Health

The Connection Between Belly and Brain
Shape Magazine shares Kent State professor's research connecting weight loss with improved memory.
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Kent State Entrepreneur Wins Burton D. Morgan PITCH U Competition
Āé¶¹¹ū¶³ās Shanice Cheatham is one step closer to helping health care workers stop the spread of disease in underdeveloped countries. Cheatham took first place and won $4500 in the PITCH U elevator competition at the University of Akron, with the generous support of the Burton D. Morganā¦
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The Connection Between Belly and Brain
Losing inches around your waist could help improve your memory.
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Mighty Pack Program: On-Campus Garden Helps Provide Vegetables to Local Students in Need
A graduate student project develops into a countywide program to grow and fill backpacks with healthy foods.
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Kent State Professor Says Money Really Cannot Buy Happiness
If money doesn't make us happy, what does? A Kent State professor has a suggestion.
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Cancer Connects Two Pilots, a Decade Apart and a Mile High
Matthew Dougard and Niki Kukwa never met, but they made a connection high above the clouds, drawn together by the will to fight and a passion to fly.
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Kent State Exercise Science Professor Develops Treatment Bike for Parkinsonās Patients
Physical therapy is usually a component of treatment for patients of Parkinsonās disease and other neurodegenerative and motor system disorders. Now, a Āé¶¹¹ū¶³ professor in the College of Education, Health and Human Services has designed a piece of equipment that serves that purposeā¦
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Public Relations Major Addresses Congressional Leaders Āé¶¹¹ū¶³ Improving Foster Care System For Children
For the second time in as many years, Keri Richmond took her call for improving the foster care system to the nation's leaders in Washington D.C. The senior public relations major recently participated in Foster Youth Shadow Day as part of Foster ā¦
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Kent State Partners With the Jed Foundation to Assess and Enhance Universityās Mental Health, Substance Abuse and Suicide Prevention Programming
Āé¶¹¹ū¶³ās Division of Student Affairs has partnered with the Jed Foundation Health Matters Campus Program, which is designed to help colleges and universities assess and enhance mental health, substance abuse and suicide prevention programming. During the four-year partnershiā¦
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Life-Changing Event Inspires Kent State Entrepreneur to Help Prevent Infectious Diseases
In 2009, Shanice Cheatham, who received her bachelorās degree from Āé¶¹¹ū¶³ in 2013 and is pursuing a graduate degree in environmental health sciences at Kent State, was told that her father had a 10 percent chance of living after being infected with MRSA, methicillin-resistant Staphyloā¦
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