byIsabelle Frost November 9, 2022 Reading Time: 2 mins read Period@UM hosted a forum in the Gertrude C. Ford Student Union on Nov. 7 with members of Student Health Services answering questions about women’s health in a safe, judgment-free environment. Nurse practitioner Miele Hudspeth and Director of Health Services Alex Langhart used the presentation to […]
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Severe Flu Season Predicted
Flu season is here, and it is important for our campus community to take the necessary preventative steps to mitigate spread and severe illness. Dr. Hubert Spears, staff physician at Employee Health Services, has shared that public health experts predict that this flu season could be particularly bad. Why do we think flu season […]
UMMC: Eating Healthy
Published on Monday, September 19, 2022 By: Dr. Elena Dent, Assistant Professor, Department of Preventive Medicine Healthy eating can mean something different to everyone. Fruits and vegetables are synonymous with a healthy diet: but why? Because they are healthy? Well, yes, we know that! But why are they healthy? Fruits and vegetables provide vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, water, and […]
Staff Highlight: Miele Hudspeth, NP
Nurse practitioner brings expertise and enthusiasm to UM Health Center SEPTEMBER 9, 2022 BY EDWIN B. SMITH Miele Hudspeth joined the university’s Student Health Services earlier this year as a nurse practitioner. Photo by Kevin Bain/Ole Miss Digital Imaging Services OXFORD, Miss. – From taking temperature to giving injections, Miele Hudspeth makes being treated at the V.B. […]
Welcome Dr. Turner!
Employee Health Center Adds Dr. Nicole Turner as Staff Physician New doctor brings family practice skills to boost patient services AUGUST 16, 2022 BY EDWIN B. SMITH Dr. Nicole Turner has has joined the UM Employee Health Center as a staff physician, bringing more than 15 years’ experience in family practice. Photo by Thomas Graning/Ole Miss Digital […]
Impact of Monkeypox on Colleges
How Colleges Can Prepare For — and Prevent — Monkeypox Outbreaks By Sylvia Goodman JULY 26, 2022 JOAO LUIZ BULCAO, REDUX CDC and WHO are monitoring the monkeypox epidemic, a disease endemic in a dozen African countries, which has been spreading since May 2022 in Europe and the United States. Even with many campuses emptied out […]