The HealthWise summer newsletter features tips on bee stings, sunscreen, and healthy grilling.
Enjoy!
ONU Healthwise
What is ONU HealthWise?
We are partners in health and wellness. ONU HealthWise provides enrollees access to knowledge about their health, which empowers them to make better choices.
Benefits of the ONU HealthWise program
• One-on-one coaching with health care professionals
• Improved knowledge about health and wellness
• Disease state and medication management
The on-campus clinic will provide support and education to help improve the health and wellness of community members.
Preventive medicine
• Identify individualized preventive medicine strategies
• Participate in recommended screenings that are commonly overlooked
• Receive education on preventive topics relating to your health
Tobacco cessation
• Understand the impact of smoking on your health and the benefits of tobacco cessation
• Lifestyle – understand how factors in your life effect your ability to stop smoking
• Medications – explore drug options available to help you successfully quit
• Goals and Motivation – set goals and determine factors that will encourage success
Management of cholesterol, diabetes mellitus and high blood pressure
• Understand how your condition impacts and affect your health
• Monitoring – play an active role by checking your blood pressure
• Medications – learn to take medications regularly and the role of each medication
• Lifestyle – understand the impact of physical activity and good food choices
Enrollment interest or questions
Dr. Michael Rush, PharmD, CDE
Director, ONU HealthWise
419-772-3933
m-rush@onu.edu
Enrollment interest or questions
Dr. Michael Rush, PharmD, CDE
Director, ONU HealthWise
419-772-3933
m-rush@onu.edu
Dr. Michael Rush, PharmD, CDE
Director, ONU HealthWise
419-772-3933
m-rush@onu.edu
Upcoming Events
Healthwise News
Lab Review
Questions about your lab work? contact ONU HealthWise at healthwise@onu.edu
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The March HealthWise newsletter features articles on Eye Health, Mental Retardation Awareness Month, Macronutrients and Rosacea Awareness.
ONU HealthWise is also pleased to announce that we’ve partnered this year with Relay For Life. Any insured ONU employee who participates will earn 1 healthy campus point. Additional information can be obtained by emailing onurelayforlife@gmail.com
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The newsletter this month features tips on reading nutrition labels and screening for endometriosis and colorectal cancer.
Do you have suggestions for newsletter topics? Forward your ideas to healthwise@onu.edu
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A workshop on stress reduction
February 6, 2013, 12 – 12:50pm (Meyer 107)
Presenter: Deanna Barthlow-Potkanowicz, Ph.D. , Licensed Psychologist
Stress is something that we all deal with on a regular basis and in many forms. There are many external sources of stress in our lives, but do you know how much stress you cause yourself? This workshop will help you identify ways in which you inadvertently create tension in your life, including some personality characteristics that are stress-inducing! Learn to identify your internal stressors and what you can do to start reducing tension in your life. -
The January 2013 HealthWise newsletter features smoking cessation and folic acid supplementation.
Also, February is Medication Adherence month. ONU’s chapter of the Academy of Student Pharmacists (ASP) will be participating in a Medication Adherence Challenge. Click below to learn more.
