Many health care insurance options available to students after graduation
College students have special medical resources in case of an unexpected misfortune or accident. The availability of Lafene Health Center, as well as the ability to be on parents’ insurance, can help students stay safe and receive medical care. Once students graduate from college, however, most students are left on their own to find health [...]
Horticulture therapy program offers health benefits to disabled
When walking around campus, students may be aware of the beauty of blooming floral beds and neatly trimmed shrubbery, but what they might not be aware of is that plant life has an effect on their own physical health and the health of others. That message is not lost on the horticultural therapy program students [...]
Therapeutic Learning Center brings new services to Manhattan
For Manhattan residents with physical and mental challenges such as Down syndrome, autism, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder or speech and language deficits, therapy and assistance is now available at a new location. The Will of Stone Therapeutic Learning Center, 1133 College Ave., opened earlier this year, and has since begun offering assistance such in speech, [...]
Salt hidden in many common foods, damaging to health in high doses
If a diet of toast for breakfast, a sandwich and soup for lunch, followed by pizza and breadsticks for dinner is typical, your diet may be jam-packed with more sodium than you realize. In today‘s world of highly-processed, pre-made food, high levels of sodium aren’t reserved only for salty snacks, and these hidden salt mines [...]
Germ-covered phones a hazard
What is small, can be found in almost everyone’s pocket and could be making you sick? Your cellphone. Most people wash their hands regularly and do their best to stay healthy, but many may not realize that cellphones are a major harborer of illness-causing germs. The germs on cellphones can come from a variety of [...]
Vocal fry becoming more common, could affect professional future
A new speech phenomenon has recently been identified, especially among young women: vocal fry. Sometimes known as “Valley Girl” talk or “up talk” in popular culture, vocal fry could harm individuals in the professional world. “Vocal fry is a type of voice usage that has a distinctive quality. It has a rough, creaky, gravelly sound [...]
SNAC events educate campus about eating disorders
Feb. 24-March 2 marks National Eating Disorder Awareness Week, a time designed to help bring to light to serious illness, promote positive body image and reduce stigmas surrounding eating disorders. Through the week, K-State peer educators from Sensible Nutrition And body image Choices (SNAC) work to educate students and faculty on eating disorders through an [...]
Despite energy boost, caffeine drinks prove addictive, potentially lethal
When the snooze button can be hit no more, many people turn to coffee, energy drinks and other sources of liquid energy to get through the day. While an occasional cup of coffee or energy drink doesn’t typically have life-altering consequences, relying on caffeine to function can lead to negative side-effects. “Caffeine is addictive,” said [...]
Egg-free flu shots, other remedies available to keep students healthy
Get the Kleenex ready, folks. Flu season arrived earlier than usual this winter and has been particularly nasty, causing an unusually high number of hospitalizations and deaths. Boston, Mass. declared a public health emergency as their death toll rose to 18, according to a Jan. 10 Associated Press article. In Minnesota, the death toll has [...]