Maven Clinic Offers Online Subscriptions for College Women

The healthcare platform Maven now offers a subscription for women in college called Maven Campus. This nationwide plan allows students to connect with medical providers through video appointments and unlimited texting.

Maven Clinic launched the student plan about a year after they first introduced their platform in 2015. For $45 a month or $300 for a year, female students have the opportunity to send unlimited text messages and video appointments with more than 700 medical providers nationwide. 

Maven Clinic allows women to book appointments 24/7 and for students the platform only costs $45 a month. (Photo/Devon Tucker)

When a patient makes their appointment, Maven Campus connects students to a myriad of specialists for both primary care and mental health including ob-gyns, nurse practitioners, and specialists for mental health. These private telemedical appointments are also not limited to the daytime. They can be accessed 24/7 and do not have to be scheduled in advance.

 

After Maven’s launch in April 2015, founder and CEO Kate Ryder noticed the increasing popularity of the app on college campus and realized that women in college were facing unique health issues. According to Cosmopolitan.com, Ryder explains that college students were facing new health challenges with mental and sexual health and it was difficult to get answers from their on-campus health centers. They developed Maven Campus to address these specific needs for students so students can feel comfortable with discussing their health needs.

India Milling, a 21-year-old nursing major from McDonough, Ga says, “One thing I’ve learned in nursing school so far is how important it is to trust your health care providers and form a relationship with them where you feel comfortable discussing your health concerns. I think maven clinic sounds great because it offers the opportunity to pick your healthcare provider based on background and credentials and then form that relationship with them all through the online app”.

The practitioners that Maven accepts to the platform go through a highly selective process with only 35% of the practitioners being accepted. Their providers have a 4.9 out of 5 star rating and are not limited to women’s and mental health. The subscription provides unlimited access to instant prescriptions, help with acne, nutrition, the cold and flu and even physical therapy.

If you want to get involved with Maven Campus, check out their ambassador program here.

 

Fuel Hot Yoga Offers Free Classes

Fuel Hot Yoga, located at 398 Foundry St., will host an open house this Sunday, January 22, 2017 from 8 a.m to 6 p.m. The open house will include complimentary classes, retail deals and giveaways for all students that attend.

The studio, formerly known as Bikram Yoga Athens, is taking reservations ahead of time for attendees to reserve a spot in one of the six classes offered on Sunday. The first-come first-served classes include Hot Vinyasa, Bikram Yoga, and Yin Yoga.

The classes at Fuel Hot Yoga leads its participants through a series of yoga poses in a room that has the heat turned up. The studio is also for all levels of yoga goers.

Fuel Hot Yoga students walk out of the studio on Sunday, Jan. 22, 2017. (Photo / Devon Tucker)

If you are new to the practice of hot yoga, the studio recommends the Bikram yoga class for beginners. The 90 minute yoga class will be offered for free three times on Sunday, at 10 a.m, 2 p.m, and 4 p.m.

However, if interested in another style of yoga, the studio will also offer a free Hot Vinyasa class at 8 a.m and 12 p.m and a Yin Yoga class at 6 p.m.

The 90 minute Hot Vinyasa class is perfect for those with a little more experience. It is a blend of five styles of yoga that focuses on advanced sequences. Students will be taught meditation, inversions and deep back bends.

The third type of class offered on Sunday is a 60 minute Yin Yoga class. Yin Yoga is ideal for those who do not like hot yoga classes. It is taught at a slower pace and the studio is not heated. The class targets your ligaments and connective tissues to increase your natural range of motion.

While attending the open house, guests will be given the opportunity to win some membership deals and door prizes. Some prizes will be a free month of yoga, a yoga mat and a towel, yoga clothes and water bottles.

If you are unable to attend Fuel Hot Yoga’s open house this Sunday, new members still have the option to buy the 30 Days Unlimited Yoga package for $30. This package allows a new customer to attend as many classes as they want for a month.