Our online newsletter, health@mit, explores
topical health issues, offers tips for getting the most out
of our services, and keeps you abreast of staff, service, and
policy changes at MIT Medical. Recent articles include:
Winter 2005, number 11.2
Healthy Care for Healthy Kids... Time to Get Moving! Form a team and take the 2006 getfit@mit... MIT awarded grant to combat violence against women...
Summer 2005, number 11.1
Scaling the Pyramid: Uncle Sam wants you to eat your veggies... Off [the couch] and running: MIT beats winter blues with fitness challenge... MIT Pediatrics team participates in study of childhood obesity... Lucy to relocate, change work schedule...
Fall 2004,
number 10.2
Friends, fun, fitness: Form a team and take the getfit@mit
challenge... getfit@mit profile: Joanne Cavignano... Avoiding
the flu... MIT Medical's Chris Stella found her way to a new
career... Ask Lucy on belching and rumbling tummies...
Summer
2004, number 10.1
Desktop Dangers: Avoiding mouse traps, killer keyboards, and
other workstations hazards... Talking with Jay Afrow... Pap
tests save lives... Ask Lucy on hepatitis B, eye tics, and
more...
Fall
2003, number 9.3
Moving into winter: Developing an exercise plan for cold weather...
Aging successfully: resources for the MIT community... Student
EMTs run campus ambulance service... Ask Lucy on mixing Prozac
and alcohol, coffee and muscle-building, and more...
March
2003, number 9.2
From A to Zzzzz: What you need to know about getting a good
night's sleep... Helping children get the sleep they need...
Ask Lucy on dry throat and worries about HIV/AIDS...
January
2003, number 9.1
Complete listing of MIT Medical's free programs for the January
2003 Independent Activities Period (IAP). . .Ask Lucy on herpes,
stair-climbing, and liver. . . .
November
2002, number 8.6
Colds and Flu: What you need to know . . . Focus: Urgent Care.
. . Mental Health reaches out . . . Ask Lucy on Prozac for
PMS, vaccines for adults, and rusty teapots . ..
September
2002, number 8.5
Focus: OB/Gyn. . . Contraceptive options
available at MIT Medical . . . Ask Lucy on calculating blood
alcohol level and Hepatitis B . . . .
July
2002, number 8.4
Take Control: Living with Type 2 Diabetes
. . . Focus: Eye Service. . . Frequently Asked Questions
about Eyes . . . Ask Lucy on bloating, calcium, and nonoxynol-9
. . . .
May
2002, number 8.3
Take a Deep Breath: A look at childhood
asthma . . . What you need to know about bike helmets . .
. Focus on Neurology . . . Ask Lucy on "the runs," workplace
stress, and HIV testing . . . .
March
2002, number 8.2
BASICS: A new program targets dangerous
drinking on campus . . . Focus on Lexington Pediatrics .
. . Suze Prudent on group therapy . . .Ask Lucy on sharing
towels, birth control, and health benefits of garlic . .
. .