A l'occasion de la journée internationale des maladies rares, Agnès Buzyn, ministre des Solidarités et de la Santé et Frédérique Vidal, ministre de l'Enseignement supérieur, de la Recherche et de l'Innovation portent l'ambition d'un troisième plan national 2018-2022. Plus...
Depression, anxiety affect over one-fourth of Wash.’s college students
Nearly one-third of Washington college students have experienced depression in the last year, and more than 10 percent have had thoughts of suicide, according to a new survey of young adults attending schools around the state. More...
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Etudes de santé : un service sanitaire de trois mois dès la rentrée 2018
Agnès Buzyn, ministre des Solidarités et de la Santé, et Frédérique Vidal, ministre de l'Enseignement supérieur, de la Recherche et de l'Innovation, ont annoncé la mise en place du service sanitaire de trois mois dans toutes les formations en santé. Le dispositif, déjà expérimenté dans cinq établissements, concernera 47 000 étudiants à la rentrée 2018, puis sera généralisé à la rentrée 2019. Les futurs professionnels de santé interviendront auprès de la population, notamment en milieu scolaire et universitaire, afin de promouvoir les comportements favorables à la santé. Plus...
Dental students and professor took selfie with two severed heads
Graduate dental school students and a top University of Connecticut orthodontics professor took a selfie with two severed heads used for medical research at a training workshop at Yale University last year – an episode Yale officials called “disturbing” and “inexcusable”. More...
NHS staff shortages leave doctors working in a system that isn’t safe
As our own census shows, as well as recent BMA data, there are huge gaps in rotas. As a result, doctors are unable to deliver the standard of care they were trained to, and patients are at risk. More...
More academics and students have mental health problems than ever before
Studies show a large proportion of students experience high levels of depressive symptoms. In the UK, the All Party Parliamentary Group on Students – a forum established for MPs and their peers to discuss issues that affect students in higher education – found 33% of students had experienced suicidal thoughts in the past academic year. More...
1 in 5 college students have anxiety or depression. Here’s why
In recent years, however, depression and anxiety have afflicted college students at alarming rates. As noted in the latest Center for Collegiate Mental Health report, anxiety and depression are the top reasons that college students seek counseling. More...
How to keep school lunches safe in the heat
When left out in the heat, foods such as meat, cheese, fish and milk will spoil and start to smell because of bacteria such as Pseudomonas. But while it’s certainly not a good idea for your child to nibble on spoiled foods, such bacteria don’t usually result in gastrointestinal symptoms. More...
Dental Students Take Selfie With Severed Heads
By Lindsay McKenzie. Graduate dental school students took a selfie with two severed heads during class, the Associated Press reported. More...