In an article dated March 15, 2007, USA Today reported “nearly half of America’s 5.4 million full-time college students abuse drugs or drink alcohol on binges at least once a month.” That article was based on a study by the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University.
Closer to home, a 2005 Texas Department of State Health Services survey of college students revealed 84 percent of college students had an alcoholic beverage Read the rest of this entry »
Hamilton County – Students at Carmel High School can be proud. Their dance marathon Saturday night raised more than $159,000 for Riley Hospital, a $30,000 increase from last year.
Purdue University students also raised more than $100,000 and Ball State students raised over $10,000 for Riley at concurrent events throughout the state.
The Riley Dance Marathon Program is the nation’s largest Children’s Miracle Network-affiliated dance marathon program. Read the rest of this entry »
CHARDON, Ohio — Three teenaged boys are being called heroes for taking action when their bus driver suffered a medical emergency while taking them to school.
“I’m at Auburn Road and Bartholomew Road and there’s a school bus driver in front of me either drunk or having a medical emergency,” a driver is heard saying during a call to 911.
Geauga County Sheriff Dan McClelland says Jeff Eippert, 15; Tyler Pirc, 15; and Mike Tutolo, 14 are life-savers. Read the rest of this entry »
A majority of students in San Mateo County and statewide still fall below state physical-fitness standards, although they have demonstrated some improvement, according to a state Department of Education report released Tuesday.
“It’s not a fast solution to undo childhood obesity,” said Bill Baynes, operations manager for Project Healthy Eating and Right Training, a student-driven enterprise in the Jefferson Union High School District in Daly City. Read the rest of this entry »
South Carolina has the ninth-highest rate of HIV/AIDS in the nation, but 25 percent of those infected don’t realize they carry the virus, Beaufort health care providers say.
Getting that 25 percent into a clinic for diagnosis and treatment is the goal of eight Lowcountry medical school students who are launching a local HIV/AIDS awareness program as part of Monday’s World AIDS Awareness Day.
Their long-term objective, according to student Derek Read the rest of this entry »
Local medical students are getting some valuable training outside the typical hospital setting for the next few weeks.
The third-year medical students from Florida State University’s Pensacola regional campus are spending three weeks working with local community service agencies to expand their understanding of health promotion, preventive medicine and social work.
“It turns out that today the practice of medicine is really more of a team sport,” Read the rest of this entry »
Deciding on grad school? In addition to taking on six-figure loans, late nights and ramen dinners, would-be students now must add in another challenge: family health insurance.
Increasingly, universities are dropping family health insurance programs, saying soaring costs make them a money-losing option. That’s forcing more families onto government programs like Medi-Cal or Healthy Families while moms and dads earn their law degrees or doctorates. Read the rest of this entry »
unfolded on campus this week, the student-run
clocked overtime to ensure the health and well-being of the campus community.
GERMS — a 125-member volunteer ambulance service for Georgetown University and the surrounding neighborhood — responded to many of the more than 175 norovirus-related cases among the student body.
“Until this week, our record number of calls in a 12-hour shift was 11,” said GERMS Vice President
on Thursday. “We Read the rest of this entry »
Katz formed the nonprofit Courage to Speak Foundation soon after Ian died. This year, she has taken her message to students in Bridgeport, Norwalk,
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’s Community of Concern chapter, a parent group that aims to educate families about alcohol and drug use. Conard High School students will hear Katz’s talk on Thursday. Tonight at 7 p.m. at Hall High School, psychotherapist Liz Jorgensen will give a public workshop Read the rest of this entry »
Roanoke City School students are seeing red this week as part of a nation wide campaign not to use drugs.
Nearly 500 students at Fairview Elementary School packed into the school parking lot Monday for a 70s style pep rally. Each kid pledged to say no to drugs as part of Red Ribbon Week.
“If you take drugs, it can mess your life up,” says student Quentin Long.
“A lot of our students have problems in their homes, in their families and neighborhoods, Read the rest of this entry »