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 [...]
Scientific American recently ran a ” 60 Second Psych” podcast about cyberchondria, the obsessive fear that can arise from using “Dr. Google” to diagnose your illness from a few simple symptoms. Click here to check it out.
An alternate tool available to the Wesleyan community is the Self Care Guide. This guide was developed by the American [...]
Posted in FYI, services on Oct. 9, 2008 by Lisa Currie
If you are interested in having the WesWELL staff member or a Peer Health Advocate present a health education workshop for your group or living area, it’s simple to request it.
Just go to www.wesleyan.edu/weswell and click on Request a Program.
The online form will ask you for all the information we need to speed along scheduling your program [...]
Posted in services, sexual health on Aug. 11, 2008 by Lisa Currie
The WesWELL Resource Library, located in Room 204 of the Davison Health Center, houses a collection of books, journals, periodicals, brochures, and videos on various health and wellness issues. Our stock of free safer sex supplies is also located in the same room.
Many students access the Resource Library for personal information, research for a project, or to [...]
Posted in services on Aug. 1, 2008 by Lisa Currie
(photo: Olivia Bartlett)
The Davison Health Center, pictured above during a snowy March day, is home to three separate but related health offices. Functioning as three parts of a whole, these offices offer “one stop shopping” for the health needs of Wesleyan students. All three offices are located in the Davison Health Center, 327 High Street, adjacent to the [...]
Posted in services on Aug. 1, 2008 by Lisa Currie
Over the course of the semester, we’ll be creating a series of FYI posts. They will highlight various services and resources available through WesWELL, and to a lesser extent, through Health Services and the Office of Behavioral Health. Look for the first one shortly!
If you have a suggestion for something yo’ud like to know more about (or a [...]
Medical News Today offers a great video that reviews your testing options for HIV:
Click here: Fast and Easy HIV Testing
Health Services offers testing services for Wesleyan students at low and reasonable costs.
From Scientific American…
Like athletes or musicians, people who practice meditation can enhance their ability to concentrate—or even lower their blood pressure. They can also cultivate compassion, according to a new study. Specifically, concentrating on the loving kindness one feels toward one’s family (and expanding that to include strangers) physically affects brain regions that play a [...]
From ScienceDaily…
About 40 million Americans suffer from “hay fever,” a disease that allergists prefer to call “allergic rhinitis,” because HAY is not to blame and FEVER is rarely a symptom.
So what is causing the stuffy runny nose, the watery itchy eyes, the sneezing, wheezing and cough, and why are heavy rains and melting snow making [...]
Posted in services, sexual health on Mar. 27, 2008 by Lisa Currie
From MayoClinic.com…
Q: Can men get HPV? If so, what are the health risks associated with HPV in men?
A: Yes, men can become infected with human papillomavirus (HPV). In fact, most sexually active adults — both men and women — will acquire HPV at some time in their lives.
Men with healthy immune systems rarely develop HPV-related [...]
