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 [...]

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 [...]

The Health Education Prize is awarded annually by WesWELL to the graduating Wesleyan Univesity senior who best exemplifies the office’s mission:                                              
It is the mission of WesWELL, the Office of Health Education to promote mindfulness and responsibility in all areas of health and wellness in order to prevent disease, injury and other health problems. We encourage good [...]

“Sex and the City” may have cemented shoe shopping as both urban sport and retail therapy, but it did little to address the basics of shopping for shoes in a way that helps the health of your foot. 
The Mayo Clinic Health Letter offers this advice for shoe shopping:
The foundation for preventing corns and calluses is properly fitting [...]

Once you’re out of the safe haven that is Wesleyan, taking care of your health becomes even more your own responsibility and yes, more challenging. A few of those challenges might include:

choosing from an array of insurance and other health care benefit options offered by your employer (or having to buy your own insurance)
finding a primary [...]

Yes, we know. It’s confusing.
There are three related (but distinctly different) health offices housed in one building, the Davison Health Center.
(Though it is a beautiful building, yes?)
 
So here’s a basic overview of the services provided by those three offices so you know which one you need.
WesWELL, the Office of Health Education (your humble blogger) focuses on educational [...]