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LAS VEGAS — CooperVision announced at Vision Expo West that it has opened applications for its ninth-annual Best Practices and student scholarship honorees, which celebrates exceptional optometry practices and students across the country.

Access to a smartphone application for 1 year was associated with a reduction in the volume of alcohol that college students consumed, according to researchers.

Bausch Health Companies Inc., along with its dermatology business Ortho Dermatologics, has awarded scholarships to six recipients as part of its 2023 Aspire Higher Scholarship program, according to a press release.

The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled 6-3 against President Joe Biden’s proposed student debt relief program, a decision that could impact health care professionals with significant student loans, an expert said.

The prevalence of substance use among high school students was lower in 2021 compared with that in 2009 and 2019, although lifetime inhalant use was up from 2019, findings in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report Supplement showed.

Rates of suicidal behavior and ideation increased among high school girls, according to findings published in a Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report Supplement.

Study results from a large Nebraska school district demonstrated that eliminating student quarantines after mask-on-mask COVID-19 exposure was not associated with secondary transmission, researchers reported in Pediatrics.

Stress and anxiety levels have declined among college students, a group that appears to be prioritizing mental wellness, according to survey results.

While poor sleep quality indicated better social functioning, poor sleep and social functioning were associated with increased psychotic-like experiences in college students, according to a study in Journal of Psychiatric Research.

Factors including sex, waist size and sleep contribute to medical students having an approximately 2.4 times higher prevalence of hypertension than the general population, according to research presented at the American Heart Association Hypertension Scientific Sessions.