Health
Cancer Connects Two Pilots, a Decade Apart and a Mile High
Matthew Dougard and Niki Kukwa never met, but they made a connection high above the clouds, drawn together by the will to fight and a passion to fly.
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Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ State Exercise Science Professor Develops Treatment Bike for Parkinson’s Patients
Physical therapy is usually a component of treatment for patients of Parkinson’s disease and other neurodegenerative and motor system disorders. Now, a Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ professor in the College of Education, Health and Human Services has designed a piece of equipment that serves that purpose…
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Public Relations Major Addresses Congressional Leaders Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ Improving Foster Care System For Children
For the second time in as many years, Keri Richmond took her call for improving the foster care system to the nation's leaders in Washington D.C. The senior public relations major recently participated in Foster Youth Shadow Day as part of Foster …
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Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ State Partners With the Jed Foundation to Assess and Enhance University’s Mental Health, Substance Abuse and Suicide Prevention Programming
Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ’s Division of Student Affairs has partnered with the Jed Foundation Health Matters Campus Program, which is designed to help colleges and universities assess and enhance mental health, substance abuse and suicide prevention programming. During the four-year partnershi…
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Life-Changing Event Inspires Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ State Entrepreneur to Help Prevent Infectious Diseases
In 2009, Shanice Cheatham, who received her bachelor’s degree from Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ in 2013 and is pursuing a graduate degree in environmental health sciences at Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ State, was told that her father had a 10 percent chance of living after being infected with MRSA, methicillin-resistant Staphylo…
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Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ State’s College of Public Health Receives National Accreditation
Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ’s College of Public Health has received accreditation from the Board of Councilors of the Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH). The five-year span is the maximum term the college could have achieved as a first-time applicant. To earn the accreditation, the college m…
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Mark Kretovics to Serve as Interim Dean of Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ State’s College of Education, Health and Human Services
Mark Kretovics, Ph.D., associate professor of higher education administration and student personnel at Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ and a resident of Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ, Ohio, has been named interim dean of the College of Education, Health and Human Services, effective July 1, 2015. Todd Diacon, Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ State’s seni…
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Preventing Falls: Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ State Symposium Examines How to Keep Older Adults Healthy
Margaret P. Calkins, Ph.D., an architectural researcher at Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ, is particularly attuned to the needs of older adults whose eyesight or balance may be poor or who may live with dementia. Calkins, who has consulted for many healthcare institutions and elderly housing communities, joi…
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Portage County Local Health Departments Provide Information on Ebola
On Oct. 16, Portage County Local Health Departments issued a press release that helps answers questions regarding Ebola and provides information specifically about Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ. Read the Portage County Local Health Departments’ press release at http://ow.ly/CULRk.
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Campus Health Update: Letter From Dr. Angela DeJulius, Director, University Health Services
Dear Students and the Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ State Community, I understand the fears you may be experiencing in light of the news that the second nurse diagnosed with Ebola recently visited Northeast Ohio and interacted with her relatives, including three employees who work at our Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ Campus. I’d like to thank yo…
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