winter 1997
Love that orange stuff behind
your ears...The odor of pumpkin
pies combined with the scent of
lavender is said to be more
sexually stimulating for men than
musk or oriental spice.
Pius it makes the lettuce and
tomato soggy...One cup of whole
milk has more calories and
saturated fat than four strips of
bacon.
Girth and worth...82 percent of
people in a magazine poll said
they'd rather get rich than be thin.
Hand jive...percentage of rock
climbers who suffer wrist and
hand injuries from overuse: 47.
And if you lose count, you have
to start over...Number of situps
you'd have to do to lose one pound
of fat: 14,000.
Giant sloths...percentage of pet
owners who say their pets get
more exercise than they do: 52.
Another reason to avoid morn
ing classes...A University of Texas
researcher claims mental perfor
mance and strength peak at 3 p.m.
Lay techs...Experts who study
these things say latex condoms
break 2 percent of the time, while
polyurethane condoms break 7 to
9 percent of the time.
Clip and save...
Health Center hours:
Mon., and Wed.-Sat.: 8am to 6pm
Tuesday: 9am to 6pm
Sunday: 10am to 6pm
Phone...
Appointments:.... 346-2770
Dental:. 346-4432
Pharmacy:. 346-4454
Physical Therapy:. . 346-4401
Insurance:. 346-3702
Urgent Care:. 346-2770.
Women's Clinic:. . . 346-4449
Health Education: . 346-4456
Peer Health:. 346-4456
General:.346-4441
On-line:
j http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/uoshc/
UO physician goes on-line for students
“Could academic stress cause my hair to fall out?”
“Can I get a patch to help me quit smoking?”
“What should I do if I have unprotected sex?”
Questions like these — and many others that are even more personal — can now be answered on-line, thanks to the
efforts of Dr. James Jackson of the Health Center.
Dr. Jackson has spent the last year, much on his own time, developing an interactive, question-and-answer program called
Cyber Doc.
When a student enters a question on Cyber Doc, Dr. Jackson will either send a direct response via the
return e-mail address or post his answer in the Health Forum section of the Health Center’s web page.
“The student’s anonymity is always maintained,” Dr. Jackson says. “I never reveal e-mail names
or addresses.”
Dr. Jackson encourages students to use the program to ask health questions of all sorts — from
the university’s requirements on measles vaccinations to the proper insertion and placement of
the remale condom.
Cyber Doc also uses hyperlinks to other medical and health-related locations on the
Internet. Dr. Jackson says these links allow Cyber Doc users quick access to other
references.
James Jackson: The Doc behind Cyber Doc
“Cyber Doc was created for students and faculty,” Dr. Jackson says. “It’s
part of the Health Center’s overall mission of service to the university.”
You can reach Cyber Doc on the Health Center’s web page at:
http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/ ~ uoshc/.
Students can also talk to other students and receive help
11 ful information by contacting the Peer Health Educators on
|j duty at the Health Center from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday
through Friday, or by calling 346-4456.
—Lisa Menecly
Peer educator saves lives
ft/lelissa Crown believes she saves lives.
A third-term peer health educator in the Health
Center, Melissa is one of twenty peer health educators
who assist students with all types of health-related
concerns.
For Melissa, arming students with correct
information about sexually related topics is
the most important thing she does.
“Helping one person, informing them
about safer sex, is saving a life,” she
says.
Melissa works out of the peer
health education room located near
Area B in the the Health Center. She
organizes and gives presentations to
campus groups, answers walk-in
questions, and recently began giving
presentations in area high schools.
“I’ve learned so much about
health,” Melissa says. “Plus speak
ing and giving presentations are
invaluable experiences to put on
my resume.
Melissa even gets phone calls at home from friends asking
for advice. One woman called recently and said that her
younger brother was engaged in intercourse when
his condom broke.
Peer Health jewel Melissa Crown
1 hey were all upset, Melissa says. I asked
if they had considered a morning-after pill,
which they didn’t know about.”
She continues, “People want to do the
right thing, but sometimes they’re just not
completely knowing. That’s where we peer
health educators come in.”
Peer health educators provide support for
students in a variety of areas, depending on
the educator’s individual interests, ranging
from safer sex to nutrition to outdoor recre
ation to stress and rainy-day blahs.
To contact a peer health educator, or for
information about becoming one, call the
Health Center at 346-4456, or stop by.
—Matthew O’Brien
This four-page insert is a paid advertising supplement. Material contained herein was provided and paid for by the Student Health Center.