When students feel overwhelmed, awkward, or insecure or when they just want to let loose and have a good time, they rarely reach for a drink. 

“Mono” is a viral disease that targets people 25 to 52 years old. 

Stress affects the body’s immune system in different ways, depending on two factors: the controllability or uncontrollability of the stressor and the mental effort required to cope with the stress.

 Coffee is our principal caffeine source, with Americans drinking an average of 3.5 cups a day. 

Ticks are not responsible for the spread of Lyme disease.

Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), a member of the herpes virus family, infects most people at some time in their lives.

Some college students inherit a genetic or biological predisposition to substance abuse.

Carcinoma, the least common kind of cancer which starts in the epithelium, the layers of cells that cover the body’s surface or line internal organs and glands

 Insulin resistance is a condition in which the body produces insulin but does not use it properly.

Asthma-related problems account for more than half a million hospital stays each year and 14 deaths each day in the United States, according to the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America. The disease disproportionately affects African Americans and is much more common among people who live in larger metropolitan areas.