Here's to a HealthierU!
Upcoming Events
Tuesday, April 3 ~ 8:00 to 10:00pm ~ Psi U
Senior Forum: Life After Wesleyan
If you are a senior who has no set job/graduate school plans,
you will want to come to the Senior Forum sponsored by OBHS, SABH,
and Psi Upsilon on Tuesday evening, April 3rd. We will be developing
new perspectives and ways of thinking about the resources available
to you. Come, participate, benefit!
Sponsored by the Office of Behavioral Health for Students, Student
Advisors to Behavioral Health & Psi Upsilon Fraternity.
For more information, contact OBHS at 685-3143.
Thursday, April 12 ~ 11:00am to 3:00pm ~ Eclectic
STD Testing Day
ASHA's annual STD Testing day offers urine and blood tests for
chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis. Rapid HIV Testing (oral swab)
will also be offered. All testing is free.
Sponsored by ASHA, Eclectic and Community Service House. For more
information, contact
Rashida Richardson.
Announcements
Birth Control Pill Price Increase
The 2005 Deficit Reduction Act, which went into effect January
2007 impacts the ability for college health centers to continue
purchasing oral contraceptives at discount pricing. A recent
article published by the Associate Press and linked to
CNN.com describes the impact to college students. The
Davison Health
Center is currently working to purchase generic oral
contraceptives to replace the supply of discounted birth control
pills. The expected cost will be $20 per pack, but could be higher.
Every effort will be made to keep the pricing as low as possible.
Tips for a HealthierU
Trying to quit smoking but still having nicotine cravings?
Check out the Mayo Clinic's
20 Ways to Cope with Nicotine Cravings
Embarrassed about making a stink in the bathroom?
Go Ask
Alice! offers suggestions on causes and solutions
What is self-injury?
The UWEC Counseling Services offers a guide,
Explaining
Self-Injurious Behavior
Quote of the Week
"Love the earth and sun and animals,
Despise riches, give alms to everyone that asks,
Stand up for the stupid and crazy,
Devote your income and labor to others...
And your very flesh shall be a great poem."
~ Walt Whitman
Healthy Dose of Info...your iPod and your Hearing
Q: Can listening to my iPod damage my hearing?
A: That depends on how loud and how long you listen to it. Recent
research from the University of Colorado and Children?s Hospital in
Boston suggests that most people can safely listen to iPods with
standard ?ear-buds? (the kind that fit inside the ear canal) for up
to 4.5 hours a day at 70% volume, but for only 70 minutes a day at
80% volume. Listening at full volume for more than five minutes can
damage your hearing?no matter what kind of music you listen to.
Different types of headphones vary in their output levels at the
same volume settings. Those that cover the ear were found to produce
lower sound levels than in-ear earphones. But they won't be safer if
you boost the volume to the level you?re used to.
Another study suggested that ?noise-canceling? or ?isolator?
earphones, which block out background noise, are safer in loud
environments. It found that 80% of people using regular earphones
turned up the volume to risky levels when exposed to the noise of a
simulated airplane cabin, but only 20% did so when using
sound-isolating earphones.
Susceptibility to hearing damage varies from one person to another.
Unless you use noise-canceling or isolator earphones, keep the
volume low enough so you can hear outside conversation. You can
download a program that will change the volume limit of your iPod at
Apple's website. Newer models come with a built-in setting for
limiting maximum volume.
~ UC Berkeley Wellness Letter,
April 2007
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WesWELL, the Office of
Health Education
Health Services
Office of Behavioral Health
for Students
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