When was the last time you had a hangover? Do you remember the long hours of dizziness, painful headaches and, if you really had fun the night before, nausea? Perhaps you swore to never drink again. If you have allergies, you may be at a disadvantage, as it is said that people allergic to wheat, barley, corn, or yeast often have the worst hangovers. Luckily, a new process has been found to take the morning-after blues out of drinking.

According to Dr. Jeanne Van Cleave, a pediatrician at MassGeneral Hospital for Children in Boston, one in every two American children is struggling with a chronic disease such as attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, obesity or asthma. The questions that immediately arise are why there are so many sick children in the first place and secondly, what [...]

In less than a month, it will be New Year’s Eve again and although it is hard to think that far ahead when all you want is to survive the end of the semester, with the New Year comes New Year’s resolutions. Ever wondered what the most common resolutions are? According to a US government official web site, two of the most popular resolutions Americans make are “lose weight” and “get fit.

Professor Himali Jayathilake has taught chemistry at Mount Holyoke since 2008. She received her B.S. degree from University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka and her Ph. D. in Physical Chemistry from Wayne State University in Detroit, MI. At Wayne University, she received the Herbert K.

In history, there have been many “comets of genius across the sky of man’s mental universe” as neurologist Lyndall Hendricks calls them, which were given little or no credit as they came from impaired minds. We always seem to be apprehensive and wary when faced with a prodigiously talented artist or musician who turns out to have a condition like autism or bipolar disorder.

Have you spent a sleepless night camping in the library, wishing for a magical surge of energy? Been at the point when the caffeine hyperness has worn away long ago and another Red Bull sounds nearly suicidal? Whether it is due to grade inflation or to the general over-achievement spirit that prevails on our campus, we have all been in this same sad situation.