Get outside once a day, even for a short period. Each week schedule one activity which you consider fun - even if it is simply a conversation with someone who makes you laugh or your favorite TV show or renting a video. Don't O.D. on caffeine. It always backfires in the long run. MIT Medical sent totally revamped student health program publications to all incoming MIT students.
Students can opt to purchase the MIT Student Health Plan to cover spouses and children.
The MIT Student Health Plan covers almost all services at MIT Medical. - Extended MIT Hospital Insurance Plan is what used to be called the Hospital Insurance or the Blue Cross Blue Shield Hospital Insurance. It provides excellent coverage at a reasonable cost. The new benefit is for a routine eye exam at MIT Medical on or after September 1, 1997. A spouse and children covered under a student's family Extended MIT Hospital Insurance receive the same benefit. The new routine eye exam benefit is only for members of the Extended MIT Hospital Insurance Plan, and only for an exam at MIT Medical.