When you?re in college, there are an endless number of reasons for missing out on your nightly Zs.
Everyone took health class in high school ? we?ve all seen some afternoon special either with the pink Power Ranger or Tracy Gold and we know that being obsessed with attaining the perfect body can have dangerous consequences.
It might seem a little early to worry about skin cancer in college, as it is usually not detected until late adulthood; however, overexposure during childhood and adolescence significantly impacts the risk of skin cancer.
It?s the picture of freedom in its most rebellious state: Evan Rachel Wood and Nikki Reed pose on the cover of the movie ?Thirteen? displaying suggestive tongue rings.
You wake up in bed ? possibly in someone else?s bed ? and realize what happened.
Rape. Medically it is defined as any non-consensual vaginal, anal or oral penetration. Though there are safety precautions everyone can take, unwanted sex does not always involve a stranger, and it isn?t always the woman who is the victim, especially in cases of dating miscommunication.Rape can occur when a person has agreed to spend time with an acquaintance, in which case the rape is classified as ?date rape.? Statistics show that 70 to 80 percent of rape victims know their assailants.
Ah, college! Finally out on your own, out from under the pesky thumbs of Mom and Dad. No one is nagging you at 10 p.m.
Sex is held up like a basketball team trophy. Everyone talks about the victory, there?s much back-slapping, high-fiving and, in some well-deserved cases, celebration.
As concerns about the sustainability of our society rise, consumers and manufacturers alike are reevaluating the ways products are made and the potential harms they may cause for the environment.
?If you could have any superpower, what would it be??This question was presented to me multiple times as an adolescent (and even now); mainly because I?m a science geek who enjoys the company of other nerds.
I would like to take a moment to dispel some myths about douching. It?s a bad idea. Don?t do it.
"Enjoy it now because after college, it's called alcoholism," some T-shirts and bumper stickers humorously proclaim.
When you hear the word "college", most likely what comes to mind is some variation on a scene from "Animal House"--perhaps Bluto chugging a bottle of Jack Daniels or the infamous toga, toga, toga party.
Dear Marissa, I love going out parties, but I have a terrible habit of saying out super-late and crashing on a friend's couch to prevent drunk driving.
It's no secret that of all the things about women that mystify (horrify/traumatize/totally freak out) men, the menstrual cycle is the most perplexing.
Many emotions and mental complexities come with a person's first sexual experience. The levels of emotion vary with each sexually active person, but losing virginity is usually no small deal for anyone. Sex can become even more complicated for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals.
Medical school can be painfully boring at times. Especially anatomy. I can't even begin to count the number of times I've woken up with slobber all over my anatomy picture book trying to memorize the details of every nerve and vessel.
With the days slowly getting longer and the temperature beginning to creep higher on the thermometer (finally!), most of us are looking forward to the warm summer months of lounging by the pool, lazily warming ourselves like lizards on a rock as the stress of school melts away.
Dear Emily, Things have been going great with my boyfriend ... except for one little thing. When we're being intimate, it's like it's over before it's begun.
From movie and reality TV portrayals to the Internet, fetishism holds a place in popular culture.
