Students from the community service RSO strive to do more than put on “band-aids” for tuberculosis patients in Lima.
Topic: Health
U.S. surgeon general speaks about preventive medicine to Pritzker
U.S. Surgeon General Regina Benjamin fielded questions about the National Prevention Strategy, a 2011 initiative that stresses preventative health care measures to promote healthy living and minimize health care costs.
Experts on local AIDS epidemic
Panelists discussed the difficulties of addressing the AIDS epidemic on the South Side.
SSA hosts panel for local teenage boys
The panels discussed college, safe sex, and conflict resolution.
After Roe, UCMC gives choice
Forty years after Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the United States, the UCMC offers abortions at no cost to most insured patients.
UCMC pediatrician to streamline clinical trials
Professor and pediatrician awarded funding to create central database in order to reduce systematic redundancies in trials.
Finding a healthy alternative
SHCS should expand healthcare options for those who need quick care but not an ER admission.
ER visits prompt call to health dept.
The University reported multiple cases of food poisoning-like and stomach virus-like symptoms to the Chicago Department of Public Health.
Trials may lower birth control costs
Participants in the clinical trials will receive free IUDs.
Eight hours a day may keep lbs. away
A new U of C study shows that sleep deprivation may slow down your metabolism.
O-Issue 2012: Student health
New and improved health care can’t cure That Kids
SHCS back to taking last-minute calls
The health-provider has brought on an interim physician to make up for being short-staffed.
Medical students team up with CPS to improve HIV/AIDS education
University medical students will begin a collaboration with CPS schools to bring HIV/AIDS education into teenage classrooms.
Doctor’s abrupt exit has Primary Care scrambling
A physician left suddenly at the end of December, leaving the Primary Care Service too understaffed to guarantee that it will take appointments made just 24-hours in advance.
UCMC professor dissects the kidney industry
About 4,000 people die annually in the United States due to lack of kidney donors, and another 86,000 patients are on the waiting list, making kidney failure a growing problem for the medical industry, according to a talk by professor Lainie Friedman Ross.
First-year alcohol-related ER visits remain low
First-years were involved in five of seven total alcohol-related trips to the ER this quarter, compared with three of eight visits by this time last year.
Fewer first-years drinking their way to the ER
Fewer alcohol-related hospital trips accompany new alcohol education program.
U of C preps for chance of swine flu outbreak
The University is taking steps to safeguard against an outbreak of swine flu on campus, canceling all of Monday and Tuesday’s routine appointments at the Student Care Center (SCC) in order to focus on screening and testing for the disease.
Professionals discuss mental health care for the underserved
A panel of four health professionals who treat mental illness discussed how to provide mental health services to the under-served in the face of closing clinics
Students wary of Hyde Park bedbug infestations
Last week, MAC Property Management made a payment of $736 to Smithereen Pest Management for extermination and prevention of bedbugs in a Hyde Park apartment complex that houses at least 30 University students. At least one other apartment complex in Hyde Park has been infested since this summer.
Student group targets community health with new condom machines
Condom machines in bathrooms around campus, installed in time for fall quarter by the Student Global AIDS Campaign (SGAC), are selling far more lubricated than non-lubricated Durex condoms. And students seem to be happy about the selection, even when the new machines catch them off guard.
Consulting firm to evaluate campus student health care options
On the heels of a shift to a new insurance provider, the University has hired Keeling & Associates (K&A), a higher education consulting firm, to reevaluate the University’s current health care services.
Student Care Center provides basic health services
When that nagging cough comes along, no matter what Nietzsche says, it just isn’t making you stronger.
Student Care Center brings back “morning after” pill
In late February the Student Care Center (SCC) announced that it would once again distribute Plan B, the popular emergency contraceptive pill. The center stopped stocking the pill last quarter when federal legislation made Plan B available over the counter…
SCC events promote HPV vaccine
The U of C bookstore, in conjunction with the Student Care Center (SCC) and Peer Health Educators (PHE), hosted three free events to promote awareness of Human Papillomavirus (HPV) and the new HPV vaccine for women, Gardasil. Tara Paulson, director…
New SCC leaders take aim at service improvements
The Student Care Center (SCC), a U of C Hospitals (UCH) clinic for University students, is undergoing a series of changes following the departure of two top administrators last year. Proposals include expanding the number of drugs available for free…
SCC targets the Reg to soothe stressed students
The Student Care Center (SCC) and the Peer Health Educators organized a de-stress fest on Wednesday, November 18, which featured the usual leaflets and granola bars as well as a few new additions. If you missed the free chair massages…
SCC provides sober alternatives to traditional relaxation method
Although many people think that students here are pretentious and project the attitude that they are superior to students at other schools, Chicago undergraduates use a traditional outlet for relaxing: drinking. “They need the chance to feel like any other…
SCC session discusses SARS plan
The University’s Student Care Center (SCC) sponsored a staff-wide training session last weekend to prepare for a possible outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), as reports of a rising number of cases worldwide lead institutions to take precautions against…