People rely on Google for everything from directions to medical advice, but medical professionals warn users that a search engine does not replace a diagnosis by a medical professional. Riza Conroy, clinical assistant professor of family medicine at Ohio State, said in her recent blog ...

Sexually transmitted infections are on the rise across the nation, condom use is down and one STI in particular is becoming resistant to the antibiotics typically used to treat it. Gonorrhea, syphilis and chlamydia diagnoses have continued to increase over the past four years, while ...

University President Michael Drake sent students an email Friday outlining Ohio State’s new mental health task force, namely its purpose in determining what university services are doing well and what services can improve. Drake included in his message that in the past two years, Counseling ...

The 2017-18 academic year has brought with it an abnormally high number of flu cases. Because of the harsh flu season, the Undergraduate Student Government unanimously passed a resolution to provide influenza vaccines free of charge to all Ohio State undergraduate students. In the first ...

Ohio State on Thursday had its second medication disposal event this year, held by Student Health Services in collaboration with University Police and Generation RX, Ohio State’s prescription-education program. The goal of “Medication Disposal Day” is to eliminate leftover prescription pills from medicine cabinets in ...

Find out more about Ohio Governor, John Kasich’s, proposed budget that includes tuition freezes at public universities in Ohio and requires public colleges and universities to cover the cost of textbooks. Also, get some tips from experts at the Wilce Student Health Center on how ...

Men and women in white coats huddled together to discuss final preparations while posters stating “Safe, free and no questions asked!” covered the inside of the Wilce Student Health Center. The pharmacists were finalizing plans for Medication Disposal Day, a day for students to turn ...

We made it to the weekend! Now sit down and enjoy your Friday Scarlet Scoop. Today we’re digging into how Ohio State is combating the heroin epidemic. Also, we have an inside look at one of OSUPD’s Rape Aggression Defensive classes for women. It’s all ...

Ohio State is continuing to increase health services available to students recovering from drug abuse in response to the nation’s heroin epidemic increasingly posing a threat to college-aged students. Dr. Brad Lander, clinical director of addiction psychiatry at the Wexner Medical Center said the age ...

Student Health Services celebrated the 100th anniversary of its founding this month by welcoming students to its newly remodeled building. In order to address a variety of needs, Wilce Student Health Center spent 12 months reconstructing its facility in an effort to improve the student ...