Articles about common health concerns
Minor Wound Care
Cuts and scrapes can occur from all sorts of everyday activities. While some wounds require a trip to the doctor’s office, many wounds can be treated at home, especially minor wounds. A minor wound is small cut or scrape that can be cleaned with little help and its edges meet easily.
Surviving the Cold Winter Weather
Winter comes every year and leaves its mark on Saskatchewan with short days, cold, and snow. Most of us never really get used to winter but we can do things to stay safer and be more prepared for the coldest months of the year.
Sprains and Strains
Twisting your ankle and hurting your wrist can be painful, but often treated at home. The term “sprain” is often used to cover both strain and sprain injuries, and the treatment of those juries is often the same.
Make Your Own Medical Kit: Basic Supplies
There are lots of reasons you might need a medical kit at home. Scraped knees, headaches and sore throats can all be treated at home with simple supplies. Here are tips on items to keep in your own kit. Make sure to keep your medical kit in a place that is easy to get to, but out of reach of small children.
Internet Use and You
17% of U of S students admit that the internet has negatively affected their academics in the last 12 months. (2013 National College Health Assessment).
Women’s Health
A Pap test is one of the most effective cancer screening prevention strategies.
Headaches 101
Nearly all headaches experienced by college students are Tension-Type headaches. Tension-Type headaches may be caused by tightening muscles in the back of the neck and/or scalp. It is no surprise that these headaches are the most common type amongst college students, as students are constantly sitting in strained positions (sitting in uncomfortable lecture chairs, hunching over a book to catch up on readings).
Colds and Flu
When you wake up coughing, with a runny nose and a fever, it can be hard to know if you have a cold or the flu. Either way, it is time to stay home and rest up.
Everyday Back Care
In their lifetime, more than 80% of adults will have back pain. Once a person has injured their back, they are more likely to reinjure it and have more severe pain as a result. There are many things we can do in our everyday life to care for our backs.
Acne and Other Skin Concerns
Acne is caused by blockages formed in your pores. Contrary to popular belief, pores are not blocked by outside dirt; they are blocked by your own cells. The pores in your body are used to excrete sebum, oil that carries dead cells from the body. For reasons as yet unknown, some pores get blocked by sebum instead of excreting it. This causes a backup of oil and dead cells, resulting in acne.