Have a Healthy Turkey Day!

Ummm… the smell of cornbread, stuffing and greens. You can already taste it…just irresistable, so I encourage you to think calories, so many calories. 
I hope you have a great Turkey Day but eat wisely it only last 24 hours and those extra pounds can take months to work off.
Stay Healthy,
Shavon S. Greene
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News Alert: Cell Phone Usage Connected to Health Risks

by Mallory Creveling, beat blogger

You may have heard the rumor that too much cell phone usage can lead to brain cancer, which researchers later found untrue, but doctors in London have recently discovered a new cell phone health risk. This time, it’s a skin rash.
Skin allergy, according to MSNBC, caused by too much cell [...]

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The Mindful Diaries

Session Six: Wrapping it Up

Our last session was bittersweet. I must say: I will appreciate the extra time on Wednesday night that I don’t have to drag myself to the library. I will appreciate being able to focus the last few weeks of the semester on the projects at hand, without feeling the should’s of [...]

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Healthy Monday: Stress-Reduction Massages

Healthy Monday: Stress-Reduction Massages
by Briana Palma, beat blogger

 Remember catching glimpses on television this summer of Michael Phelps’s intense pre-race massage routine? Groups of people pressed, pulled and stretched the Olympic swimmer’s muscles throughout his time in Beijing. And, well, it must have helped, or at least it couldn’t have hurt. We all know the amazing [...]

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Weekly Workouts

Back-Strengthening Exercises
by Natalie Johnson, beat blogger
 
Strengthening your back is extremely important to prevent injuries while working out or just partaking in regular daily activities.  Use these four exercises to prevent future back pain.
 
Hip Bridge:

 
 

Lie on your back with your feet flat and legs hip-width apart.  Keep your arms relaxed at your sides and your knees [...]

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Eating Right For the College Student On-the-Go

Go Nuts!
by Michelle Toglia, beat blogger

 
Nuts often have a bad reputation for being too fatty and high in calories. But, nuts mostly contain monosaturated fat which won’t raise your blood cholesterol levels. Additionally they contain essential fatty acids which are vital for growth, blood pressure control, and healthy skin and hair. They’re also high in [...]

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The Morning After

inSpot
By Laura DeJoseph, beat blogger

 If someone is diagnosed with a sexually transmitted disease, they are urged to contact anyone who they have been sexually active with and might potentially have exposed to the disease as well. Embarrassment and humiliation likely discourages many of those infected from making the dreaded call.
 Now people have a new option [...]

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News Alert: Nighttime Eating Contributes to Weight Gain

by Mallory Creveling, beat blogger    
       
 The verdict is in: Nighttime eating contributes to weight gain.
The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition recently published a study regarding the prevalence of eating at night and its effects on weight gain.  And the results confirmed college students’ fears of nighttime eating and gaining weight.
Researchers admitted healthy, [...]

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Around the World

¿Cómo se dice “yum” en español?
by Danielle Alvarez, beat blogger

Of all people, I am definitely one who travels with food in mind. I’m looking forward to French cheese, Swiss chocolate, Italian pasta so on. Unfortunately, I hardly have a stomach of steel so like many other travelers I have to be very careful with what [...]

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The Mindful Diaries

Session Five: Gratitude

Besides developing awareness, the ability to sit still and quiet my mind, and some increased flexibility, this mindfulness course has heightened my sense of gratitude. While we live in this erratic society with its constant chatter and cheap gadgets it’s hard to remember the precious things.
These last five weeks have been like a [...]

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Weekly Workouts

Exercise Ball Workouts
by Natalie Johnson, beat blogger
 
Workouts that incorporate the exercise ball are great because they put your body in an unstable environment that utilizes more muscles.  Try these three exercises in the gym to work your core, arms and legs. 
 
In order to get the best workout possible, choose the exercise ball size that [...]

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How to Ease Your Allergy Woes

by Samantha Morgenstern, assistant Web editor

Itchy, watery eyes, sneezing and hacking away in the middle of class. Tons of tissues, Zyrtec, Claritin, and lost sleep. Sound familiar? This allergy season has been particularly uncomfortable and brutal for the 36 million people who suffer from allergies in the U.S. alone (Parade magazine, Sept. 14, 2008). Until [...]

