It’s that time of year again. January means everyone is excited and determined to fulfill their New Year’s resolutions. We’re going to go ahead and guess that one of […]
Tag: health
Keeping Away the ‘Freshman Fifteen’
Making healthy choices when it comes to food is probably not too high on the priority list for the majority of you college students. As far as to-do lists, […]
Thanksgiving Aftermath Stress and Ani’s 15-Day Fat Blast
HED: Blast Off DEPT Mind and Body Issue Fall 2012 Author Hilal Nakiboglu Thanksgiving is over and now it’s time to physically and mentally rid ourselves of the Thanksgiving stress. That […]
Caffeine-Addicts, Rejoice! Health Benefits of Coffee for Women
I picked up a lot of things from college. I gained experiences I’ll never forget and I earned a degree that will help me move forward in this world. […]
This May Be “The Best Anti-Smoking Ad” Ever
Avid smokers and anti-smokers disagree on quite a lot when it comes to cigarettes, but they can all agree on one thing: no matter how much people enjoy it, […]
Asian Women Don’t Get Breast Cancer?
Photo by Richard Cavosora, courtesy of Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum’s “A Book of Hope: Stories of Healing to Honor Asian American & Pacific Islander Cancer Survivors.” […]
Family by Side, Maryland Governor Announces Cancer Diagnosis
by SUEVON LEE | @suevlee editor@charactermedia.com Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, whose upset victory last November ushered in a new era of Republican leadership of a Democratic stronghold while […]
South Koreans Seeking Transparency Develop MERS Info-Sharing Tools
by JAMES S. KIM | @james_s_kim editor@charactermedia.com South Koreans frustrated over the government’s handling of the MERS virus outbreak have taken matters into their own hands and have been […]
How to Take Care of Your Eyes at Every Age
No matter the decade, your eyes deserve special care, from soothing eye mists in your 20s to high-powered serums in your 40s. TWENTIES Like all good young […]
7 Health & Fitness Trends You Need to Know
STORY BY ELAINE SIR Sitting is the new smoking. That is the big health headline making the rounds across all media. From our office job to the hour-long […]
South Korea Honors American Nurse Who Founded First Nursing School in 1903
by JAMES S. KIM | @james_s_kim editor@charactermedia.com The South Korean government posthumously awarded the Order of Civil Merit to Margaret Jane Edmunds, an American nurse who founded the first […]
Fitness Friday: Why Skipping Meals Won’t Help You Lose Weight
We’ve all heard the extremely dangerous (and incorrect) myth that in order to lose weight, you need to eat less or, to put it bluntly, starve yourself. Sure, it might be a […]
Help Korean Americans Get Health Insurance by Feb. 15
by MICHAEL BYUN, President’s Advisory Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders Did you know that Koreans Americans are eight times more likely to die of liver cancer than […]
Samsung Engineers Unveil Stroke Detector Prototype
by JAMES S. KIM | @james_s_kim editor@charactermedia.com There’s more to wearables than just having a cool watch face, counting steps or measuring your heart rate. Engineers at Samsung recently […]
Why Most East Asians Are Lactose Intolerant
by SEAN CHUNG, M.D. It’s been several hours since you enjoyed that delicious milkshake, and now your belly protests with rumbling, cramping — probable harbingers of flatulence and watery diarrhea […]
