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The Student News Site of University of Chicago Laboratory High School

U-High Midway
The Student News Site of University of Chicago Laboratory High School

U-High Midway
Health care workers fight for solutions to provide care for uninsured people.  

No time to waste: UChicago nurses seek solutions for the uninsured

Audrey Park, Managing Editor
February 17, 2023
Due to problems of working with the data provided by Authentic Connections, the new health and wellness survey vendor, the results have not been publicly released four months after students took the survey.

Health and wellness survey delayed due to data setbacks

Katie Sasamoto-Kurisu, Assistant Editor
February 16, 2023
DEEP BREATHS. Students can practice guided meditations and breathing exercises with the wellness app Insight Timer. The wellness council purchased a schoolwide subscription to the app this year and is hoping students will utilize this resource, and that teachers will incorporate Insight Timer into their classrooms.

Breathe in: School promotes meditation app Insight Timer for student wellness

Clare O'Connor, Editor-in-Chief
January 24, 2023
While protein is an essential component of a diet, supplements, such as protein powder, are unnecessary.

Protein powder provides unnecessary diet supplement

Peter Cox, City Life Editor
January 17, 2023
Bang Energy, Celsius, Alani Nu Energy, Red Bull and Monster are examples of popular energy drinks. Frequent consumption of these drinks can result in high blood pressure, irritability and caffeine addiction.

Energy drinks provide alternate caffeine intake

Ainsley Williams, Reporter
December 10, 2022
Though CBD products have grown in popularity, research shows that the drug has few known effects.

CBD products popular but unproven

Amy Ren, Assistant Editor
November 30, 2022
While Café Lab offers a salad bar, students often gravitate toward the quicker, more convenient options at the grill.

Food Fight: Café Lab’s options clash with students’ health choices, expectations

Clare McRoberts, Assistant editor
October 19, 2022
Apps like Calm or Headspace can help people learn and practice meditation.

Meditation apps help relieve pandemic stress

Sahana Unni, Features Editor
May 19, 2022
Some students believe that Labs health curriculum is outdated, and needs modification to effectively teach modern health principals.

Students push for health curriculum reforms

Sophie Baker, Reporter
May 16, 2022
Staying safe in the sun

Staying safe in the sun

Anathea Carrigan, Audrey Matei, Audrey Matzke, and Téa Tamburo
May 10, 2022
Probiotics like yogurt and kombucha most likely will not help your microbiome, according to Eugene Chang, associate director of gastroenterology at UChicago Medicine.

Gut instincts: how do we heal our gastrointestinal tract?

Noa Appelbaum, Health and Wellness Editor
May 3, 2022
Lori Waterstraat, a Laboratory Schools nurse, assists a student in her office. The pandemic has changed the outlook of Ms. Waterstraat and many other nurses. She said, “I never understood the importance of kids being in school to learn and having a community that supports them and loves them, like I do now.”

COVID-19 adds to job stress of Lab nurses

Clare McRoberts, Reporter
April 26, 2022
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