Some years ago, the use of nanotechnology in cancer treatment was all the rage in the medical community.
It?s another bright, fresh morning in Charlottesville, and breakfast is the first item on the agenda.
The dentist?s office. The principal?s office. Offices can be scary places.
Shopping for birth control can feel a lot like bra shopping ? you have to choose the right fit, amount of padding, support, color, style ? the options can overwhelm you.
?She doesn?t let me hang out with my friends. She says she should be enough.?This is one of six messages written on posters around Grounds for the Red Flag Campaign, an awareness campaign launched through the Women?s Center.
As balmy summer days give way to crisp autumn nights, carefree summer attitudes often dwindle as the shorter days creep in.
?Iron Man? is one of the best movies I have seen this year.
While many students use prescription drugs such as Adderall for medical reasons, others misuse these drugs to stay up late and create improved sensory perception, allowing them to cram for midterms or finish papers. Adderall is a stimulant prescribed to treat Attention Deficit Disorder and Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.
It?s that time of the year again. While the alarmingly premature Thanksgiving displays and already audible choruses of ?Jingle Bells? would have you believe that you should be wrapping up your holiday shopping, don?t forget that it?s also that other time of the year.
Rashes are a common, and often distressing, medical condition that could be harmless or could signify that something is seriously wrong.
The combination of hot wax and sensitive skin seems like a recipe for disaster. Yet, people continue to head to the local spa for regular waxing treatments to remove patches of hair that they perceive as unsightly on everything from the eyebrow to the back to the bikini area.?Waxing from spa to spa is pretty general; you?re really not going to get much difference between services offered,? said Shawna McCall, spa director and licensed aesthetician at ACAC Fitness and Wellness Centers.
We are bombarded from both sides. On one hand, we feel constant pressure to look perfect. Girls: Be thin and beautiful!
One of the holy grails of medicine (besides an anti-wrinkle cream) is a way to quickly dispose of jelly rolls, cellulite thighs and love handles.
The consequences of one-night stands can extend beyond the immediate physical consideration of sexually transmitted infections or pregnancy into a person?s emotional and mental well-being.
There?s nothing worse than a close talker. Except, perhaps, a close talker with bad breath.
It?s the night before the grade-determining paper/exam of the semester and you?re feeling woefully unprepared, a twinge of regret over that weekend you spent partying instead of studying creeping into your consciousness.
For many, the taste of cough syrup is less than desirable, even in the midst of flu season. Some young people, however, have acquired more than just a taste for it in recent years.
We all remember it. That super-awkward conversation with the parents ? you know the one. It was the sex talk.
How would you like to pick the color of your child?s eyes or hair before conception? Or give him or her an Albert Einstein IQ with the basketball skills of Michael Jordan?
Though your comfortable desk chair may sound like an unlikely source of exercise motivation, the health-conscious community at the University is beginning to turn to the Web as a source of information and advice about diet and fitness.
