and […]

March 13, 2019

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

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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

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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

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

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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

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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

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

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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

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

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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

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

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

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