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• Emotional Health
• Can medical procedures performed on a young child without their understanding be considered early childhood trauma and could this cause depress and anxiety symptoms later is life?
• How can you help homesickness?
• I am a nursing student and am currently waiting to get into the BS program; what about becoming an ANP; how long does it take; how much do you make; where do you work?
• I am having trouble coping with my husbands depression, it seems to be highly tied to the winter months, help?
• I am so depressed but puzzled after being bound and gagged during a burglary and feeling embarrassed and humiliated, help?
• I have been experiencing anxiety of the past year and a half, what should I do?
• I have been previously diagnosed with bipolar disorder but my medicaid ran out and I have been suffering from intense mood swings, manic fits, and depreesion, can you help?
• I think I may have adult ADHD?
• Is there a place on campus to get divorce/custody assistance on campus and help dealing with personal crisis?
• Is there such a thing as getting anxiety because I feel anxiety coming on - as when I try to think of other things and it gets worse?
• Over-stressed and panic attack?
• Post abortion depression?
• Suffering from anxiety, stopped going to therapist, depressed and deteriorating by the day, I am stuck, help?
• Thanks for answering all the questions?
• This past weekend I was basically told on at work for something that I did not do my boss was really upset at me and did not believe what I had to say - what do I do?
• Where can faculty and staff go on campus for mental health services?
• Where can I go for an anger management program?
• Winter blues?
• Worried about friend who thinks that this is the beginning of the end of days?
• Fitness And Nutrition
• Does the diet pill Slimquick interfere with hormonal birhcontrol pills - the advertisement states it balances out hormones?
• Does the HCG diet cause infertility?
• Doesn't eat well, should I take a fiber supplement?
• Eating once a day?
• i have been fighting with bulimia for the past year, how bad are the effects, should I seek counseling?
• I was wondering about the new HCG diet, I have heard mixed reviews, I need to lose about 40 lbs?
• Super high iron content in my blood and craving protein?
• Why am I always so tired after I eat?
• Will eating pasta make me fat?
• General Health
• Are my children and husband covered under my student insurance?
• Back pain with curvature of spine?
• Cough for 3 weeks following fever and chills - could I have whooping cough?
• Could you explain the general guidelines for treating a MRSA infection, including risk of spreading this infection?
• Discharge and odor from naval?
• Discovered a small pea sized lump under the skin on my back, what is it?
• Does medical marijuana help alleviate gallbladder pain?
• Does the Student Health & Counseling Center offer eye exams?
• Does the Student Health & Counseling Center provide wart treatment/removal?
• Drinks a lot of diet soft drinks and bones and joints popping?
• Fell on ice and twisted ankle?
• Frequent UTIs?
• Gallbladder stones and painful abdomen?
• Help, I'm having trouble staying awake in class?
• I am always tired and thirsty, and diabetes runs in my family, should I get tested?
• I am having severe pain in my back between my ribs and along to the front of my chest that is stopping me from sleeping and making it difficult to eat - is it possible to strain your intercostal muscles?
• I have allergies to shrimp and certain nuts, so you provide allergy tests?
• I have been having jolts or electric shocks going down my arms and legs, any advice?
• I have been seeing commercials for adult meningitis vaccines - should I get one?
• I have high blood pressure. Can I come into the Student Health and Counseling Center for treatment?
• I have thyroid problems that run in my family, I have been feeling very sluggish lately, and have been gaining weight regardless of what I eat and work out, where can I get my throid checked?
• I hurt my arm skiing, does student health offer xrays?
• I sometimes throw up after I eat if I think I ate too much; now it seems that whenever I eat, I have an urge to throw up; is that weird?
• I think I have a drinking problem?
• Insecticide Exposure?
• Is there medical insurance available for students?
• Itchy breasts with red spots?
• My hair is falling out, I can see a lot more scalp and I'm only 21, should I start hair growth products?
• My hands, fingernails, and lips turn bluish purplish - should I be concerned?
• My wisdom teeth are causing a lot of pain and probably should be pulled, what are the options for someone without insurance coverage and very little money?
• Need help finding health insurance coverage?
• No health insurance and not eligible for the Student Health & Counseling Center need health care, help?
• Nose Bleeds?
• Pregnancy and Seatbelts?
• Recovering from a cold and have mucus buildup in my throat above where I am able to swallow, what should I do?
• Red, irritated eye?
• Vomiting Brown Coffee Granules?
• Wants milia cysts around eyes removed?
• What about mono can you tell me?
• What are the immunization requirements at UAA?
• What flu or cold remedies are safe to take with lorazepam?
• What immunizations are required for freshman enrollment, starting Fall 2010?
• Why does the health insurance plan not cover asthma; is there help for a student with asthma?
• Would a Student Health and Counseling Center provider be willing to sign a recommendation for medical marijuana?
• Relationships
• Bi guy with long distance craigs list relationship with chronic liar?
• Broke up with boyfriend after two years and can't focus on school?
• Can You Tell If a Guy Likes You?
• Married but separated and falling in love with 17 year old, which one should I go for?
• Mother says I can either choose to come back home or move away and not ever be a part of this family anymore, what do I say?
