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From celebrities like Kim Kardashian claiming that crystals helped her overcome her post-robbery trauma to popular beauty brands like Glossier marketing makeup infused with “genuine crystal extracts for all-day enlightenment,” there has been a boom in the crystal healing craze and its appear…
While this article addresses pregnancy as a women’s health issue, we at The Daily acknowledge that the term “women” does not encompass all people who can and do get pregnant — nor can all women get pregnant. The full range of reproductive health options should be accessible to people of all …
In a perhaps intended strike of serendipity, the inaugural weekend of the UW’s new Burke Museum corresponded with Indigenous Peoples Day on Oct. 14. In celebration of the date, guests and members of local tribes congregated beneath the skeleton of a 10,000-year-old mastodon to celebrate the …
Until recently, sexual minority health kept to the shadows of behavioral research. However, earlier this year, a UW social work professor published a "groundbreaking" LGBTQIA+ health study. Based on their personal experiences, UW students were not surprised to learn the study found health di…
Most of us by now are familiar with Greta Thunberg, the 16-year-old Swedish student whose demonstration on the steps of the Swedish Parliament building in August 2018 launched the Fridays For Future movement which calls on global leaders and institutions to address the ongoing climate crisis…
On the back wall of Joseph Wartman’s second-floor More Hall office hang 14 small photographs depicting the remnants of a disaster-struck New Orleans: abandoned cars littering the roadside, streets devoid of people, and homes ripped apart.
This is the first installment of The Daily’s forthcoming series, ‘From the rawest edges of human existence,’ on the rise of maternal death and injury across America. The title of this series refers to the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that decriminalized first trimester abortion across all 50 st…
Last May, I found myself in the ER. Shortly before I checked in, I had painful urination and felt the need to go every few minutes. I had what is considered the standard symptoms of a urinary tract infection (UTI). Within an hour, I began urinating copious amounts of blood. It was time to se…
The opioid epidemic is not a new topic for Seattle residents. As students living in the U-District, it is hard not to notice how present opioids are in our city and within our community. While Seattle has been working for years to try and find a solution to the problem, there still seems to …
Sleep is undoubtedly an overlooked aspect of life, primarily because the effects of insufficient sleep are not as widely known as they could be. For college students, especially, sleep should be a priority; but in reality, it is often neglected.
The stigmas surrounding sex work and sex workers have persisted too long and now hang in stale air. There are numerous arguments: How the majority of sex workers are underage; that decriminalization would lead to huge increases in human sex trafficking; or perhaps the most common one: that s…
There is only one viral STI that can be prevented with a vaccine. It is also one of the most prevalent and potentially harmful STIs, as it is the leading cause of several different types of cancer. Vaccinating oneself against this STI seems like a no-brainer: it’s prevention against cancer. …
A month ago, three days into the quarter, I sprained my ankle in a lecture hall. I sat through an hour-long lecture with throbbing pain and increased anxiety. I had to get to Hall Health on one foot; I would have to miss my afternoon class; and I’d probably end up needing a few days of bed r…
When someone talks about nudism, it generally brings up images of hippies, old men that we’ve seen when we’ve accidentally wandered onto the wrong side of the beach, or crazy sex-fueled cruises. In reality, that’s not the case for people who participate in what’s called social nudism, or nat…
Thin, small needles are carefully tapped into my brow. A few more are placed into my hairline, temples, and eventually my stomach. Five minutes into the treatment I fall asleep, and when I wake up at the end of the hour-long session, my headache is basically gone.
For those who are not natives of the Pacific Northwest, or simply not familiar with living in this environment, autumn and winter can quickly seem a gray and inescapable wasteland. Day after day of rain can get old quickly: last year, Seattle broke its 1895 record for most rainfall between O…
The first years of my yoga practice were comprised mainly of classes at my gym, in rooms cluttered with exercise equipment and post-treadmill bodies. These classes were great, especially considering that the majority of a beginning yogi’s first classes are spent trying to keep in sync with t…
Enter Hall Health, go down the hall and down the stairs, and you come across the Women’s Clinic. The clinic, while offering a variety of services catered toward women, specializes in gynecologic, obstetric, and preventive care. They provide everything from annual checkups to family planning …
How I learned to remove myself from unhealthy relationships
It’s Friday night and no one is home. The lights are dim and you’re snuggled on the couch with a bowl of popcorn and the second season of “Stranger Things.”
