These days, it seems to be the trendy thing to “go green.” People are walking instead of driving, recycling, turning off their lights, taking shorter showers, all the typical inch-by-inch conservation methods suggested by society as a last-ditch effort to save the world.

ABC Australia reported that a nine year-old girl from Australia, Demi-Lee Brennan, switched blood types from O- to O+ after receiving a liver transplant. Another medical surprise appeared when she assumed the immune system of her donor after stem cells from the donor’s liver migrated to her bone marrow.

Do you ever reach the top floor of Clapp panting? Surprisingly, it may not be because you are out of shape, but because of muscle fatigue. Why do muscles tire? This question has run through the minds of scientists and athletes alike.

Are you planning on studying or traveling abroad this summer? Before packing your bags, make sure you are up-to-date on all recommended vaccinations and immunizations for the country to which you are traveling.

This information, specific to the country or region you are traveling to, can be found on the Centers for Disease Control’s website (www.

This August, Boeing will send the new Boeing 787 Dreamliner for a test flight. The company has designed a trans-time zone flying machine to cater to high frequency travelers and their resulting jet lag.

The Dreamliner aims to correct many of the factors contributing to jet lag, including lighting, pressure, humidity and air quality.

You can’t get it from kissing someone. You can’t get it from a doorknob or a toilet seat. In fact, you may not even know you have it for several weeks. Lyme disease is elusive, easily misdiagnosed and transmitted by an insect as small as the period at the end of this sentence.

This summer, students will trot around the globe studying, working or conducting research. These lucky students will learn about new cultures, new foods and in some special cases, new medications that they will use to treat the new illnesses they contracted over the course of their stays.

On a brisk Sunday afternoon Heidi Roop ’06 sits in a circle of eight students with a foot-high stack of papers on her lap. That stack, full to overflowing with memos, fliers, newspaper articles, academic papers, agendas, invoices, brochures and an abundance of handwritten lists and “mind maps” represents four years of work on a project that has yet to come to fruition.

What do papers and packing have in common? One word: TRASH. The worst kind of stress is when you’re trying to take a final and move-out on the same day. Here’s some advice to help save you some end of the year stres: spread your move-out process over a couple of weeks.

Think taking medicine is the only way to get rid of a cold? Feeling sluggish from midterms? Need a weekend to recharge? A weekend yoga retreat may be just the answer!
The first annual “Yoga, Moving Beyond the Body” conference will take place on campus this weekend.