Health & Wellness

Nov

07

2022

The Risk of Diabetes

Health & Wellness

By Kaylee Poston-Ford Imagine yourself sitting in the examination room when your doctor walks in with your blood labs, a very grim look on their face. They sit down and explain to you that your blood work came back showing that you are a diabetic. Your heart starts accelerating, you feel nauseous, tears well up in your eyes. You panic instantly, you think of all the bad things that will happen to you and your health. The first thing you ask is “What can I do about it?” Diabetes has a huge impact on your health and anyone can get…

Abusive Relationships in High School

Relationships

By Joey Sampson Did you know, according to DVS, 33% of adolescents in America experience some form of abuse from a partner? Abusive relationships are a lot more common in high school than you might think. They happen pretty often and the worst part is that nobody speaks up about it. When you think of the word ´´abuse´´ you probably think of physical abuse such as hitting, but there is a lot more than just physical abuse. There are all kinds of abuse in high school relationships, such as physical, verbal, sexual, mental, and cultural. These are all kinds of…

Benefits And Disadvantages Of Taking Advanced Classes: Can They Affect Your Mental Health?

Mental Health

By Sydney KniselyAre schools destroying their brightest students without even knowing? Many schools push for students to take AP classes; when students sign up they are signing up for an extra level of stress and anxiety. Many studies have shown that while advanced classes can help your GPA and college credit they do have negative ways on your mental health. So, are AP classes worth the struggle?AP and CCP classes can help give you college credits and bring your skills in Math and English to a new level. But extra work and stress come with it. Many studies have shown…