Dr. Davis Smith, Wesleyan’s medical director, will be holding an informal Q&A session about H1N1 flu.
Whether you want to know how to avoid getting it, how to treat it if you do, or what’s up with vaccine distribution, bring your own lunch and your questions!
Date: Monday, October 5
Time: Noon – 1pm
Location: Usdan 110
Come on down!
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Health Services has scheduled the annual seasonal flu vaccine clinic to occur in September and October this year. The CDC and Health Services are recommending anyone younger than 30 years old get the seasonal flu vaccine as soon as it is available.
Click here to learn about the dates and procedures for the student flu vaccine [...]

Excerpted From the New York Times…
How do you know when swine flu has turned serious? Today, doctors from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention explained what flu warning signs warrant urgent medical attention.
Dr. Anne Schuchat, the C.D.C.’s interim deputy director for science and public health, said that in the United States, 507 people have [...]

From the CDC…
Clean hands can help prevent the spread of infectious diseases, such as flu. This podcast explains the proper way to wash your hands. 
Wesleyan Resources: Infection Control @ Wes

Dr. Davis Smith, Wesleyan’s medical director, issued an update via email on April 27 on swine flu as it pertains to Wesleyan. If you are seeking additional information about swine flu, WesWELL has created a Swine Flu information page containing prevention information and links to helpful campus and off-campus resources. Please visit the page regularly for [...]

From MedLinePlus…
When teens go on a binge drinking episode, they may be doing serious damage to the sensitive “white matter” in their brain, a new MRI-based study suggests.
White matter is involved in relaying information between brain cells, the researchers said. This means that damage caused to the developing brain by bouts of heavy drinking could [...]

Mid-terms can be a high stress time for many students, perhaps contributing to increased tobacco use amongst those who smoke.  For those who are former smokers, this kind of stress can be a trigger point for returning to past habits. 
While relapse can be a reality when establishing any new healthier habit,  it should not be [...]

We’ve always been taught that “breakfast is the most important meal of the day”. For good reason — it literally breaks the fast we’ve experienced since our last meal and going to sleep. It also provides us the fuel our bodies and particularly our brains need to get going. Making the time for breakfast is [...]

From the Office of Community Service…
For several years, the Office of Community Service at Wesleyan has been supporting cancer patients around the country by hosting Daffodil Days. Every March, American Cancer Society staff and volunteers around the country welcome spring with millions of dewy-fresh yellow daffodils from Washington State. The daffodil is the first flower [...]

Ever thought about taking a Yoga class? Kung Fu? How about Zumba or Pilates? You can through WesWELL!
Pre-registration for WesWELL Non-Credit Classes is now open through Thursday, February 12, 2009 for members of the Wesleyan community. We offer a range of different non-credit classes that will help enrich your life and perhaps even fit in [...]