Tag: health
Creating your well-being plan
When writing your goals for the upcoming year, instead of thinking, “I need to become healthy,” think, “I need to become healthier.” Rather than...
Five steps to endure finals week — sickness free!
From social gatherings to midterms to stressful finals, every college student finds it difficult to juggle a busy life, leaving no room for the...
Integrated Healthy Campus Initiative created to promote campus-wide well-being
The Integrated Healthy Campus Initiative (IHCI) is a new initiative established in order to promote and support a healthy campus culture at UC Riverside....
Preventing and healing from the flu, naturally
As the weather gets colder and the nights get longer, all of us face the possibility of catching a nasty sickness, but have no...
Companies shouldn’t shove gluten-free food down our throats
Commercials always annoy me. Even the funny ones get on my nerves, because I may be watching a much better comedy when the commercials...
Public health issue: Food trucks
Food trucks are a growing commodity in metropolitan cities and they service a lot of people. While individuals appreciate food trucks for being affordable...
UCR professor discusses fast food’s impact on American culture
UCR history professor Catherine Gudis spoke to the BBC Persian television station to discuss the impact of McDonald's on American culture. As a 20th...
UCR recognized by American Heart Association
UCR has received the American Heart Association’s (AHA) highest honor in being recognized as a “Platinum Fit-Friendly Worksite.” Vice Chancellor of Business and Administrative...
Why Ebola isn’t as scary as a good Halloween costume
Ebola — you hear the word and you shudder. The name evokes gruesome images on a level similar to that of the worst horror...
E-cigarette skeptics unnecessarily alarmed by water vapor
As if resurrected from the 1970s, smoking advertisements have been springing up nationwide in the form of televised commercials. But these ads aren’t for...