Health

Look Your Best For Spring Break Next Week: Your Crunch Time Exercise and Diet Plan

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

1072733_session_on_the_beach_4.jpg In order to be bikini-ready for spring break you swore you’d hit the gym hard everyday and eat right… but it never happened. Now spring break is next week and there will be tons of swimsuit photo ops that you’re just not feeling hot for.

Kicking Butt and Taking Names: The Power of Self-Defense

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

We all fancy ourselves strong, independent women, but there comes a time when that might not always be true, and that is in the realm of self-defense. Many girls don’t know the proper ways to protect ourselves and we often don’t take steps to figure it out.

Falling Asleep in Class? Skip the Second Cup of Coffee and Follow These 5 Steps

Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Sometimes, staying awake in your afternoon classes seems almost impossible, especially if your brilliant neighbors decided to have an all-night Guitar Hero tournament (dorm rooms have notoriously thin walls). It’s 2:30 p.m., your morning coffee has just worn off, and you find yourself slipping in and out of consciousness during your American History lecture. What do you do?

The HPV Vaccine: Everything You Need to Know About Gardasil

Tuesday, March 2, 2010

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You may have seen the commercial urging you to be “one less.” And chances are your doctor or gynecologist has asked if you have, or would like to be vaccinated.

Bust Your Butt at Boot Camp: Your Military-Inspired Boot Camp Workout

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

“When people think of boot camp, they think of Marines sloshing through mud and a drill sergeant in a big hat yelling at them,” says Lori Smith, the fitness facilities director at Fort Benning in Georgia. While that picture is a bit of a stretch, she adds, “You see some of that in the army.”

From Boot Camp to the Dorm Room: How Soldiers Adjust to Life Back at College

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

What’s a one-word description of military boot camp from a young man who has lived through it? Intense; and even that doesn’t quite do it justice.

Still, many young adults who enlist directly after high school feel that the military-experience will add much-needed structure and discipline to their lives, not to mention give them the opportunity to have the money to pay for college.