Health

By Scarletth Merkley The time an individual is in university is commonly labeled as ‘”the best years of your life”.  Pursuing higher education during these four years is not only commendable, but also the time to gain independence and a slight taste of reality. (more…)

By Josue Jimenez In today’s generation we tend to live inside our homes. We are like snails. We do everything within our homes and live a sedentary lifestyle. We stay indoors while the young generations leave the recreational parks deserted. Physical fitness is a thing that is now, in a way, mythical. They depict a healthy lifestyle as something only a superhero can have. That is not true! We can have the bodies like superheros and rarely get sick if we start from a young age. We can be healthy and avoid the number one preventable death in the U.S., according to the CDC. Where does this lifestyle begin its roots? (more…)

By Jacklyn Garcia “STD.” Just three little letters can easily strike fear in a person’s heart. STDs are no laughing matter and never have been, yet so many are still uninformed or even confused about them. How do you know if you have one? How can you stay safe? Are they curable? I sat down with Melissa Mendoza-Ramirez, a prevention specialist from the TAMIU/SCAN Prevention Project, to get the answers to these questions and more. (more…)