National Eating Disorders Awareness Week: Disordered eating habits affect 50% or more of college students

National Eating Disorders Awareness Week: Disordered eating habits affect 50% or more of college students

As seen in Tulane Hulaballoo, 3/2/2012 The above photo, from the New York Times: “Isabelle Caro, a French model and actress who became the international face of anorexia when she allowed her ravaged body to be photographed nude for an Italian advertising campaign to raise awareness about the disease, died on Nov. 17. She was 28.” [...]

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Meditation and Medicine: Interview with Dr. Indranill Basu Ray; as heard on WTUL Radio, New Orleans

[Audio clip: view full post to listen] Check out the latest edition of Holly on Health for WTUL Radio, New Orleans 91.5FM during News and Views hour. Interview with Dr. Indranill Basu Ray, expert in the field of meditation and medicine. Check out his website at www.indranillbasuray.com. As discussed in the show, Dr. Basu Ray offers [...]

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Yoga can help take the stress out of the holiday season

Yoga can help take the stress out of the holiday season

The month of December can be emotionally intense. It’s packed full of excitement — holiday parties, shopping, completing another semester and traveling home for the holidays. December can also be extremely stressful for different reasons — looming final exams, shopping crowds and dealing with the influx of relatives. No matter how you deal with the [...]

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My Strange Addiction: Confessions of a Stereotypical Gen Y

My Strange Addiction: Confessions of a Stereotypical Gen Y

Recently, I lived my own version of the hit TLC show and it wasn’t pretty. Last week, I was downloading the latest software on my smartphone and it just stopped working. I frantically began to take the battery in and out of my phone repeatedly in hopes that miraculously the strategy would eventually work. I then pressed [...]

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Weight Loss May Require a Little Less Loathing and a Lot More Love

Weight Loss May Require a Little Less Loathing and a Lot More Love

Poor body image plagues the young adults of Generation Y and may even be preventing us from reaching our weight loss and healthy lifestyle goals. A recent study out this month in the International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity has shown that improved body image may lead to improved weight loss. In this randomized [...]

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Keeping an eye out for depression

Summer edition of The Hullabaloo is out! Check out my latest article for the new incoming freshmen at Tulane University. Leaving home for the first time and going to college is an exciting and monumental life event. At Tulane, students will meet new people from all over the country while living in one of the most [...]

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Mental Health Reform in New Orleans: Dr. Karen Desalvo, New Orleans Health Commissioner Interview

The following audio clip is from an interview I had last month with Dr. Karen DeSalvo, the City of New Orleans Health Commissioner. As Health Commissioner, Dr. Desalvo is working to improve public health in New Orleans in several ways. One of her main focuses is on improving mental health services within the community. She [...]

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