Paying attention to your emotions at work can improve your job experience and performance, says mindfulness expert Leah Weiss.
Category: Wellness
Put well-being first, Arianna Huffington urges Stanford Medicine community
Using data and storytelling, Arianna Huffington is working encourage a cultural shift toward health and wellness, she explained at a conversation with Dean Lloyd Minor on campus.
Think your job is killing you? You might be right, Stanford business professor explains
Stanford Graduate School of Business Professor Jeffrey Pfeffer discusses in his new book, "Dying for a Paycheck," how stress from work is a major health problem.
Meditate for five minutes a day to help improve well-being? Join the challenge
A new mini-experiment from Stanford's WELL program challenges individuals to take five minutes out of their day to meditate, with the goal of improving well-being.
Use your range hood for a healthier home, advises indoor air quality researcher
To prevent potentially harmful levels of pollutants from building up inside homes, air quality researcher Brett Singer provides tips.
Stanford scientist weighs in on new government report on physical activity
A new report out of the U.S. Health and Human Services Department takes a science-first approach to detailing the boons of physical activity for human health.
The long program: A former Olympian builds mental-health tools for athletes
Rachael Flatt competed in the 2010 Winter Olympics. Now the former skater works on eating disorders prevention and intervention in a Stanford Medicine lab.
Exercise elevates blood signature difference between people with, without chronic fatigue syndrome
A new study suggests that a blood test following exercise may be a good way to differentiate between people who have ME/CFS and people who don't.
Too high: Current blood pressure targets may not be low enough
In this fifth, final post in a series on high blood pressure, Randall Stafford, MD, PhD, explains target blood pressure guidelines.
Too high: Side effects hamper many blood pressure medications
In this piece in a series on high blood pressure, Randall Stafford, MD, PhD, tackles the problems caused by the side effects of medications.
Why establishing a health baseline is a ‘critical starting point for achieving future health goals’
Raise your hand if you want to be more successful at achieving health goals, such as losing weight or lowering your cholesterol levels, and maintaining …
Does the sight of blood make you queasy? You’re not alone
After writing about my blood phobia -- and what I did to tame it -- in the spring 2013 issue of Stanford Medicine, I was surprised …
Mind-reading in real life: Study shows it can be done (but they’ll have to catch you first)
It's not a given that experimentally obtained results accurately reflect goings-on in the real world. The former are obtained under rigidly controlled, reproducible conditions in …