Student Health Care Center Blog

People who use tanning beds before age 30 are 75 percent more likely to develop melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer.

Educate yourself -- as well as friends and family -- regarding common misconceptions about the flu shot.

If you have a minor injury, icing it as soon as possible will help relieve the pain and reduce swelling.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion recently released a new tool to help you eat right: MyPlate. This system, which completely replaces the old MyPyramid guidelines, was designed to help you quickly and easily make the best choices when having a meal. Whether at home…

Though the SHCC Pharmacy has not found any defective product in our inventory, we have removed all Qualitest products from our shelves.

The buzz is out about HPV. What you may not know is how this sexually transmitted infection (STI) gets around, how to find out if you have it or how the vaccine works. Following is a list of common myths — as well as the facts — about…

While your mom may have started her Pap tests/smears at age 18, all the new recommendations — from the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, among others — say you can wait till 21. The guidelines recently changed based on several years of research on what typically causes an…