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Daniella Gonzalez Headline- Mental Illness: The Silent Grade Killer Paper deadlines, exams, group projects, and being away from home can factor in and possibly  trigger a mental illness that a student may or may not have been aware of. Mental illness is popping up more and more in colleges across the country with 34 percent of students reporting depression, according to BestCollege.com. So why are so many students facing mental health issues not getting the help they need? With a once controversial way of dealing with mental health on campus, such as forcibly kicking out a student to later force them into hospitalization and a general negative stigma mental illness has been given, students being scared to face the reality of what they are going to mentally is a natural occurrence. Many people see mental illness as a difficult thing to approach. About 80 percent of college students experiencing overwhelming thoughts and 50 percent with anxiety that lead to struggling in s...

Overtraining For Success It all started one morning when I was squatting 295, a guy approached me. "How often do you lift?" He asked. I replied, about six times a week. He instantly was surprised and scoffed and said that I was overtraining. Then saying that I would only injure myself. Overtraining is often mistaken for overreached goals and under resting/eating. It's all just a myth. Overtraining is even reported as maladaptive response to excessive exercise without adequate rest . This results in mood swings and changes to multiple organ systems, according to US National Library of Medicine. These responses can possibly lead to slower immune system response which will lead to higher sick rates. As well as poor rest at night. All of which will slow your progress in the gym. I think with proper workout programs and knowledge this could definitely be prevented. Which will ultimately lead to better muscle gains. "On most occasions, I train every da...

by Darian Bazile Advertising Tweet: Pineapple pizza may be controversial, but there are objective reasons for why people like it: [link] In January , Gudni Thorlacius Johannesson, president of Iceland, made a statement during a high school visit with regards to one of the most controversial topics on the internet: pineapple pizza. He jokingly said that he would ban pineapple on pizza if he could, but he later backpedaled, remembering his responsibility: “Presidents should not have unlimited power. I would not want to hold this position if I could pass laws forbidding that which I don’t like.” Now if I had any power whatsoever, I would absolutely ban pineapple pizza because it’s a crime in my eyes. In fact, I’m sure that a lot of people would do the same, if they were in Johannesson’s shoes, as many were in agreement with his statements. However, there clearly are people that like pineapple pizza in this world, people with bad opinions. So, what is the deal with pineap...

90-Minute Workout Saves Ligament in Knees  (Kataryna Marquez) The Landing Error Scoring System (LESS) is a tool used to help decrease an athlete’s risk of all injuries, including ACL injury. Credit: Drexel University  Want to reduce risk of ACL injuries happening to you? We got you covered. **Jump training can reduce your risk of a common knee injury,*according to a study in Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport . Two youth soccer teams who went through a 90-minute warm-up during both their fall and spring season showed predictive capabilities for injury risk in athletes but did not evaluate injury endpoints. The study found that when examining athletes who were “ high injury risk ” prior to the season, athletes who received preventive training both seasons were more likely to improve injury risk classification than their peers. Researchers do not exactly know whether the benefits resulted from repeated bouts of injury prevention trying or from the professio...

Ideal rep ranges within the lifting community has been a question of conflict for some years. In a study that included men that worked out 4 times a week they proved that were wasn't a difference between high and low rep ranges, according to researchers at McMasters University. Participants were divided into two groups that focused on high or low rep ranges. Researchers believed that a heavier load with low reps provided a greater stimulus for muscle and strength gains. Lastly, they also believe that everyone's workout program should be tailored to their specific goals.   Study: http://jap.physiology.org/content/jap/early/2016/05/09/japplphysiol.00154.2016.full.pdf - Ronnie Gonzalez 

Video games controlled by using your body may seem like a gimmick to gamers, but to the medical community it’s an emerging tool for rehabilitation. A study in Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology finds that motion games can be a tool for people that have problems with balance and moving. That’s what scientists determined from a review of 30 articles of disabled adults using motion based games for rehabilitation, with a majority found to show improvement. What’s more, participants in 18 out of 30 studies found gaming enjoyable enough to distract from pain. Researchers, however, note that many games aren’t made for rehabilitation in mind, so they hope for specialized software to help with rehabilitation in the future. Study: http://www.tandfonline.com.ezproxy.library.unlv.edu/doi/full/10.3109/17483107.2015.1029538

PTSD is a mental health disorder that results in heart disease (HD) associated with traumatic exposure.  The study found that PTSD was associated with HD mortality, lower intelligence, lifetime alcohol abuse and dependence, lifetime depression and antisocial personality.  18,581 men who served in the US Army during the Vietnam War were a part of the study that concluded with telephone interviews to mortality follow-up from 1985 to 2000.  The study included age, race and veteran status, characteristic traits, years of smoking and body mass index.  When it comes to war the military is the first to respond, therefore they should be the first considered when it comes to treatment for PTSD.     Tweet: PTSD results in HD associated with traumatic exposure through COX regression study of men who served in Vietnam War. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3552245/ Facebook:   Copy and paste hyperlink of article and case study to pages related...