Sleep deprivation is a problem common among college students. Between schoolwork and socializing, it can be hard to find the time for the recommended eight hours. Even when time is available, students may find it hard to fall asleep early or have trouble calming down and ignoring stress enough to fall asleep in the first [...]

The unhealthy ways companies sell us their drugs
By Isabel Braverman
Everyone knows the shtick—you go to the doctor’s office, talk for 20 minutes about what is ailing you, the doctor gives you a prescription and you go to the pharmacy to pick it up. No one ever questions this age-old practice, yet there is still an [...]

How students illegally buy prescriptions to finish their work and have a good time

By Marc Phillips
When teenage smoking peaked in the 1970s, parents were urged to check their children for cigarettes. When underage drinking became prevalent in society, parents were commanded to put a lock on the family liquor cabinet. When prescription drug abuse soared among adolescents, watchdog organizations stressed the importance of flushing excess pills. But when parents send their children off to an independent college setting, without constant adult supervision, they wonder if any of the previous lessons stick.

Why people should think twice before judging students who use drugs
By Quinton Saxby
It is quite an experience to walk around campus on a Sunday morning to find empty cans of Keystone and Bud Light strewn about like shrapnel.
Though students who come to college work hard to receive an education, they still find time to [...]

Keep your cool while studying
By Kacey Deamer
t is finals week and you are sitting at a table in the library. It is well after midnight and your leg is shaking under the table as you clutch your pencil so tightly that your knuckles turn white. Your head feels like it is in a [...]

The benefits of alternative medicine
By Carly Sitzer
When I’m sick, you’ll hear very little talk of aspirin or antibiotics in my house. Instead, there’s one remedy, no matter what the ailment is: chicken noodle soup. My grandma’s soup, which no one can seem to duplicate—although many have tried and failed—has the perfect balance of spices and [...]

How birth control’s side effects may harm women
By Kayla Gomula
According to Planned Parenthood’s website, a birth control pill is safe, effective, and convenient. The website states that some birth control side effects are bleeding between periods, tender breasts, nausea and vomiting. The rest of the side effects are general warnings, which could easily [...]

How a substance abuse clinic gets people clean by helping them take drugs
By Andrea Bichan
In Vancouver, British Columbia, one substance abuse clinic stands out above the rest as a voice for change in drug policy.
Insite, based in Vancouver’s downtown East Side, is North America’s only “safe injection” facility.  What this means is that people [...]

How Ithaca’s cloudy weather can increase the amount of SADness
By Lyndsey Lyman
Ithaca is famous for its position as a liberal, relaxed college town. Sadly, it’s also relatively well known for its horrific winter weather: cold, dark and dreary. For many students, this means a little bit of a dip in productivity and energy in the [...]

By Briana Kerensky
Men and women in the United States spend more than $23 billion dollars per year on vitamin supplements. And in 2009, the Nutrition Business Journal released a report stating that the recession actually brought about an 8 percent, or $9.2 billion increase in sales. As the economy tanked but the high price of [...]