Health & Science

To Your Health: Backpack Awareness

By Brooke Hildebrand Clubbs • Aug 29, 2018

flickr user Chris Yarzab (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)

What if when we talked about kids going “back to school” we considered their actual backs and their spinal health?

To Your Health: Service Animals

By Brooke Hildebrand Clubbs • Aug 22, 2018

flickr user Lisa Norwood (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)

Lon Hodge, a Vietnam veteran with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder once said: “People tell me, you don’t look like you need a service dog. And I say, that’s because I have a service dog.”

MO Veterans Commission Awards Design Contracts For Construction On 3 Homes, Including Cape Girardeau

By Lindsey Grojean • Aug 21, 2018

Yesterday, the Missouri Veterans Commission announced the award of design contracts for the construction on three Veterans Homes in the state, including their Cape Girardeau facility.

In an effort to modernize several homes throughout the state, the commission will be utilizing over $35 million for construction projects, 65% of which will be federally funded by the Department of Veterans Affairs. The remaining 35% will be funded by the state.

Dean Of Students Office Shares Concern About Open Sources Of Alcohol

By Katelyn Mary Skaggs • Aug 21, 2018

With the start of the new school year, Southeast students received an email from the Dean of Students Office in reference to open sources of alcohol at parties. The email mainly addressed a concern to students about one drink in particular known as “Jungle Juice.”

Associate Dean of Students Randy Carter says the drink is typically made in a large container with sugary juices and hard grain alcohol.

To Your Health: Dehydration

By Brooke Hildebrand Clubbs • Aug 15, 2018

Runners sometimes joke about the strangest places they have gotten a drink when putting in long, hot miles ---from a stranger’s garden hose, a spigot on a golf course---but dehydration is no laughing matter. It’s also not something to cry about...because people who are dehydrated can’t produce tears.