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.
Category: Wellness
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.
In study, Stanford researchers analyze ovarian cancer cells at unprecedented level of specificity
This Stanford Medicine study clarifies the underlying biology of high-grade serous ovarian cancer and could help lead to future therapies.
A look at cervical cancer prevention and screening
Douglas Lowy, deputy director of the National Cancer Institute, recently spoke at Stanford Medicine.
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 …