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The San Antonio Community Outreach and Resilience Actions (SA CORE) program, which aims to mitigate behavioral health crises and connect residents to mental health services, has nearly completed its first month of providing 24/7 coverage in San Antonio.The SA CORE program began responding 24/7 on July 1, two years after it was first piloted with a single team covering only the city’s downtown. Now, three teams — officers from the San Antonio Police Department, paramedics from the San Antonio Fire Department and mental health clinicians from the Medical Services Center — respond to mental health calls throughout San Antonio.At the…
Researchers at the University of California, San Francisco have found a link between a diet rich in vitamins and minerals, particularly one low in added sugar, and reduced biological age at the cellular level. The researchers looked at how three different measures of healthy eating affected the “epigenetic clock” — a biochemical test that can estimate both health and longevity — and found that people who ate better had younger looking cells. Even those who ate a healthy diet increased their epigenetic age with every gram of added sugar they consumed. Delete this text and use the Embed button to…
Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah Salt Lake City (ABC4) — Brigham Young University announced plans Monday morning to partner with Intermountain Health and collaborate with the University of Utah to create a medical school. The announcement was made by the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The following description: Brigham Young University is committed to academic excellence in specific areas of graduate study that have traditionally focused on business and law. The First Presidency is pleased to announce its decision to establish a School of Medicine at BYU. The primary focus will be on international…
PROVO, Utah — Brigham Young University has announced it will expand the graduate specialties studied on its Provo campus and soon house the university’s first medical school.The announcement was made Monday by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.According to the school, the program: [the church]”And its ‘global humanitarian efforts.'””Unlike many medical schools, the BYU School of Medicine is intended to focus on research and teaching in areas of strategic importance to the Church,” the university said in a statement.As planning for the establishment of the medical school is still ongoing, an exact start date has yet to be…
The benefits of exercise and physical activity are undeniable: we sleep better, improve our mood, increase our energy, and even lower our risk of certain diseases.William Beck Schutte ’26 is passionate about fitness and its many benefits, and can often be found working out at the Joan Chouinard Luce Recreation & Wellness Center or Loyola Fitness Studio. He likes lifting weights, running on the treadmill and riding a stationary bike. And as much as he loves working out, he wants others to experience its benefits, especially those with physical disabilities.His 2023 internship at the Institute for Human-Centered Design in Boston…
Click to enlarge July 29, 2024 |If you ask Isabella Drew about her experience at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) summer program, you might be surprised to hear her mention pigs’ trotters. “Probably the most fun part of the week was suturing,” Drew said. “We used a pig’s trotter to demonstrate different ways to suture a wound. I really liked how interactive it was.” Drew, who will be a senior at Pottsville High School, is one of approximately 350 Arkansas high school students who spent part of their summer participating in UAMS’ Medical Science and Health Applications…
Provides free health resources and city services to residents Illinois State Senator Mattie Hunter (3rd District) is partnering with the Institute for Positive Living, Illinois Institute of Technology, Ada S. McKinley and TASC to host one of the largest health fairs in the city.Number The annual Family Health & Fitness Fair will be held on Saturday, August 3, 2024 from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm at the Illinois Institute of Technology Campus 33.rd and State Street in Chicago. Back to school is just around the corner, and parents can get a head start with these free services: St. Bernard Mobile…
This week, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration will be hosting a virtual listening session on motor carrier safety conformity determinations. The virtual session will take place from 2:00-3:30pm ET on Wednesday, July 31. The event will be the third and final public hearing the agency will hold on the topic and the second session to be held virtually. Like previous sessions, the upcoming virtual event will focus on “developing new methods to determine whether a motor carrier is unfit to operate a commercial motor vehicle in or affecting interstate commerce.” “Specifically, the Agency wishes to hear from the public…
Outside researchers have criticized a new cardiovascular disease risk calculator promoted by a major health association, warning that it could unfairly block up to 16 million people from taking their medications, primarily because it doesn’t take race into account. Experts outlined this criticism in a new study published in 2011. JAMA A study released Monday found that changes to the American Heart Association’s PREVENT screening tool, including removing race as a variable, could cause millions of patients to miss recommended high blood pressure and cholesterol medications and lead to as many as 107,000 more heart attacks and strokes over the…
The New York-based gym company plans to open its first location in Johnson County this summer with an eye on opening another location later this year. Crunch Fitness has begun renovating a former Goodwill space in Olathe into the area’s newest gym. Crunch Fitness is located at 16630 W. 135th St. The gym will occupy 40,000 square feet of space in the Rose Bud Plaza shopping center, located off West 135th Street and South Maren Road. Goodwill occupied the space for more than 15 years before moving to a new space in Olathe in 2023. Crunch Fitness will operate near…