Health Sciences, Nursing and Pharmacy bring services to the disabled in Jamaica

A group of University of Rhode Island students and faculty from across the Academic Health Collaborative spent their winter break in tropical paradise, but instead of basking in the sun on white sand beaches, the students spent their time working with some of the most vulnerable populations in Jamaica.

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URI Pharmacy’s Seminar by the Sea to tackle trending health topics

With a theme of “advocating for our patients,” the University of Rhode Island College of Pharmacy Office of Continuing Professional Development is scheduled to present its 33rd annual Seminar by the Sea Northeast Regional Conference March 14-16.

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63 percent of survey respondents want URI to be tobacco-free

Health Sciences Associate Dean Deb Riebe co-chairs Tobacco-Free Committee; College of Pharmacy offers smokers tools to quit There is strong support among students, faculty and staff for a University of Rhode Island free of tobacco and electronic nicotine product use, according to a survey conducted last semester. Distributed and analyzed by URI’s Tobacco-Free Committee, the […]

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DNA study aims to identify carcinogen damage long before cancer develops

A person unknowingly exposed to a carcinogen may live for years — even decades — before a cancer diagnosis is made, giving tumors time to grow and the disease time to develop, making treatment more difficult or even impossible. But what if people knew what toxins they’ve been exposed to in their lifetimes long before […]

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It’s not too late: Get your flu shot

Thanks in part to an early-winter cold snap that saw temperatures plummeting into the single digits and people huddling close indoors for warmth, the flu season is seeing an early peak that is likely to extend into April. And while there’s no cause to panic over sensational headlines warning of a “widespread,” potentially deadly outbreak, […]

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