Citing budget cuts, Vaden Health Center officials said control of the center’s physical therapy unit will be transferred to an outside firm beginning in September. The unit, staffed by four employees, serves about 700 students a year…
Part of a push toward “wellness” for Stanford faculty and staff that often goes unseen by students, Wednesday’s Wellness Fair at the Arrillaga Center for Sports and Recreation drew hundreds of staff members as well as a few students.
International students now have the option to waive Stanford’s Cardinal Care health insurance policy.
“Have you ever wondered whether your fellow students are as happy as they sometimes seem on the surface?”
Under the revised policy, international students will be obligated to purchase Cardinal Care — the University’s $3,000 annual healthcare package — in 12-month increments. Currently, Stanford’s insurance policy has an “opt out” mechanism that allows students to forego Cardinal Care if they provide proof that they have adequate insurance coverage from another source, such as parents, a spouse or another insurance provider.
To explain recent changes to breast cancer screening guidelines, Stanford Cancer Center and Stanford Hospitals & Clinics invited the public to a seminar entitled “Controversies In Women’s Cancer Screening” held Wednesday night.
Students with spouses and children here are returning mixed reviews of the new University-offered dependent health care coverage — the first since 2006 — announced by Vaden Health Center officials last week…
With the addition next year of transgender surgery coverage to Cardinal Care, Stanford’s student health plan, some students say there are quality-of-life improvements on the horizon for transgender students here.