Juneau, AK – On Thursday, March 19, high school students from across the state will travel to Juneau to join the Alaska chapter of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) for the chapter’s annual Advocacy in Action Day at the Capitol. These young students will trek over 600 miles to share stories of […]
MAYWOOD, Ill. — Loyola University Health System family physician Dr. Aaron Michelfelder offers the following tips on how to avoid the misery of a New Year’s hangover. Before the party: — Plan to drink moderately — a maximum of five drinks for men and three drinks for women during a minimum three-hour period. — To […]
“There will be an additional 6 million newly infected persons in the world,” said the United Nations’ top AIDS prevention official recently. “That has started already.” The U.S. program credited with saving an estimated 26 million lives and preventing millions of new HIV infections has not sufficiently provided a direct benefit to the United States, […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – – Congressman Nick Begich (AK-AL) and Congresswoman Laura Gillen (NY-04) introduced the Youth Suicide Prevention Research Act, bipartisan legislation to enhance federal research into the underlying causes of youth suicide. The legislation amends the Advancing Research to Prevent Suicide Act to expand the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) focus areas, adding critical research into the […]