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X-rays and more
at Health Center
By Lyndsey Shinoda
Daily Forty-Niner
The Student Health
Center has more than just the cure for the common cold. With
a range of services from skin care to X-rays, the center has
just about everything students need, well beyond treating
bumps and bruises.
Located on State
University Drive, the center is across the street from the
Los Cerritos Residence Halls. All Cal State Long Beach students
pay a $35 health fee each semester, which covers most basic
services at the center, said Director Renee Twigg. So going
to the center at least once pays for the cost. Lab work and
prescriptions entail a minimum fee.
Other than attending
to normal cases of the flu and allergies, the center offers
services such as psychiatry, specific programs for men's and
women's health, and free HIV testing twice a month.
"We have a lot
of services to help students stay healthy,” Twigg said.
"We want to help them avoid injury.”
Sexual Health Awareness
Workshops (SHAW) are offered for women who want to learn more
about birth control and safe sex methods. Gynecologists are
also available for specialty exams and treatments.
Something new this
year are weekly men's health clinics starting in February,
Twigg said. She said most students who seek assistance at
the center tend to be female. The clinics are meant to encourage
males to visit the center more often.
"Men would do something
similar [to the women], like risk assessment [for sexual activity
and drug use,]” Twigg said. "We're trying to have men
come for preventive health.”
The center also
has a counselor who specializes in alcohol, tobacco and other
drugs, as well as a smoking cessation counselor. Another addition
to the health center is Dr. Michael Carbuto, who has recently
been hired as the new chief physician.
Twigg recommends
that students go to the health center's Web site for up-to-date
information on many health-related topics. The site is located
at: www.csulb.edu/shs.
"Health resources
is hyper-linked to the most reliable service,” Twigg
said. "By the time we print a brochure, it's out of date.
The whole idea was to make it more accessible to students.”
For more information,
call (562) 985-4771.
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