Blog Posts in Category: Healthy UNH
April 6, 2021
Bored of Regular Cheese Sticks? Try Wonton Cheese Sticks! Here are the items you need to make wonton cheese sticks: Wonton Wrappers Cheese Sticks (any type of cheese you want! I used pepper jack) Depending on the way you are cooking them you will either need: Air fryer Frying pan with some oil Baking sheet Instructions: Cut the cheese sticks in half Place the cheese stick in the wonton wrapper and wrap the cheese stick like a burrito Air fry, oil fry, or bake the... Read More
March 5, 2021
How One Small Change Made a Big Impact It has been a while since I addressed chronic stress in my blogs. Since I have started at Healthy UNH, I have written blogs about managing stress during the pandemic, how stress can impact our physical health, and have even written about fun and relaxing techniques to reduce stress. Now as we are coming up on the one year anniversary of the pandemic, I have been thinking about this “anniversary” the last few days. I have been reflecting on how I have... Read More
February 15, 2021
Name: Erin Lovejoy Pronouns: She/Her/Hers Department: Nursing Role at UNH: Student Year Started at UNH: 2018 How does getting this vaccine make you feel? I feel incredibly lucky to be able to get this vaccine so early on. Covid has had such a huge impact on everyone’s lives since it began, so the fact that we now have a vaccine makes me feel hopeful for the future. What does getting this vaccine mean to you? Getting this vaccine honestly means a lot to me. As a nursing student, I am... Read More
November 27, 2020
Shifting Your Mindset to Embrace Change Although it has seemed like we have woken up to a new world every single day since March, there is no denying that the upcoming holiday season is going to be difficult for a lot of people. Almost all of us have experienced some form of loss at some point in the past 8 months. Some have been more fortunate than others, but this doesn’t make light of the different degrees of pain that people have been experiencing. On top of the pandemic, and the... Read More
November 27, 2020
An Opportunity for New Traditions Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in March, we have seen two major waves in different parts of the country. The first hitting the northeast in late spring, and the second hitting the south mid-summer. There is now a lot of speculation that we are approaching a third wave. Unfortunately, there is no specific region that is particularly hit the hardest in this wave; all of the regions are impacted. Cases are rising in almost every single state. Even worse... Read More
November 27, 2020
Serving Others for Emotional Wellbeing in New England Volunteering or involving one’s self in community service has been widely researched for potential benefits to social and emotional wellbeing. Although it is already known that there is a great deal of benefit that is experienced by the recipient of the community service; there is a lot of evidence showing that the person who does the community service experiences improvements in social and emotional wellbeing. Some of these benefits... Read More
November 16, 2020
Improving Quality of Life through Preventive Care Since the start of the pandemic in March, many people across the United States have reported delaying or even cancelling appointments for routine care, and even not seeking emergency care when it was needed out of fear of contracting COVID-19 at the medical facility they attend. In September, the CDC released survey data that was collected in June on delay or avoidance of medical care because of COVID-19. The survey was administered to adults... Read More
November 12, 2020
An Update from Pfizer Inc. Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020, pharmaceutical companies all around the world have answered the call to action for creating a vaccine for the virus (Sars-CoV-2) that causes COVID-19. As of Monday, November 9th, Pfizer Inc. released results from their latest COVID-19 vaccine clinical trial. Pfizer Inc. is one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world and is based out of New York City, Ny. In the third phase of testing,... Read More
November 10, 2020
Virtual Fitness at UNH This semester, the Hamel Rec. Center (HRC) here at UNH was able to create an environment where UNH community members can continue to engage in physical activity throughout the pandemic. There are many new policies in place, but they are in efforts to help patrons feel safe and relaxed in the gym and in group fitness classes. Unfortunately, UNH community members who have not been participating in the COVID-19 testing were unable to go to their favorite gym and group... Read More
November 9, 2020
Doing Our Best to Stay Healthy As we are still amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, and may even be approaching a third wave of outbreaks; we are also coming up on the annual flu season. Many health experts are predicting that a potential third wave of COVID-19 cases in addition to the flu could completely cripple our healthcare system resulting in a surge of deaths from COVID-19, the flu, and other health conditions. Additionally, as hospitals become overrun, people seeking emergency care for things... Read More
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