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Health Notes
QUIT SMOKING NOW !
The SMU Student Health Center supports and encourages all students to quit smoking. Feel and live healthier with a smoke free lifestyle. Check out our smoking cessation resource page here. The physicians and nurses at the Health Center can give you information and tools to kick the habit.
UNDERSTANDING ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE
Did you know that nearly half of antibiotic prescriptions are not needed? Using antibiotics too much, too often, or not finishing a prescription reduces their effectiveness and can cause a problem called “antibiotic resistance.”
The good news is that you can protect your health and help prevent this growing problem. Here’s how:
1) Don’t insist on antibiotics for yourself
2) Ask your doctor, “is this antibiotic really necessary?”
3) Only take antibiotics that follow a doctor’s instructions- don’t take a friends’ medication or pills from an old prescription.
4) Prevent infections by washing your hands.
5) Remember to get vaccinated for things such as the flu
6) Finish each prescription that you receive – don’t stop taking an antibiotic once you feel better.
You can learn more about this problem from the Centers for Disease Control web site:
www.cdc.gov/drugresistance/community
