Vaden Health Services News
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Cardinal Care & Stanford Student Dependent Health Insurance for 2024-2025
Stanford University requires that all registered students carry adequate health insurance. This requirement can be met either through Cardinal Care, the University sponsored health
March 06, 2024
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FREE Narcan and Upstander Trainings
Learn more about the series of FREE trainings offered by SUPER!
February 12, 2024
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Durable Medical Equipment (DME) and Laboratory Benefits Under Cardinal Care
Vaden Health Center is aware that some DME and diagnostic laboratory benefits have been adjudicated at the incorrect tier as part of the transition to Aetna Student Health...
February 12, 2024
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Arts-based social prescribing comes to Stanford
A new partnership between Vaden Health Services and the program Art Pharmacy taps into the power of experiences like taking a poetry workshop or attending a photography exhibit for
November 27, 2023
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TimelyCare
New TimelyCare option for students!
November 22, 2023
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DEA: One Pill Can Kill
In 2023, DEA seized more than 78.4 million fentanyl-laced fake pills and nearly 12,000 pounds of fentanyl powder. The 2023 seizures are equivalent to more than 388.8 million lethal
November 01, 2023
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Song for Charlie: College Fentanyl Awareness Toolkit
Today, fake pills made of illicit fentanyl are ubiquitous in America, and young people are dying at record rates. No university is immune to the danger of illicit fentanyl, now bei
November 01, 2023
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Overdose prevention on campus: From abstinence to harm reduction
One hundred new shelves containing free Narcan and fentanyl test strips will be installed in dorms across campus starting this week.
October 16, 2023
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Resources for campus events, safety, and well-being
During a time of heightened anxiety and concern in light of events in Israel and Gaza, we are committed to providing for the safety and well-being of the campus community.
October 10, 2023
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Flu shot clinics open this week
Stanford flu clinics open this week. Rich Wittman, the medical director of Stanford’s Occupational Health Clinic in Environmental Health & Safety, explains what to expect from this
September 25, 2023
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Student Health Matters 2023-24 Issue
We are pleased to present the most recent edition of Student Health Matters.
September 18, 2023
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Marijuana and hallucinogen use among young adults reached all time-high
Image Historic Highs in Past-Year Marijuana and Hallucinogen Use Among Young Adults (Ages 19-30) in 2021. Graph displays percentage prevalence of past-year marijuana and hallucino
August 22, 2023
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Stanford releases 2022 Spring Alcohol and Other Drugs Survey
The university is also launching several public health-based strategies aimed at reducing high-risk alcohol and drug use.
May 18, 2023
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Are BORGs an Effective Harm Reduction Practice?
When It Comes to BORGs, Know the Facts
April 01, 2023
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In California, fentanyl now behind 1 out of every 5 youth deaths
https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/10/30/we-are-not-trying-to-scare-you-in-california-fentanyl-now-behind-1-out-every-5-youth-deaths/
December 21, 2022
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Stress-relieving petting zoo to midnight mocktails at the Well House
A new theme house on the Row offers substance-free living and wellness to its residents, as well as programming and resources for all students.
February 28, 2022
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SUPER puts emphasis on education to confront substance use
The Office of Substance Use Programs, Education & Resources is focusing on helping students make healthy choices.
November 03, 2021
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COVID Exposure & Symptomatic Testing
Here's a quick guide to quarantine/isolation, masking, and testing for students who have tested positive, are symptomatic, or have been exposed.
November 01, 2021
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With donor gifts, Stanford expands efforts to address student mental health and well-being
The endowed directorship for Counseling and Psychological Services, held by Bina Pulkit Patel, is among the first of its kind.
March 02, 2021