Not much new to share on College Health - but this new year reminds us that healthy habits are vital to student achievement.  

Students believe they are INVINCIBLE - there is even a new organization named Young Invincible.org  yet we must take care to help them understand the real risks facing them during this life-stage.  Our best advice for 2011, is something we shared from National Public Radio that is worth sharing again.

September 5, 2010

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This is a great post by National Public Radio.   5 Big Health Issues On Campus | http://t.co/gv2VJ9m

"This time last year college kids were stressing out about swine flu, hard as that is to believe in hindsight. With students streaming back to campuses, we wondered what health concerns are topping the agenda now.

We checked in with Dr. Al Glass, president of the American College Health Association, and the heads of health services at some colleges around the...

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Sorry to post so late in the afternoon (Yola says its Saturday, it's not even 6pm Friday yet), but I was having trouble getting Yola to work correctly.  It happens.

So, today, we're bringing you health and safety tips for college students.  It's fairly easy to find guides for these (just about every university, college and community/junior college have one) and I have two for you.

The first, and perhaps my favorite, comes from the Center for Disease Control (CDC).  It has simple, listed key tip...
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