myShockerhealth Newsletter

• Pneumonic plauge
• Breast cancer awareness 
• ADHD Awareness Month
• Flu and COVID vaccines
• Employee Corner - Get your annual physical! 

• 100th Anniversary of Student Health Services
• Allergies
• Thinning hair
• Heatstroke
• Employee Corner

• Adult vaccines
• Sun fatigue, heat safety
• Coffee and heart health
• Tick awareness
• Employee Corner

• Strength Training
• Benefits of Yoga
• Swimming for Your Health
• Working Out While in Bed 
• Massage Therapy on Campus
• Harmful Algae in Lakes
• Move Together as a Family
• Employee Corner

• American Stroke Awareness Month
• How to Interpret Food Labels
• Women's Health Starts with Nutrition
• Perimenopause: What is it?
• How to Use Eyedrops
• CDC Issues Travel Warning due to Ebola
• Employee Corner
  • Healthquest Points and Student Health Services
  • Passport to Wellness: Staying Healthy While Traveling

• Student Employee Appreciation Week
• When to Take Your Vitamins
• Health and Wellness of Native Communities
• Stress Awareness Month 
• Understanding GLP-1 Medications
• Have you heard of hands only CPR?
• Respiratory Viruses Season

• International Day of Happiness
• Digital Detox
• Altitude Sickness
• Oral Health 
• Medication refills at SHS
• Employee Corner
  • Healthquest Newsletter
  • Healthquest Physicals and Labs at SHS

• Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI) Month
• Cervical Cancer Awareness 
• Shocker Alert System
• Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
• Influenza in Kansas
• Earwax
• Employee Corner
  • EAP services
  • WSU Faculty/Staff Acute Care Clinic

• Study Tips
• Itchy Skin Prevention
• Dry Eye Causes
• Sinus Infections and No Antibiotics
• Volunteering Opportunities 
• Employee Corner:
  • Graduation Help
  • Candlelight Concert and Athletics 

• United Way information
• Daylights Savings Time sleep adjustments
• Sleep Profiles
• Sleeping Tips
• Healthy Meal staples and food prep
• How to write checks 
• Employee Corner: Under-desk bicycles and Healthquest points

• Flu vaccines at Student Health 
• October is ADHD Awareness Month - Download and ADHD calendar
• How to tell if you ADHD medication is working
• Student Health prescribes ADHD medication
• Pimples! What are the 6 types of acne?
• Employee Corner
  • Health insurance enrollment period stats NOW
  • How to retire before the age of 65 and still maintain health insurance?

• Tools to help determine your antidepressant medication needs
• Depression and physical symptoms
• More steps, less depression
• Foods that help fight depression
• What is Genesight testing? 
• What is the best treatment for depression? 
• Employee Corner: Counseling Services

• The freshman 15 weight gain, real or myth?
• Meningitis vaccinations - why is it required in housing
• Prevent mosquito bites and get free mosquito dunks
• ADHD medication management at Student Health 
• Lipid Panel explanations: What is an LDL?
• Health and Wellness Coalition of Wichita - Amazing Resource!

• No more shoeless TSA checks
• Learn how to do a skin cancer check
• Job interview tips for Neurodivergent applicants
• Treadmill mistakes
• Heat stroke doesn't look good on anyone!
• Employee Corner: Annual exam and laboratory screening appointments for WSU employees will be extended through December 1, 2025

Issue 7 | 06-26-2025

• Babesiosis - nope...has nothing to do with your babe!"
• "Tick Removal: What is the right way to remove a tick?"
• "SPF 30 or 50 sunscreen: Which is better?"
• Employee Corner:
  • "Bridge the Slang Gap"
  • "Healthy Events"
  • PSA: State Insurance Not Covering Zepbound
  • Weight Loss Journey with GLP-1s

• What is "post-nasal drip"?
• Don't pack portable battery chargers!
• Do you need a measles vaccination booster?
• How long does it take to walk 10,000 steps?
• Employee Corner: upcoming Wichita events
• Weight Loss Journey with GLP-1

• Time Management and Exam Studying Tips
• Breathing Techniques and Stress Management
• Off-campus Housing options
• Job Hunting at Shocker Cental
• SHS end-of-year reminders
• Employee Corner: Retirement Planning
• Weight Loss Medication injections: Is It Worth It?

• Balancing Two Full-Time Roles
• Screen Breaks are Necessary for Eye Health
• April is Alcohol Awareness Month 
• I'm "Low-Key" Stressed Out
• Employee Corner: ShockerStart Resources
• IUD's: Your New Birth Control BFF

• Unprotected Sex and STI Testing
• FREE Sexually Transmitted Illnesses (STI) Testing 
• April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month! Meet our new WASAC student advocate!
• March 30th is National Bipolar Awareness Day!
• Employee Corner: event opportunities
• Salt Intake & Blood Pressure

• Prepare for Spring Break: travel and parents
• Measles in Texas
• Springtime Allergies
• WSU Employee Corner: 
  • Taking Breaks at Work
  • Use your healthquest benefits
• Over-the-Counter Medication at Student Health

• Health Needs Survey
• Stomach Flu is NOT the "flu"!
• Dr. Vaughn's Words of Wellness
• Do I have "SAD" - Seasonal Affective Disorder?
• Wellness Vending Machine: Accessible Health After Hours
• Chiropractor Services