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How Social Media Affects Our Mental Health During a Pandemic

May 27, 2020

How Social Media Affects Our Mental Health During a Pandemic

It feels more and more like the world is happening online, as television newscasters cover the day's tweets. As we watch one screen and check two other screens to see what people are saying about something on a fourth screen, it’s not surprising that we can end up feeling overwhelmed, stressed out and alone.

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tags: COVID-19, Faculty, Lubbock, School of Medicine, Statline, Stories

TTUHSC Student Nurses Spurred on by Still Water Foundation Gift

May 22, 2020

TTUHSC Student Nurses Spurred on by Still Water Foundation Gift

Nursing students enrolled at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) at Abilene received a boost in the form of emergency funds donated by Still Water Foundation. The announcement of the $300,000 gift was made in April and will benefit 216 students.

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tags: Abilene, School of Nursing, Statline, Stories

Mental Health During COVID-19: A Focus on The Elderly

May 22, 2020

Mental Health During COVID-19: A Focus on The Elderly

While much attention has been focused on maintaining physical health and safety, health professionals are also expressing increasing concern for mental health as stay-at-home orders, social distancing and general isolation continues in various forms across the globe.

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tags: COVID-19, Faculty, Garrison Institute on Aging, Lubbock, School of Medicine, Statline, Stories, Texas Tech Physicians

Shortening the Health Footprint of COVID-19

May 21, 2020

Shortening the Health Footprint of COVID-19

Sarah Wakefield, M.D., chair of the Department of Psychiatry at the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, stresses how our nation and the world will be faced with this at the end stages of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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tags: Lubbock, School of Medicine, Statline, Stories

Treating Tinnitus: Making Ringing in the Ears a Non-Issue

May 21, 2020

Treating Tinnitus: Making Ringing in the Ears a Non-Issue

Learn how audiologists work with patients to manage their tinnitus to make it a non-issue.

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tags: School of Health Professions, Statline, Stories

Virtual Tribute Honors TTUHSC Class of 2020

May 20, 2020

Virtual Tribute Honors TTUHSC Class of 2020

Though unable to conduct traditional graduation festivities, the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) recognized the grace and determination with which its Class of 2020 overcame the trials and hardships brought on by a pandemic with in its first-ever virtual graduation tribute.

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tags: Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, School of Health Professions, School of Medicine, School of Nursing, School of Pharmacy, Statline, Stories

TTUHSC Recognizes School of Pharmacy Faculty, Staff

May 19, 2020

TTUHSC Recognizes School of Pharmacy Faculty, Staff

The TTUHSC Jerry H. Hodge School of Pharmacy conducted its annual Celebration of Achievement May 8 to recognize faculty and staff who have helped make the 2019-2020 school year a special one for students.

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tags: Abilene, Amarillo, Dallas, Faculty, Lubbock, School of Pharmacy, Staff, Stories, Students

Fulbright Board Selects TTUHSC Faculty Member for Scholar Program

May 19, 2020

Fulbright Board Selects TTUHSC Faculty Member for Scholar Program

Courtney Queen, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Department of Public Health at the TTUHSC, was selected to be a Fulbright U.S. Scholar.

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tags: Abilene, Faculty, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Stories

Study Could Lead to New Scale for Stratifying Neuroblastoma Risk

May 18, 2020

Study Could Lead to New Scale for Stratifying Neuroblastoma Risk

Results from a study conducted by a research team led by C. Patrick Reynolds, M.D., Ph.D., director of the TTUHSC School of Medicine Cancer Center, may prove to be a landmark in pediatric oncology.

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tags: Faculty, Lubbock, Research, School of Medicine, Statline, Stories

Texas Tech Physicians Psychiatry Partners with Covenant Health to Provide New Chemical Dependency Intensive Outpatient Clinic

May 18, 2020

Texas Tech Physicians Psychiatry Partners with Covenant Health to Provide New Chemical Dependency Intensive Outpatient Clinic

For those struggling with chemical dependency, making a step towards treatment can be challenging and often filled with uncertainty. Texas Tech Physicians Psychiatry has partnered with Covenant Health to offer a new Chemical Dependency Intensive Outpatient Clinic (IOP).

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tags: News Releases, Statline, Stories, Texas Tech Physicians

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