School of Pharmacy shows out in Grad Slam storytelling competition
Three students with ties to the School were finalists in the event, which challenges graduate students to explain their research to an audience of non-experts in just three minutes. (Source: UCSF School of Pharmacy News)
Source: UCSF School of Pharmacy News - April 16, 2024 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news

New research reveals there are more school-based than regular foodbanks nationwide
Research shows schools have increasingly stepped in as a fourth emergency service and are now the biggest source of charitable food and household aid for families struggling with the cost-of-living crisis. (Source: University of Bristol news)
Source: University of Bristol news - April 16, 2024 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: Alumni, Announcements, Health, International, Postgraduate, Public engagement, Publications, Research; Faculty of Social Sciences and Law, Faculty of Social Sciences and Law, School of Education; Press Release Source Type: news

Teenagers who use internet to excess ‘more likely to skip school’
But truancy and illness-related absences can be reversed with good sleeping habits and strong family ties, study suggestsYoung people who spendtoo much time online are more likely to miss school through illness or truancy, a study has suggested.Teenage girls appear to be more likely than teenage boys to score highly on excessive internet use, the findings indicate. But a good amount of sleep and exercise and a trusting relationship with their parents appear to go some way to reducing the effects of extreme web use on classroom absences.Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - April 16, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Andrew Gregory Health editor Tags: School attendance and absence Internet Education Technology Science Source Type: news

How the Wonder Tools newsletter grew to 39,000 subscribers
There’s this saying that “those who can’t do, teach,” but Jeremy Caplan actually practices what he preaches. By day, he instructs on entrepreneurial journalism at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY, and on his nights and weekends he writes Wonder Tools, a newsletter about the…#jeremycaplan #wondertools #nonehow (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 16, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Your Baby ’s Reflux: What to Do
When is spitting up normal, and when is it a problem? Learn signs to watch out for, as a pediatrician and parent who’s been there share their wisdom. (Source: WebMD Health)
Source: WebMD Health - April 16, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news