“This Week In Wellness” is sponsored by the Offices of Health Services, Counseling and Psychological Services, the Fitness Center, and Health and Wellness Education.
Each week, we present a new health-related topic.
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High Blood Pressure
February is Heart Month. Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in the United States; one in every three deaths is from heart disease and stroke, equal to 2,200 deaths per day. This Week in Wellness provides information about high blood pressure and the current effort to increase awareness about sodium consumption and its role in high blood pressure.
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The Benefits of Vitamin D
As our winter seems to be unseasonably warm and we have been lucky to have some warmer, sunnier days, it’s important that we take advantage of them, not only for our mental health, but our physical health as well. The sun is a great source of vitamin D, a common vitamin that many people seem to lack.
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What is Healthy Monday?
What exactly does it mean to be a part of the Healthy Monday movement? Learn how to use this campus resource most effectively and what can it do for you.
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New Year's Resolutions
Steps to improve success in following New Year's resolutions.
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Fun Things To Do Over The Holidays
Enjoy some fun and healthy ways to beat the holiday blues.
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Achieving Health and Wellness Goals
These practical goal-setting tips can help make it easier to set and reach your health and wellness goals.
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Healthy Holiday Eating
These guidelines can help you make healthy food choices and limit tempting, high-calorie foods during the holidays and other special occasions.
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The Benefits of Quitting Smoking
Take a look at the short-term and long-term effects of smoking cessation.
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Effects of Smoking on Exercise
There is little doubt that smoking is bad for your health, but you may not understand exactly how it affects you adversely during your daily routine, including your workout.
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Get Moving to Combat Stress
One way to take control of the stress in your life is through physical activity. Being active can boost your feel-good endorphins and distract you from daily worries.
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October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Learn who gets breast cancer, how to prevent breast cancer, how to know if you're at risk.
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Buzzed Driving is Drunk Driving
Impaired driving is one of America’s most-often-committed and deadliest crimes. Far too many people still don’t understand that alcohol, drugs, and driving don’t mix.
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Money-Management Tips
Learning effective money management not only enables you to live comfortably within your means, but also helps you to increase your wealth. Before you can sensibly apply money management tips, it’s helpful to be familiar with a few money management terms.
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College Students and Depression
College offers new experiences and challenges. This can be exciting. It can also be stressful and make you, or someone you know, feel sad. But when "the blues" last for weeks, or interfere with academic or social functioning, it may be clinical depression. Clinical depression is a common, frequently unrecognized illness that can be effectively treated.
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Fast Flu Facts
Read the following flu facts, provided by the CDC.
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Aromatherapy Benefits
Aromatherapy is the practice of using the odors of natural oils to enhance psychological and physical well-being. Aromatherapy is a great, natural compliment or alternative to other health treatment options, such as certain prescribed medications.
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Healthy Monday
Healthy Monday starts the week off right, with healthy walks around campus, cooking demos, educational speakers, and more.
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Preventing Sexual Assault
Most rapes are committed by friends, dating partners, or other acquaintances of the victim. Acquaintance rape is any sexual act that is forced, manipulated, or coerced by someone you know. Decrease the likelihood of becoming a victim of sexual assault with these strategies.
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Exercise and Test Scores
Could something as simple as exercise really improve grades or test scores?! Exercise can increase the number of brain cells in the hippocampus (a brain structure important in learning and memory). Exercise also helps counter the effects of stress and boosts the brain’s ability to fight off infections.
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10 Tips for Getting Along with your Parents over Summer Break
Summer break is just around the corner—sun, fun, and long days with nothing to do but lazing around—but this may not be what your parents have in mind! Here are 10 tips for college students when not at college.
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National Cancer Control Month
Cancer prevention is possible, and most cancer prevention measures are all around healthy lifestyle strategies, which also improve overall physical, mental, and emotional well-being. Here are tips to reduce your risk of cancer, as well as enhance total well-being.
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Sexual Assault Awareness Month
The month of April has been designated Sexual Assault Awareness Month in the United States, with a goal to raise public awareness about sexual violence and to educate communities and individuals on how to prevent sexual violence.
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National Humor Month
We all deserve to be delighted. We all deserve to smile. Laughter is "the best medicine” and could definitely take the stress out of our minds.
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Identifying a Drinking Problem
Answer these questions to find out whether you or someone close to you may have a drinking problem.
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Tobacco Cessation
Kick Butts Day is taking place nationwide on Wednesday, March 23rd. Resources to assist smokers with tobacco cessation will be available at Cabrini College. Use this event as the catalyst for quitting all tobacco products and take the first step towards a healthier, new you!
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Blood Donation Tips
Every two seconds, someone needs a blood transfusion. Blood donation is an integral part of the health and well-being of the community. The need is constant, and there is no substitute for volunteer blood donations. Each donation can help save up to three lives.
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Fight Stress with Healthy Habits
Healthy habits can protect you from the harmful effects of stress. Here are 10 positive healthy habits to consider developing.
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Healthy Body Image
It is estimated that 5 million people in the US have serious eating disorders. 90-95% of those are women, and men are being affected at increasing rates.