• My boyfriend keeps threatening to break up every time we fight; I feel torn apart and he just does not listen to me, what do I do?
• My family believes that college graduates have no personal skills and that street smarts are allthat matters, this is hurtful to me, help?
• My wife went through menopause and has no desire in having sex, what's a guy to do?
• Sexual Health
• Abdominal pain with sex?
• Can a yeast infection be a sign of HIV?
• Can HPV eventually turn to HIV?
• Can Lutera oral contraceptive be used as an emergency contraceptive?
• Can you get pregnant while on your period?
• Condom broke with sex for 48 year old with irregular periods, can I get pregnant, consider Plan B?
• Does the Health Center carry the birth control patch?
• How long does it take STI test results to get back to the Student Health and Counseling Center?
• I had sex with my boyfriend a week ago, the condom broke, I was supposed to get my period yesterday, I am on birthcontrol, can I be pregnant?
• Is BV a STD?
• Is herpes testing included in an annual exam?
• Is something wrong with me, I've been sexually active for 3 years without an orgasm?
• Is Yasmin birth control available at the SHCC?
• Just started having sex with my boyfriend, wondering what to get tested for?
• Menses After Unprotected Sex?
• Missing Nuva Ring?
• My periods are irregular, I had unprotected sex, I took Plan B, I'm scared and worried?
• On injectable birth control plus took Plan B and now with irregular bleeding?
• Oral Sex and Missed Period?
• Oral Sex and Ulcer?
• Oral Yeast?
• Painful Urination?
• Pregnancy Without Intercourse?
• Sex during pregnancy causing abdominal pain?
• Sex during pregnancy with cut on penis?
• Sex with Food Poisoning?
• STD screening and results?
• Took Plan B and no period?
• Trying to conceive, pregnancy symptoms?
• Unprotected Sex and Symptoms?
• Unprotected Sex?
• Virgin with unprotected sex?
• What do you give people with HPV - I already had green tea cream and that did not work?
• Withdrawl as Birth Control?
• Women's Health
• Can birth control pills prevent me from losing weight?
• Can grapefruit effect birth control pills?
• Can loss of one ovary affect fertility?
• Can milia be present on the vaginal area?
• Can Polycystic Ovary Syndrome affect fertility?
• Can someone have PCOS if they have normal periods?
• Can UTIs shorten periods?
• Can you take weight loss pills when you are on birth control?
• Changed oral contraceptive pill brand and spotting?
• Condom broke while on Depo Provera?
• Cramps?
• Do birth control pills have any effect on women with PCOS; do they help with cysts?
• Do I need to use condoms while on birth control pills for intercourse during my period?
• Does taking a multi-vitamin affect birth control effectiveness?
• Does the SHCC carry the Depo Provera birth control shot; what other options are available to me?
• Food Craving?
• Having sharp lower abdominal pains, could it be serious?
• I removed my Nuva ring for my ring free week on Tuesday, and started my period on a Friday; when should I insert a new ring?
• I want to get the birth control shot, what do I need to do to get it?
• If you don't get your period for months, and know you're not pregnant, do you automatically have PCOS?
• Irregular Menses?
• Is the Mirena IUD a good option for hormonal control for polycystic ovary syndrome?ol pills have any effect on women with PCOS; do they help with cysts?
• IUD, thinking of having it removed?
• Just found out that I am pregnant; when should I see my provider?
• Menopause and Vaginal Bleeding?
• My period has not been on a normal schedule since I started now I am 50 days late help?
• My period is 2 weeks early, should I keep taking my pills?
• Need help with cramps from polycystic ovary syndrome?
• Needs help with irregular menses?
• New start on OCPs with spotting?
• Nuva Ring and Spotting?
• OCPs and Period for 3 Weeks?
• Oral Contraceptive Pill Efficacy?
• Out for dinner and my heart started beating fast, my temperature went up, I felt sweaty, and very dizzy like I was going to vomit, do you think it was due to my period?
• Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS)?
• Polycystic ovary syndrome and Plan B?
• Postmenopausal vaginal brown spotting sometimes reddish in color with lower back pain?
• Pregnancy and Inactive Pills?
• Prenatal Hazards?
• Restarting OCPs?
• Spotting and cramping on new birth control brand?
• Spotting and OCPs?
• Spotting every day, not on birth control, negative pregnancy test, negative STIs, help?
• Spotting while on extended-cycle birth control pills, can I become pregnant, am I getting enough hormones?
• Spotting while on Pills?
• Spotting?
• Stopped taking depo provera injections three months ago because I bled for two months straight, I still have not had a period, should I worry?
• UTIs and Missed Period?
• What are the symptoms of pregnancy on the first week?
• What does it mean to have 3 cycles of bleeding in one month?
• When can you start birth control; do I have to wait until my next period; do I have to take it at exactly the same time everyday?
• When is the best age, physiologically to start having children?
• Will taking fish oil supplements inhibit my oral contraceptive from absorbing into my system?
• Worried about girlfriend spotting on birth control pills?
• Yeast Infection During Menses?
• Yeast infection still present after treatment?
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