Breast Health: Building Awareness
by Linda Neiberg
This morning, as I slipped into my underwire, c – cup-with-a-hint-of-padding Donna Karan bra, I realized, again, that I have yet to find the perfect-fitting brassiere. No, I am not seeking a nature-defying, power-boobs effect (I need to be able to see the book in my lap, for starters) nor am I negating DKNY’s efforts to help us in the support department. Rather, […]
Rapid HIV Testing Returns to GC December 3rd
by Collette Sosnowy
The Graduate Center is an HIV-saavy community, which is evidenced by the significant turnout to the recent confidential Rapid-HIV testing event sponsored by the Wellness Center-Student Health Services on November 11. In fact, there proved to be such a need for the service, the Outreach Team from Ryan-NENA Community Health Center will be returning on Thursday, […]
How to Avoid the Swine Flu This Season
by Adraenne Bowe
This flu season (2009 – 2010), there are more uncertainties than usual because of the emergence of a new 2009 H1N1 influenza virus (previously called “novel H1N1” or “swine flu”) that has caused the first influenza pandemic (global outbreak of disease) in more than forty years.
Severity is uncertain. Many people do not have immune protection against this new and […]
Young but Not Invincible
by Kimberly Libman
The current debate on health care reform and its rapidly changing policy landscape leaves open a number of problems and ignores or dismisses several populations. Understanding the current policy recommendations and the concerns surrounding them were the subject of a recent forum on the politics of health care reform in the United States, co-sponsored by the DSC […]
Student Health Services: Still there, Still Needed, Still Yours…So Speak Up!
by Collette Sosnowy
In the wake of the hard-fought-and-won NYSHIP health insurance for student employees of CUNY and the (unrelated) creation of a new student position, the Health Education Coordinator, I’d like to review the role that The Wellness Center — Student Health Services (SHS) can and still plays in health care services for Graduate Center students. Obtaining basic health insurance […]