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Seven Simple Steps to Heart Health
Any person can make small changes. These simple steps are not expensive, and even modest improvements will make a big difference. Start with one or two to move towards a long, productive, healthy life!
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Heart Nutrition
If an apple a day keeps the doctor away, what would it take to avoid a heart surgeon?
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How to Beat the Winter Blues
Winter depression (or the winter blues) is a common affliction that affects individuals seasonally. Its clinical name is seasonal affective disorder (SAD) which impacts up to 5% of the population.
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Healthy Monday
Healthy Monday offers a weekly prompt to start and sustain healthy behaviors, intentions, actions, and initiatives. Cabrini offers a mile walk around campus, healthy cooking demonstrations, meatless options, and speakers focusing on a variety of healthy topics.
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Everyday Germ-Fighting Actions
Flu is upon us. The PA Department of Health reports an increase in flu activity in several regions across Pennsylvania. The best way to prevent getting the flu is vaccination. If you have not received your flu vaccine this season and are still interested, please contact Joanne Mattioni at 610-902-8531. This Week in Wellness offers valuable information on other ways to prevent getting the flu.
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Staying Quit Over the Holidays
The first few weeks after quitting smoking can be hard for anyone. They may be extra tough during the holiday season, when stress and the temptation to overindulge are often worse. Some special efforts can help you celebrate the holidays without giving in to the urge to smoke. Many of these ideas can also be helpful throughout the year. Celebrate being an ex-smoker and try these tips to keep smoking off your mind.
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Staying Fit While Christmas Shopping
All it takes is 30 minutes of physical activity a day for most people to maintain a healthy activity lifestyle, but we all know that staying active and on a regular workout schedule during the holidays can be tough. Follow these tips from the exercise experts at Life Fitness to turn your holiday shopping trips into festive fitness sessions.
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Protecting Yourself from HIV and AIDS
Before you become unnecessarily fearful about contracting HIV/AIDS, consider these 3 essential elements: Know the Facts, Commit to a Sexual Strategy Based on Your Core Values, Learn Where to Get Help If You Need It.
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Healthy Lifestyles and Cancer Prevention
Although the word “cancer” strikes fear in the hearts of many people, there is good news. Many cancers can be detected and treated early with appropriate screenings. Better yet, they can be prevented with healthier lifestyle choices.
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Five Keys for Quitting Smoking
The American Cancer Society is marking the 35th Great American Smokeout on Thursday, November 18 by encouraging smokers to use the date to make a plan to quit, or to plan in advance and quit smoking that day. By doing so, smokers will be taking an important step towards a healthier life, one that can lead to reducing cancer risk. Quitting smoking is not easy, but it can be done. To have the best chance of quitting successfully, you need to know what you're up against, what your options are, and where to go for help.
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Positive Body Image
Regardless of your body shape, self-respect and self-acceptance are essential to maintaining a healthy body image.
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Be the 100% Sober Designated Driver
Designated drivers have saved countless lives and spared many others from suffering injury due to drunk driving. Each year, more than 73,000,000 Americans either serve as a designated driver or are driven home by one.
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The Seasonal Flu Vaccine
A seasonal vaccine is distributed routinely every year. While there are many different flu viruses, the flu vaccine protects against the three viruses that research suggests will be most common. The 2010-2011 flu vaccine will protect against an influenza A H3N2 virus, an influenza B virus, and the 2009 H1N1 virus that caused so much illness last season.
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Nutrition and Fitness Myths Revealed
There are so many myths out there regarding health and fitness.
Below are a just a few of them that many of you may have read about. Hopefully the TRUTH will set you free!
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How to Handle Homesickness
Homesickness is a normal response to separation from people, places, and things that give you a sense of belonging. Most people experience homesickness at some point in their lives. It is experienced if you move to a new town, start a new job, go away to college or study abroad.
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Skip the Stress during Finals Week
Stressed out about exams and papers due during finals week? Use some of these tips to help maintain your stress.
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Managing Long-Distance Relationships
As the academic year comes to a close, many students are beginning to ponder whether their romantic relationships will make it through the summer months. While long-distance relationships can be challenging, there are a number of things to do to ensure success and deal with the sadness of being apart from a loved one.
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Earth Day Celebrates 40th Anniversary
With Earth Day celebrating its 40th anniversary on April 22, 2010, do your part to protect the environment.
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Sexual Assault Awareness
April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month, and the National Sexual Violence Resource Center is raising public awareness about sexual violence (focusing on sexual assault and rape) and educating communities and individuals about sexual assault, prevention, and what to do.
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Vitamin D: The Sun Vitamin
Now that the sun is out and the weather is warmer, more and more of us are taking advantage of it and heading outside. Believe it or not, there are some perks to getting out there and enjoying the nice weather. The sun is an important source of Vitamin D.
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Identifying a Drinking Problem
How can you tell whether you, or someone close to you, may have a drinking problem? Answering the following four questions can help you find out.
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Sun Safety
Many people love the warm sun, especially during the summer months. However, our love affair is not a two-way street. Exposure to the sun causes premature signs of aging (such as wrinkles and age spots) and, more importantly, is the number one cause of skin cancer.