Category: Health and Wellness

When winter rolls around, sadness or depression can too. Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) is a form of depression that affects people during the same season every year. Typically, people who experience SAD feel worse in the winter months and better in the spring and summer.

SAD can affect everyone, but according to the Health4U’s Health E-Guide, those more likely to experience the disorder include:

• People who live in areas where winter days are very short or there are big changes in the amount of daylight in different seasons.
• Women.
• People between the ages of 15 and 55. The risk of getting SAD for the first time goes down as you age.
• People who have a close relative with SAD.Continue Reading… How to Beat the Winter Blues

February is American Heart Month and the tenth anniversary of the American Heart Association’s Go Red for Women campaign wants you to wear red on February 1.  Some things to consider:*

• Heart disease is the No. 1 killer of women, and is more deadly than all forms of cancer combined.
• Heart disease causes 1 in 3 women’s deaths each year, killing approximately one woman every minute.
• An estimated 43 million women in the U.S. are affected by heart disease.
• Ninety percent of women have one or more risk factors for developing heart disease.Continue Reading… February 1 is National Wear Red Day®

In 1999 the American Board of Internal Medicine Foundation (ABIM Foundation) started Choosing Wisely®—a health care practice strategy that focuses its recommendations on reducing and eliminating unnecessary or over-used medical tests, procedures and practices that increase the cost of health care and may put the patient at increased risk of harm.

Choosing Wisely® recognizes that better use of limited health care resources is the responsibility of both health care providers and patients, and in partnership with Consumer Reports, has published the same recommendations with easy-to-understand explanations for patient use in discussion with their health care providers.Continue Reading… MSU Encourages You to Choose Wisely

As we begin a new year, it’s a good time to consider scheduling your next physical exam.

A routine physical is one of the most basic and vital tools for monitoring and maintaining your health. Annual physical examinations help your physician to detect and diagnose any problems early on, to promptly provide any treatment needed.Continue Reading… Don’t Forget Your Annual Check-up!

The Midwest American College Sports Medicine (MWACSM) ActiveU Award is given to the university that has the most creative and sustainable collegiate program that makes physical activity an integral part of personal healthcare. After a popular 2012 movement/fitness tracking challenge, the MSU Moves Me program won the 2012 MWACSM ActiveU Award!

The MSU Moves Me 2012 challenge ran from January 23 until March 4, 2012. The program will continue to hold more activities and challenges throughout 2013!Continue Reading… Congratulations to MSU Moves Me Program!

One of Health4U’s latest websites, thinkingaboutdrinking.msu.edu, asks you to think about your drinking throughout the year.

Employee Assistance Program Counselor Jonathon Novello said the site was created as a way to reach faculty, staff and alumni. He said the site doesn’t discourage drinking, but asks visitors to take a look at their drinking habits, which can become more noticeable during the holiday season.Continue Reading… Think Before You Drink This Holiday Season