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Posts published in “Health & Wellness”

News, events, and columns about physical and mental health.

The new buzz on caffeine products

Caffeine is now a lifestyle. No longer restricted to tea, coffee, soda and energy drinks, today's youth can get their fix through the skin and debate the experience online. Internet organizations and youth specialty shops aid buzz-happy college students in finding alternative caffeine products and offering advice for members of the caffeine counterculture movement.

Swim Team Results

Jan. 19, 2007 Women's 200 yard Medley Relay 3. Mills College A - 2:35.45 Amal Gaada Chrissy Fisher Helene Kelly-Isham Danielle Thurlow LaRue Women's 200 Yard Freestyle 2. Jessica Embree - 2:22.73 4. Helene Kelly-Isham - 2:32.51 Women's 50 yard Freestyle 5.

Beverage Bonanza

Soda is sold almost everywhere and can be found in almost every flavor or variety: vanilla, lemon-lime, berries and cream-with or without caffeine or calories. Soda seems to pervade our lives every day, especially on a college campus like Mills.

Freshwoman Emma Giboney says she drinks soda here at Mills, but never drank it back home in Seattle.

Beverage Bonanza

In Martin Scorsese's film, The Departed, Leonardo DiCaprio's character orders a glass of cranberry juice from a bar. A fellow patron looks at him with a quizzical eye and asks, "What, are you on your period or something?" This question is a reference to the belief that cranberry juice helps alleviate menstrual cramping.

Cyclone of the Week

Sophomore Jessica Embree is this week's Cyclone of the Week.

Douching: your health down under

Bonne Marie Bautista Douching on a summer’s eve can leave you feeling more than fresh. It can also leave you feeling an itch. “Being your…

Bay Area Invitational swim results

Event 1: Women’s 200-yard Medley Relay 7. Mills College A – 2:15.40 35.3 38.73 32.67 28.70 9. Mills College B – 2:38.75 39.63 44.50 39.56…