Keys to Promoting a Successful Student Trip

Once you have decided to embark on a student travel experience a well-designed promotional program for parents and students is the key step in making it a reality. All too frequently a trip is cancelled due to lack of interest and low enrollment. Not only will a well-promoted trip increase participation and keep the cost [...]

UDC opens its first student housing with an eye to a livelier campus

UDC opens its first student housing with an eye to a livelier campus The University of the District of Columbia fall semester began last week, and that meant first-day-of-class prepping in the college’s first-ever dorm. Dormitory – United States – Education – Health – Colleges and Universities Read more on Washington Post

Health briefs for Sept. 1

Health briefs for Sept. 1 Children’s dental clinic receives grant Give Kids a Smile, a nonprofit agency based in St. Peters that provides dental care to uninsured and underserved children, has received a $100,000 grant from the Missouri Foundation for Health. Read more on Suburban Journals

Drug court success

Drug court success Ruby Hendrickson stood before Judge Ray Grimes, but not to face criminal charges. Instead, Judge Grimes put his arm around her, told her he was proud and congratulated her for 813 days of sobriety. Read more on The Leaf Chronicle

Barack Obama foes contrived back-to-school fuss

There is a lesson plan for grown-ups in the contrived controversy about Obama’s back-to-school pep talk to students. It would be to do your homework, just as the president told the pupils. That is  way, the people who protested the Obama speech before they knew what was in it would have realized there is nothing unusual [...]

Mental health dollars down in Kansas, patients up

Mental health dollars down in Kansas, patients up TOPEKA — More Kansans are seeking treatment for serious mental illness, and there are fewer places for them to go. Read more on The Wichita Eagle

Anthem Waives Contract Clause That Hindered State Health Insurance Plan

A state-run health insurance program may have an easier time contracting with hospitals after the state’s largest insurer agreed to waive a clause in its own contracts. Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Connecticut has a “most favored nation” clause in its contracts with medical providers that requires hospitals to offer Anthem the same [...]

The Role of Sex in Prostate Health

Many men believe that the prostate gland has little or nothing to with sexual performance or they are not sure what the role of this very important gland is. Its main role is to produce enough liquid to carry the sperm to its correct destination. A reporter recently asked men about their prostates in the [...]

The Stop Gap Conservative

Lots of people are wondering, even with 2012 years away, will the Republican Party learn its lesson?  In 2008 the vast moderate (read liberal) conspiracy within the Republican Party got their preferred candidate in one Senator John McCain and he was soundly trounced because when push came to shove both he and his opponent, and [...]

Vitamins for Eyes ? Helps to Protect Your Eyes

Our vision is one of those wonderful gifts most of us take for granted. The only time we even have cause to think about our vision as such is when we think about a blind person who has no vision at all, or our own vision begins to fail us. Being aware of the importance [...]

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