Students research nicotine exposure

Students research nicotine exposure

Greenville, Pa.

Undergraduate and high school researchers are working with Thiel College faculty members to expand nicotine research that began as a part of the Greenville Neuromodulation Center Faculty/Student Research Institute last year.

In a collaboration between the Thiel neuroscience and psychology programs, Laura Pickens, Ph.D., assistant professor of psychology and department chairwoman; Greg Butcher, Ph.D., associate professor of neuroscience and department chairman; Thiel students and local high school researchers are capitalizing on research conducted last summer on adolescent exposure to nicotine in rodents.

Butcher and Pickens are continuing their research with the help of Thiel students Theresa Kretzmer, Gage Gladysz and Maggie Nee as well as two area high school students.

Neonatal intensive care unit reunion planned

BOARDMAN

Akron Children’s Hospital Mahoning Valley is hosting a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) reunion from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sept. 9 at the Beeghly campus behind Building C. The event, during which children and young adults who have “graduated” from the NICU can participate in carnival-style games and kid-friendly activities, is free and open to anyone with a connection to the NICU. The Handel’s ice cream truck will provide refreshments.

New this year, parents and loved ones of former NICU patients can leave thank-you notes to the staff members and nurses who helped care for their babies in the NICU.

“This event will help us spread the word about the great work Akron Children’s does,” said Allison Oltmann, chairwoman of the NICU reunion and a member of the Family Action Collaborative Team (FACT) Group, which coordinates the event.

Attendees are asked to register before the event by visiting akronchildrens.org/nicureunion.

Breastfeeding Awareness Month

YOUNGSTOWN

In recognition of August as Breastfeeding Awareness Month, Mercy Health – Youngstown is focusing on advocating for a network of support for mothers who wish to breastfeed. Research shows that breastfeeding success is about more than creating awareness of the benefits of breastfeeding. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that professional support is “particularly critical in the first few weeks after delivery, when lactation is being established.”

Activities include: Aug. 16, breastfeeding moms support group, 2 p.m., St. Elizabeth Boardman Hospital, Azalea Room |, 8401 Market St.; Aug. 29 to Sept. 4, breastfeeding education and support, Mercy Health – Youngstown booth at the Canfield Fair; throughout August, breastfeeding education and support from certified lactation consultants and gifts for new moms to encourage and support breastfeeding at St. Elizabeth Boardman and St. Joseph Warren hospitals.

Rubosky Chiropractic & Wellness to open

CANFIELD

Dr. Steven Rubosky of Canfield is opening his first individual practice, Rubosky Chiropractic & Wellness, 4559 Boardman-Canfield Road, Suite 840, open to the public on Aug. 14.

Ruboksy, a graduate of Parker University College of Chiropractic and the Youngstown State University Williamson College of Business, honed his skills at leading chiropractic centers in Dallas and Cleveland. His clinic features a state-of-the-art healing environment equipped with in-house high-definition digital imaging and the Triton DTS Table for spinal decompression therapy.