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Green Bay Area Public School District Receives $20,000 Grant for Mental Health Support and Programs
The Green Bay Area Public School District is being awarded a $20,000 grant for mental health support and programs. The grant is from the WEA Members Benefits Foundation. It coincides with Mental Health Awareness Month coming up in May.
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Read more at WBAY
AMA News Wire: Yes, Health AI Can Help Doctors
AMA Health System Program Providing enterprise solutions to equip leadership, physicians and care teams with resources to advance your programs while being recognized as a leader. Determine why to use AI Before pursuing any AI initiative, it is important to understand the reason for its adoption—what benefits would it provide? The answer, said Dr. Liu, should always come back to the quadruple aim: Enhance the patient experience.
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Dayton Children’s Hospital
Dayton Children’s hopes to reopen the Connor Child Health Pavilion Tuesday. A 2004 Chevrolet Malibu was going south on the state Route 4 exit. Speed and impairment are suspected factors in the crash.
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Read more at Dayton Daily News
The Intestinal Bacteria Blautia Protects the Mucus Barrier
Diet shapes the intestinal bacteria composition and the mucus barrier. In the large intestine, where the amount of bacteria is greatest, this barrier is preserved through continuous secretion. This increases the risk for infection and inflammation.
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Read more at News-Medical.Net
Montgomery County Behavioral Health Portal
Montgomery County commission approved up to $328,318 through March 2025 for the first two phases of the safety net portal project last week. Behavioral health is linked to mental health, but encompasses how everyday reactions, lifestyles, habits and more impact both physical and mental well-being. Since 2019, hospitals in Montgomery County have seen a 26% increase in patient encounters for behavioral health needs in area emergency departments.
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Read more at Dayton Daily News
How to Cope With Loneliness After an Intervention
Participants and Procedure We recruited participants through an online academic research platform, Prolific (https://www.prolific.co) All participants provided informed consent online prior to enrolment. Each participant received GBP £2.8 (EUR €3.3) compensation for participation in the 20-min experiment. The entire experiment took place online.
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Read more at Nature.com
Illinois Legislators Introduce Two Bills to Expand Insurance Coverage for Behavioral Health
Illinois legislators have advanced two measures pushed by proponents of reform in the state’s behavioral health system that are intended to expand the insurance coverage available for those seeking care. The bills, both of which were passed by the House on April 19 and are now before the Senate, aim to combat what supporters say are inequities in access to support systems for people suffering mental health and substance abuse issues.
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Read more at Chicago Tribune
Binghamton University Health Literacy Workshop for International Students
Inijesu Taiwo, MD, wants to help Binghamton University’s 1,800+ international students get the information they need to navigate the U.S. healthcare system more effectively. She is graduating next month with a Master of Public Health (MPH) degree from Decker College of Nursing and Health Sciences. Her plan is to create a healthcare literacy workshop for international students across the University.
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Nightingale Awards for Nursing Excellence
Florence Nightingale was a nurse who defied the expectations of her era. As a revered hero, her writings sparked worldwide health care reform. Oakland University’s School of Nursing recognizes these women, who possess this same spirit and dedication and are visionary in leading people and change.
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Read more at The Macomb Daily
Oregon's Medicaid expansion is a first-in-the-nation experiment to address climate change
Oregon is shipping air conditioners, air filters and power banks to some of its most vulnerable residents. The equipment, which started going out in March, expands a Biden administration strategy to move Medicaid beyond traditional medical care and into the realm of social services. At least 20 states, including California, Massachusetts and Washington, already direct billions of Medicaid dollars into programs such as helping homeless people get housing and preparing healthy meals for people with diabetes.
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Read more at CBS News