Here's to a HealthierU!
October 24, 2007

HealthierU Archives | Subscribe to HealthierU | WesWELL | Health Services | OBHS

Upcoming Events

"What is Consent?"
Wednesday, October 24 ~ 8:00 - 9:00pm ~ Davison Health Center Solarium
The Peer Health Advocates will lead this discussion about consent. What is it? How can you ensure you have given it? How can you be sure it is heard? how does it affect our intimate relationships?

Self Defense Workshop
Sunday, October 28 ~ 5:00 - 6:00pm ~ Freeman Athletic Center MPR 2
Join teachers from the Small Forest Temple for this talk and demonstration on self defense. Learn basic knowledge of how to fend off an attacker, and breathing and meditation techniques to help you remain calm in a crisis, as well as how to be aware of your surroundings, in anticipation of an attack. 

Flu Vaccine Clinic for Students
Monday, October 29, 2007 from 12:00 - 4:00pm AND
Tuesday, October 30, 2007 from 4:00 - 7:00pm
Usdan University Center, Room 108
Fee: $35 (cash, check or bill to student account)
Click here for complete details and to download the Influenza Immunization Permission form.
Sponsored by Health Services and Human Resources.

Out & About on the Web...NOAH

New York Online Access to Health offers a wide variety of health information in both English in Spanish. While the health care resources cited are specific to New York, the information on health topics is very accessible and well organized. Topics range from - literally - abdominal pain to Zollinger-Ellison Syndrome.

Announcements

Drop-in for Rapid HIV Testing on Wednesdays
The Davison Health Center is now offering confidential rapid HIV testing on a drop-in basis on Wednesdays from 11:00 am to 2:30pm. No appointment is necessary; simply register at the front desk on the day of testing. The cost is $30, payable by cash, check or student account charge. Call Health Services at 860.685.2470 for more information.

Tips for a Healthier You

MRSA Resources
WesWELL has gathered a number of resources on MRSA or Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus, a type of staph infection resistant to certain antibiotics.

Global Warming Affects Health
Perhaps this comes as no surprise to anyone. Yet there are still many unknowns on what kind of impact global warming will continue to have on human health.

Depression & Anxiety: Exercise eases symptoms
Exercise can improve symptoms of depression and anxiety. Even a little exercise helps. Use these realistic tips and goals from the Mayo Clinic to get started and stick with it.

Inspiration!

“It was a high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, “Always do what you are afraid to do."” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

A Healthy Dose of Info on...Halitosis

Bad breath can usually be cured. Bad breath can be caused by food rotting in the mouth, stomach acid regurgitating up to the mouth and infections releasing chemicals that smell. Your doctor should look for white dots on your tonsils, that are often pieces of food that your saliva has turned white. You can remove them by gargling after every meal or by rubbing a Q tip against your tonsils.

If you have belching and burning in your chest or abdomen, you may have acid backing up from your stomach. Your doctor can order a blood test for helicobacter, the germ that causes stomach ulcers. If it is positive, you can often be cured by taking antibiotics (metronidazole or clarithromycin with omeperazole) for one week. Another cause is an infection in your mouth, teeth, gums, throat or esophagus. Your dentist should look for an infection and order a throat culture. If it grows out bacteria that cause disease, your doctor can cure you by prescribing the appropriate antibiotic. However, more than 30% of the time, the cultures do not grow out a bad germ, and you still should be treated with antibiotics. There are so many different germs in your mouth that it is impossible to tell whether a germ that is found there is causing the odor or is a normal inhabitant of your mouth. A 5 mg pilocarpine pill before each meal, or chewing gum, can increase saliva and help wash down food before it is fermented in your mouth.

~ From Her Active Life

Publicize your health-promoting event in HealthierU by emailing your event's name, time, date, location, contact information for questions, and a description to weswell@wesleyan.edu for the following Wednesday's edition of HealthierU.

HealthierU is created and maintained by WesWELL, the Office of Health Education at Wesleyan University.
Please direct any feedback or suggestions to weswell@wesleyan.edu or 860.685.2466.