After a long and exhausting school year, the summer is anticipated by nearly every college student. While taking advantage of long hours spent lounging by the pool, or just doing whatever you want, keep in mind these healthy tips that will make your summer more fun and help you look…
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Health Column: Fighting Superbugs with Blue Light
Antibiotic resistance continues to rise globally. In response, the medical community has sought to find solutions to the ever increasing number of “superbugs” – or various species of bacteria that are resistant to broad spectrum antibiotics. In an effort to combat the issues researchers are beginning to look for answers…
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Health Column: An attempt to revolutionize healthcare – The Medicare For All Bill
The Medicare For All Bill was recently introduced into the House. Nearly four years since Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., pushed for universal Medicare, House Democrats have formulated their own bill. Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., introduced the bill this last week. The Jayapal Bill would ban employers from offering their own…
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Avoiding fad diets for healthier lifestyles
We have spent our entire lives seeing advertisements for weight loss supplements and meal systems that guarantee to help us burn fat quickly. Magazine covers attempt to grab our attention with headlines like “Lose 20 pounds fast!” People try to get healthy by following the Whole 30 or Paleo diets…
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Health Column: How to have healthier skin when you’re stressed, broke and broken out
In college, it can be hard to take care of yourself at times. With constant papers, tests and homework, one might be liable to shirk some self-care regimens, which can result in a lot of harm to our skin. If you find your skin to suddenly be worse when you…
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Health Column: The stigma surrounding mental illness
We have all felt it one way or another. Life seems to throw every challenge and obstacle in our way, and some days we may feel like we’re drowning under the weight of the world. We may distance ourselves from others in attempt to avoid questions like “what’s wrong, shake…
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Health Column: Top 5 most nutritious foods
As millions of people in the U.S. are seeking a healthier and more well-balanced lifestyle, fad diets have become phenomenon. While many of these fad diets have helped many people shed the pounds, many are left wondering what foods to eat once they have achieved their weight loss goal. Nutritionists…
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Health Column: Ways your brain is manipulated by holiday shopping
The holidays are just around the corner, and with the season of joy and cheer comes holiday shopping for many Americans. The allure and magic surrounding the holidays is manifested and manipulated by retailers all across the nation. They captivate us with the sights, smells and ambiance of their stores,…
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Health Column: America’s vaping epidemic is raising concerns
E-cigarettes, or vape pens, work by heating a liquid containing nicotine until it vaporizes. It is touted by experts that the rise in vaping is due in part the company Juul, which grabbed the attention of the adolescent market by creating an assortment of flavors that are high in nicotine…
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