Stanford's WELL for Life programs challenges participants to spend mindfully, in an effort to understand the relationship between well-being and finances.
Category: Wellness
Understanding AFib: Why do I have this? Should I take blood thinners?
In the second piece in a the Understanding AFib series, physician Randall Stafford examines which patients should use blood thinners.
Understanding AFib: A heart dancing without rhythm
In the first of a series on atrial fibrillation, physician Randall Stafford explains the condition and how it increases the risk of stroke.
Who is the designated driver, or proxy, for your health decisions?
A recent Stanford study found that patients and their health care proxies have divergent opinions on specific health care practices.
Stealth vaping fad hidden from parents, teachers
Stealth vaping fad fueled by JUUL, the most popular of the electronic cigarette devices, hooks teens on nicotine while hiding it from parents, teachers.
Tai chi may help prevent older adults from falling, a study finds
A new study finds tai chi balance training can be more effective than conventional exercise approaches for reducing falls in older adults with a high risk for falling.
Connection between climate change and health will be a focus of summit
As the Global Climate Action Summit convenes in San Francisco, Stanford leaders discuss links between climate change and health.
What should parents know about concussions? A Stanford expert explains
Most kids who suffer concussions can recover at home with support from their families and doctors, according to a Stanford brain injury expert.
Prenatal exposure to acute stress can affect cognitive function in children of low-income households
A Stanford study finds that after being exposed to a prenatal event of acute stress, children from poor households suffer negative cognitive effects.
This is your brain on… roller coasters?
How risky are roller coasters for the human brain? A team of Stanford engineers rode roller coasters for science, hoping to find out.
WELL for Life challenges you to explore the great outdoors
Stanford's WELL for Life initiative encourages you to get outside through a "mini challenge" that emphasizes the role of nature in your well-being.
Busting myths about milk
Stanford nutrition scientist Christopher Gardner discusses the many forms of milk and addresses the biggest misconceptions.
As summer heats up, experts offer water safety tips for parents
Drowning is the leading cause of death for children ages 1-4. Here, Stanford pediatricians offer tips and reminders to help keep kids safe.
Stanford Medicine’s chief wellness officer reflects on burnout, and on his own strategies to stay healthy
Stanford's Tait Shanafelt is working to address physician burnout, which impacts physicians' quality of life as well as patient care.
Continuous blood sugar monitoring suggests even “healthy” people need to mind their carbs
Continuously monitoring blood sugar levels turns up new evidence to suggest that more people have sharp increases in their blood sugar than expected.
Wearable device designed to measure cortisol in sweat
Stanford researchers developed a wearable device to measure how much cortisol people produce in their sweat. Cortisol is critical to many physiological processes.