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Web Update: MBMI, Zeta Phi Beta raise awareness with Black AIDS Day
The organizations hosted multiple events Tuesday.
Column: Government shouldn't force health on children
The Chicago Public School District's Little Village Academy Middle ...
MU Health Care predicts severe allergy season
Columbia uses more oral allergy drops than any other city in the United States.
AMA president speaks at MU
AMA President Cecil Wilson explained the Affordable Care Act and its implications.
UM System campaign focuses on health projects
An effort to treat pancreatic cancer with gold nanoparticles is one of these projects.
Blog post: One drink a day can keep the doctor away
CDS emphasizes healthy habits for nutrition month
The national theme of the month is “Eat Right with Color.”
Adderall abuse: Unhealthy, unfair or ineffective?
The Addiction Journal estimates 1 in 4 college students misuse ADHD medicine.
Blog post: Pinkeye or Stinkeye?
Athletics' Pink Out campaign raises money for breast cancer research
MU Athletics and Health Care are working together to raise funds and awareness.
Web Update: MU Health Care reopens two clinic facilities
Both facilities will have expanded clinic and storage space.
Department of Health announces new plan to extend coverage to college students
New plan aims to keep college students from “falling through the cracks.”
Study: Emotional health of freshmen at all-time low
Researchers say the state of the economy could be to blame.
MU offers mental health services to students
Students pay a health fee, which pays for four visits to the Student Health Center.
New year brings crowds to Rec Center
The recreation complex typically sees more than 7,000 students in the first few weeks of the spring semester.
Web Update: New MU dual-degree combines journalism and public health
Students can earn a Master's in journalism and public health beginning in Spring 2011.
Web Update: MU Children's and Women's Hospital adds 'adolescent activity' room
The space is meant to be used as a lounge for teenage patients.
NPHC organizations, LBC host HIV/AIDS educational mini-series
Coordinators hope to foster a comfortable environment for discussion.
Column: Accidental injury, disease more common at holidays
If you’re like me, winter break is filled with ...
Nixon opens new autism center in east Columbia
A new law requires health insurance companies to cover treatments for autism.
MU receives $1 million grant to study geriatric care
The grant will be used to offer new programs to medical students.
University Hospital organ donation program receives national recognition
The hospital is the only one in mid-Missouri to receive a Medal of Honor.
Web Update: MU study finds new smoking factors
Although Asian Americans begin smoking later, they are more likely to smoke regularly.
Survey: Students satisfied with health center, unhappy with parking permits
80 percent of students surveyed supported seniority-based allotment for parking.
Column: Good health shouldn't be taken for granted
Young adults are notorious for acting recklessly and believing they ...
Web Update: Four Loko faces possible bans
Several students in Washington were hospitalized after drinking it.
Column: Hookah not so harmless
A single hookah session exposes a smoker to 45 times the tar exposure of a single cigarette.
Medzou holds second online auction
The event raised more than $3,000 for the clinic.
Mindful Yoga provides free stress relief for students
The class is offered every Monday in Bingham Commons.
Column: Does having a romantic relationship make you fat?
Although not everyone is consciously aware of it, many people ...
Column: 'Study drugs' not worth the risk
It's finals week and the biggest test of the ...
Column: You are not the center of the world
We all have days when any event seems like too ...
Sports medicine fellowship to provide treatment to MU athletes
The partnership was announced Sept. 24.
Column: Supplement academics with feel-good activities
Between tests, quizzes and lengthy homework assignments, all your time ...
CPR training proves useful for fraternity members
Delta Sigma Phi brothers used CPR training to save three distressed strangers.
MU prepares for flu season with new CDC vaccinations
The CDC recommends that all students get vaccinated.
Column: Education primary reason for college
During this time of year, we come to realize the ...
Column: iPods: Hearing hazard?
When I was a freshman, way back in 2004, iPods ...
MU opens doors to Women's and Children's hospital
The hospital is the first of its kind in Missouri.
High mold levels cause problems at McReynolds Hall
Campus Facilities and MU Health and Safety are working to solve the situation.
Column: Happiness best in moderation
Me, probably you, Will Smith and the American constitution all ...
Column: Man has much to learn from his best friend
As many of you have experienced, the Missouri summer months ...
Column: Fear of Freshman 15 may spur unhealthy habits
Expectations of college weight gain may cause students to over or under-compensate.
Column: Surviving the college lifestyle
Now that the semester has officially begun, your body is ...
Health care reform affects MU
The Student Health Center is working to ensure students are still covered.
New program educates instructors on suicide
The program aims to take a preventive approach to suicide.