Month: December 2020

College Students Give Their Thoughts on Mental Health During Pandemic

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The College Student Fall 2020 Mental Health Survey was conducted in September 2020 and received 12,188 responses from students at 65 universities.

A new report provides insight into how college students are feeling during the coronavirus pandemic and what they are doing to maintain strong mental health and wellbeing.

The College Student Fall 2020 Mental Health Survey, published by the Hi, How Are You Project, a non-profit organization leading conversations around mental health issues, and American Campus Communities (ACC), a developer of student housing apartment communities, was conducted in September 2020 and received 12,188 responses. Participants ranged from

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Madhubani Medical College & Hospital

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MADHUBANI, India, Dec. 26, 2020 /PRNewswire/ —

Admission Started for 2020-21 Batch in

Bachelor of Medicine & Surgery

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Diploma in Nursing

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Paramedical Science.

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Madhubani Medical College has gained a national recognition due to its outstanding service in health care in the Mithila Region. Today, it has become one of the leading medical college in Bihar.

It is the brain child of our Visionary Educationist and Founder Dr. Faiyaz Ahmad. He has been working tirelessly in improving the education quality and providing best facilities to the students of this region for the last 30 years.

We 

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Medicine of the Future: New Microchip Technology Could Be Used to Track Smart Pills

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Researchers at Caltech have developed a prototype miniature medical device that could ultimately be used in “smart pills” to diagnose and treat diseases. A key to the new technology—and what makes it unique among other microscale medical devices—is that its location can be precisely identified within the body, something that proved challenging before.

“The dream is that we will have microscale devices that are roaming our bodies and either diagnosing problems or fixing things,” says Azita Emami, the Andrew and Peggy Cherng Professor of Electrical Engineering and Medical Engineering and Heritage Medical Research Institute Investigator, who co-led the research

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Even Winter Carries Skin Cancer Risks for College Students | Health News

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(HealthDay)

THURSDAY, Dec. 24, 2020 (HealthDay News) – Researchers from two universities in Utah have a warning for students planning to hit the slopes or play in the snow without sunscreen: You could greatly increase your risk of skin cancer.

A survey of students by Brigham Young University College of Nursing in Provo found that only 9% use sunscreen. They also found students’ use of tanning beds surges in winter, especially among men.

Those two factors, combined with increased exposure to ultraviolet (UV) rays reflecting off snow and ice, means winter activities can be just as devastating to skin as

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First 10 Days After Hospital Discharge Especially Risky for COVID Survivors | Health News

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By Alan Mozes HealthDay Reporter

(HealthDay)

TUESDAY, Dec. 22, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Being discharged from the hospital following a serious bout of COVID-19 is far from a clean bill of health, new research warns, and the risk of rehospitalization or death peaks early.

In the study, more than one-quarter of such patients ended up back in the hospital or died in the weeks after discharge. The researchers tracked almost 2,200 U.S. veterans discharged at 132 VA hospitals this past spring and summer. All had been hospitalized for COVID-19, and their post-hospital experience was compared with 5,300 peers who had

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