To prick or not to prick, that is the question
Employees must wash hands. Workers must wear protective gear. Health-care workers... well, if you don’t feel like getting your flu shot, don’t sweat it.
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While the mind’s away, your thoughts will play
A new study from the University of California in Santa Barbara claims that it’s actually in your best interest to indulge in the occasional bout of mental meandering. Researchers at the university asked participants to perform an “unusual use task,” in which they had to come up with as many uses for an object as they could, and then split into four groups.
Side effects not included
It’s that awful time of year again. As the season changes, so does the strength of our immune system. School is in session and germs are lingering around every corner. Somewhere between washing our hands and applying hand sanitizer five times a day, the cold and flu bugs still manage to latch onto us.
A womb with a view
Ever since Sigmund Freud introduced the concept of a person’s childhood shaping their adult selves, the notion of our formative years conditioning our adult lives has seen a rise in popularity
ARTiculate: Survival lit for university living
Four books to help you cope with stress, eating healthy, staying healthy and finding time to exercise during a busy school day.
Get Sweaty and Get Social
While lifting weights at the gym to a personalized playlist may be the ideal workout for some, others need a little change in pace and scenery - a feeling David Sciacca and Jonas Caruana understand all too well.
Don’t let the weather rain on your parade
Cranking the clock one hour forward this past Sunday is a familiar ritual filled with mixed emotions. While it does mark that spring is around the corner, what you lose in one hour of beloved sleep, you gain in an hour of precious daylight. This fact is one of the many strategies you can put in your arsenal of tricks to help make seasonal affective disorder disappear.
Scares, stigmas and STIs
VICTORIA — STIs, or sexually transmitted infections, have been a feared and stigmatized topic since biblical times. In…
Needle exchange program cut from Heads and Hands
Head and Hands, a clinic and social services organization for youth aged 18-25, has scrapped its Streetwork needle exchange program in Notre-Dame-de-Grace, potentially leaving hundreds of users in the west end without clean needles and other forms of support.
Navigating health information online
Sore throat? Headache? Swollen glands? The discovery of whatever is making you feel sick is only a click…