Posted in Blog, tagged Catherine Basham, Frontline, Healthy Affairs, Where to go and what to know on March 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Where to go and What to Know
by Catherine Basham, beat blogger
While the Healthy Affairs column is a stellar source for all of your health policy needs, this week we’d like to try something a little different and point you toward some resources we’ve found and loved.
Tomorrow night’s Frontline features an exposé on America’s fractured health care system. [...]
Posted in Blog, tagged cardio, exercise, Natalie Johson, squats, Weekly Workout on March 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
by Natalie Johnson, beat blogger
With spring upon us, you may be looking to tone up the legs and lower body for shorts weather. Squats are a quick way to tone your legs, hips, and calves– and can be done after a cardio workout or simply on their own. Alternate between these three different types of [...]
Posted in Blog, tagged cancer, Interruption, Kristen Putch, Relay for Life on March 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Preventing Cancer
by Kristen Putch, beat blogger
(pic courtesy of www.relayforlife.org/)
With the SU Relay for Life this weekend, it seems like the perfect opportunity to give some tips on cancer prevention. Some of these we’ve heard a million times, but let’s be honest, how many times do you actually reapply your sunscreen when you are out at the [...]
Posted in Blog, tagged Alcohol, Beer, cancer, Megan Hess, Seeing Red, squamous cell esophageal cancer on March 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
By Megan Hess, feature writer
It’s Saturday night, and you’ve already downed a few too many beers. The music is pulsating, and you can practically feel the droplets of sweat formulating on your forehead. In between songs, you duck in the bathroom to freshen up. As expected, your face is beet-red. But you may be facing [...]
Posted in Blog, tagged Give me a Break, Kiss and Tell, Relationships, Taylor Engler on March 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Give Me a Break
by Taylor Engler, beat blogger
There comes a point in most young relationships when one or both involved parties decide to make a break … for a break-up. It’s either me or it’s not me…it’s actually you or it’s a mutual decision to break free from each other.
But today I started wondering, [...]
Posted in Blog, tagged Catherine Basham, Economist, Healthy Affairs, HIV/AIDS, United Nations AIDS task force, Weighting in on the Pope's Unpopular Opinion on March 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Weighing in on the Pope’s Unpopular Opinion
by Catherine Basham, beat blogger
(pic courtesy of dijesstthis.wordpress.com)
A global health controversy erupted last week during Pope Benedict XVI’s trip to Africa when he said the distribution of condoms does not remedy the HIV/AIDS epidemic.
“On the contrary,” he said. “It increases the problem.”
This came as a blow to public health advocates and experts, [...]
Posted in Blog, tagged Jumping Rope, Natalie Johnson, Weekly Workout on March 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Jumping Rope
by Natalie Johnson, beat blogger
Jumping rope is a great cardiovascular exercise that can be done in addition to a cardio workout, or simply on its own. Jumping rope can be done anywhere, but it is preferred that it be done on a springy wooden or carpeted floor, an exercise mat will work just fine [...]
Posted in Blog, tagged bikini, Brazil, Brazilian bikini wax, Laura, Laura DeJoseph, New Jersey Board of Cosmetology, The Morning After, wax on March 20, 2009 | 1 Comment »
New Jersey Tries to Ban Brazilian Waxes
by Laura DeJoseph, beat blogger
After two injuries due to Brazilian bikini waxes in the state of New Jersey, the state Board of Cosmetology and Hairstyling is looking to ban genital bikini waxing completely. The two women who received injuries were hospitalized after developing infections from the cosmetic waxing.
The New [...]
Posted in Blog, tagged Improving Concentration, Interruption, Kristen Putch, stress on March 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Improving Concentration
by Kristen Putch, beat blogger
It’s that time of year. The weather is slowly getting better, the days are longer and we all seem to be a little less focused (senioritis, anyone?)
So what can we do to prevent slipping grades and daydreaming in class? Improve our ability to stay focused and improve our [...]
Posted in Blog, tagged Kiss and Tell, sex, Taylor Engler, What's in the (Sex) Numbers? on March 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
What’s in the (Sex) Numbers?
by Taylor Engler, beat blogger
What’s in a number? For some of us, it’s a whole lot of names. For others, just a few. But the number of people we have sex with can mean a whole lot.
There are many people who believe that the right number of people to have slept [...]
Posted in Blog, tagged Chlamydia, Chlamydia Silent and Common STD, Laura DeJoseph, The Morning After on March 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Chlamydia Silent and Common STD
by Laura DeJoseph, beat blogger
Unless you are not having sex, or having monogamous sex with a disease free partner, Chlamydia is a difficult disease to avoid. Chlamydia is very common in sexually active men and women under the age of 25.
In addition to being inconvenient and embarrassing, Chlamydia can lead to [...]
Posted in Blog, tagged Kiss and Tell, Spring Break, Taylor Engler on March 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It’s Spring Break: Time to Part-y Safely!
by Taylor Engler, beat blogger
So you’ve finally made it halfway through a semester of snowy, sleety Syracuse weather to that beacon of sunny hope, Spring Break. Throw off your Northface and slip into something skimpy, it’s time to hit the beach! But if you are lucky enough to be [...]
Posted in Blog, tagged Natalie Johnson, Stairs Workout, Weekly Workout on March 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Work Those Stairs!
by Natalie Johnson, beat blogger
Working out on the stairs is one of the best ways to elevate your heart rate and condition your legs and the rest of your body. Working out on a set of stairs is ideal, but with bad weather, the stair climbers available in the gym will provide you [...]
Posted in Blog, tagged Franz Ferdinand, No You Girls, Stephanie Chen, YouTube on March 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
By Stephanie Chen, freelance writer
I may not be hitting the beach, but hopefully venturing in the city to a spa and some R&R, and catch up on a New Year’s resolution: to dance more! You should too!
Franz Ferdinand’s No You Girls is also featured on the iPod commercial and Gossip Girl. Now dance:
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Posted in Blog, tagged Catherine Basham, Clean Bill of Health for Obama's Policy Promise, Healthy Affairs, Obama, President Obama, Sebelius, White House on March 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Clean Bill of Health for Obama’s Policy Promise
by Catherine Basham, beat blogger
Concern among health-care reform advocates was mounting when economic stimulus bills, troop withdrawal deadlines in Iraq, and new deployments to Afghanistan dominated headlines during President Obama’s first few weeks in office. In the face of such a complicated agenda, reformers worried health care would [...]
