Generation Rx: Access to prescription drugs on the rise
They don’t promise a mind blowing high or a consciousness expanding experience. They don’t make the bad thoughts go away nor the good feelings stay longer. They don’t even offer the counterculture paradigm of marijuana, the top choice for teen drug abuse. Prescription drugs are the second most commonly abused category of drugs, behind marijuana [...]
Nature’s bloom causes sniffling and red noses
With Spring’s season getting into full swing, more and more pollen will be in the air. The predominant culprits are trees, the main species being Cedar/Juniper, Birch, and Poplar/Aspen/Cottonwood. Many Poplar and Cottonwoods inhabit the area surrounding Mountlake Terrace High School which have been most likely the culprit of student’s allergy attacks. According to the [...]
Have a dry story to tell about your spring break
All students in high school and middle school are obviously too young to drink, but the availability of these dangerous drugs are often too inviting to stay away. How can most kids resist when companies are adding alcohol into energy drinks even though high school kids are more likely to drink them? The new flavors [...]
Stress: Ordeal for the body and mind
When someone talks about stress, almost always it is talked about in a negative way, but stress, also known as the “fight or flight response,” is also good. Stressful situations, stressors, trigger our hypothalamus, a part of the brain, to signal our adrenal glands to produce more adrenaline and cortisol into our bloodstreams, the blood [...]
Heels: Not looking so great on the inside
Wearing heels brings the advantages of looking taller, being more stylish, brings a special confidence to women, and enhancing the beauty of a woman’s legs, but do these benefits outweigh the negatives of wearing these complimentary shoes. Common knowledge among stiletto steppers is the aches that come with being fashionable. Women experience pain in the [...]
Junk food diet; Reality or harmful fad?
The fact about maintaining a balanced diet and exercising for at least 60 minutes every day is stressed, but can eating junk food, a “food group” that is known to make people gain weight, actually make you lose weight? Well there is a way. It’s called the “Twinkie Diet”. Mark Haub a professor at Kansas [...]
Stretching before or after a work out
Recently there’s been a debate about stretching before performing physical activities. It’s well known among all that stretching before working out is very important, but could that be false? Holding a stretch for twenty to thirty seconds, known as static stretching has been used by professional and unprofessional athletes, has been proven that it can actually [...]
Stem Cells: The building blocks of life
Stem cells are the cells in the body that can change into another type of cell if there is a low count or a need of it. According to stemcells.nih.gov, stem cells are used to repair damage caused to the body for example, if the red blood cell count was dropping, then some of the [...]
Fact or Fiction: Do Shape Ups really work?
Most people have probably heard of the Sketchers or Reebok Shape Ups shoes. The promise and advertisement for the shoes is to help a person lose weight. People can’t help but think, “Do these shape ups really work is this just a fraud?” According to hubpages.com, the Shape Ups can tighten calves, legs and butt. [...]
Fact or Fiction: Does coffee stunt your growth?
According to Specialty Coffee Association of America , nearly 50 percent of America’s population, that’s roughly 150 million American’s, consume espresso, cappuccino, latte, or iced or cold coffees. Also, 50 percent of American’s over the age of 18 drink coffee daily. If that many people drink coffee related drinks, then wouldn’t the majority of them [...]
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