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Eating Right For the College Student On-the-Go

Get More For Your Money!
by Michelle Toglia, beat blogger
 Don’t let tough economic times take a toll on your health. While 99-cent meals can be appealing when you’re strapped for cash, don’t forget about inexpensive healthy food. Eggs, whole grain bread, and yogurt are all cheap, healthy and incredibly easy to prepare.
 Eggs

Eggs are excellent sources of [...]

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Sex S.Y.M.B.A.L.S. Continues to Carry Out its Mission

by Noelia de la Cruz

After going through a yearlong process, Sex S.Y.M.B.A.L.S (Sexually Conscious Youthful Mature Black and Latino Students) has finally been recognized as an official organization on campus. While waiting for approval, the members of this organization has been working bringing awareness to its mission within the past year by offering forums on [...]

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Healthy Monday: Meditation

by Briana Palma, beat blogger

 With end-of-the-semester worries creeping in, take advantage of on-campus meditation as a way to de-stress. Meditation, which means “a cessation of the thought process,” aims to create serenity and clarity by calming the mind. The process emphasizes the present moment, requiring that people not dwell on the past or future. But, [...]

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The Morning After

Sextraordinary Ideas
By Laura DeJoseph, beat blogger
 The U.S. is lucky and advantaged in having such strong sexual education programs within schools. Many countries are not as informed, educated, or exposed to the options available for safe sex, pregnancy prevention, and safety against sexually transmitted diseases. Here are some unusual tactics being used around the world to [...]

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Healthy Music Spotlight: ‘Better in Time’ by Leona Lewis

When someone close to you die or someone you loved broke your heart or hurt you, at the time, you just cannot imagine it getting better. However, righ now, you are reading this, it still hurts, but with time, you have been able to cope with it better than before.
Below is “Better in Time” by [...]

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News Alert: Yoga Has Benefical Physical Effects on Your Body

Yoga Has Benefical Physical Effects on Your Body
by Mallory Creveling, beat blogger

 
If you need a reason to enroll in yoga classes, a new study proves the beneficial physical effects it has on your body. The study, published in the Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, says that yoga improves balance, steadiness and increases leg strength. [...]

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Barack Obama is the 44th President of the United States

Picture courtesy of ybf.blogspot.com

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TODAY Your Vote Counts!!!

Whether you are voting for McCain or Obama, one thing is for sure: you will be voting during a very historic election and the importance of voting has been reiterated over and over again on TV, the internet and other media outlets, so I am going to join the voting campaign. Here’s another video of your fav [...]

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The Mindful Diaries

Session Four: Awareness

 This whole course has been about developing awareness. I didn’t quite know, in the beginning, how to describe mindfulness to friends and family. I tried saying it was the opposite of mindlessness, but that’s not always true. Sometimes, in the throes of meditation, I feel almost like a non-thinking being. Sometimes, when the [...]

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Healthy Music Spotlight: ‘Don’t Stop’ by Fleetwood Mac

When we think about being healthy, we usually think drinking this amount of water, exercising X amount of hours each day but being and staying healthy involves so many other things beyond the physical. Like shown in our weekly columns, your sexual, mental and emotional health is important too. One universal language that can make [...]

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Sex S.Y.M.B.A.L.S SEXuality Myth Busters Part 1 Today at 7 p.m.

 
Last semester, we informed you of a new organization called Sex S.Y.M.B.A.L.S. This semester Sex S.Y.M.B.A.L.S have been a part of many events and TODAY along it’s having Part 1 of its Sex S.Y.M.B.A.L.S’ first SEXuality Myth Busters featuring a panel with the Theta Tau Chapter of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc., and the Xi Chapter [...]

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Weekly Workouts

Toned Arms Workout
by Natalie Johnson, beat blogger
 In order to effectively tone arms one must first lose fat, therefore an arm workout fits in well as a post workout exercise.  The best way to tone arms is to use free weights that are heavy.  Of course, keep in mind not [...]

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Eating Right for the College Student On-the-Go

Vegging out
By Michelle Toglia, beat blogger
 Mom was right, it’s important to eat your veggies! Vegetables have been proven to lower blood pressure; reduce the risk of heart disease, stroke, and some cancers, according to the Harvard Nutrition Source. While the college lifestyle may be more conducive to eating pizza and burgers on Marshall Street, the [...]

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