Got protection? Study finds pulling out effective
The pushy guy you hooked up with after $2-pitcher night might have had real evidence when he slurred, “It’s OK, baby, I’ll just pull out.”
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The pushy guy you hooked up with after $2-pitcher night might have had real evidence when he slurred, “It’s OK, baby, I’ll just pull out.”
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention planned to rid Ingham County of syphilis, a bacterial sexually transmitted infection, by 2010, but recent cases have put those plans on the back burner.
For East Lansing-based dentist Brian Ruster, keeping an eye on the business of dentistry never has been more important. Despite working in a profession that, according to industry reports, was one of few to weather the recession with some bite in the past year, Ruster has had to cope with the plight of Michigan residents, customers losing dental insurance and patients taking more economical approaches when choosing procedures.
College freshmen spend more time hitting the bottle than hitting the books, according to a report by Outside the Classroom.
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Although MSU campus buildings went smoke free in fall 2008, University of Michigan officials took smoking bans a step further in their decision to push smoking off campus grounds.
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The patient sat in her chair, tears streaming down her face. She had tried everything. “Nothing can make the pain in my back go away,” she said, yelling, “except those pills!” She was sure she was not addicted.
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The Shaw Hall cafeteria will remain closed during the weekend as MSU employees continue to clean and disinfect the hall, which is believed to be where a virus that sickened more than 30 MSU students this week originated from.
Norovirus, or the stomach flu, was identified by the Ingham County Health Department on Thursday as the cause of about 30 student illnesses this week, many of which originated in Shaw Hall.
Dr. D, I am a junior at MSU and I wanted to write you about an issue that is important to me and ask for some help to educate others about it. Last year, before I was dating my girlfriend, she was date-raped. As she is seeking help and talking to others, we are quickly learning how often this happens to women today. More needs to be done to prevent this from happening. Please think about including something in your column.
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Once a week, humanities and linguistics senior Ericka Jackson has a routine. Jackson picks her sons up from day care and goes to the pharmacy to refill yet another prescription. Most of the time, the pharmacist tells her the refills aren’t filled and have to be re-approved — yet again — by her sons’ nurses and doctors. Then she drives to a local medical supply company to buy special formula for her baby boy. It costs her $67 a box.
I chose to forgo the question of the week because I just learned of the sudden passing this weekend of a colleague and mentor of mine, professor Tom Luster. Tom was a professor in the Department of Family and Child Ecology here at MSU where I did my studies. I have known Tom for almost 20 years, and he was, to all who knew him, the consummate educator and researcher. To me, he will always be the man who unselfishly prepared me to get through my dissertation and thus allow me to graduate.
MSU medical students and the Ingham County Health Department could be among the first to benefit from President Barack Obama’s focus on reforming health care.
When he came to MSU last fall, criminal justice freshman Griffin McCarthy knew he would accumulate mounds of debt by the time he graduates. “I’m in a financial situation where my family can’t pay out-of-pocket for school,” McCarthy said. “I’m in a single-parent home, so some of the financial burden is too much.”
Winters talks about what happens when a student with excessive student loan debt comes into the financial wellness program at Olin Health Center
Brian Winters, a financial consultant with Olin Health Center, talks about why students come into the financial wellness program at Olin, a program designed to relieve stress about financial issues among students.