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Mashup Score: 1Cyclic sighing tops other breathing methods for calming down - 11 month(s) ago
Practicing a technique called cyclic sighing for five minutes a day tops other breathing techniques in calming anxiety, study shows.
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Mashup Score: 6Self-compassion helps night-shift doctor manage stress - 11 month(s) ago
Night shift doctor Al’ai Alvarez explores self-compassion, a skill he’s developed and teaches others, to thrive while working odd hours.
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Developing strict work-life boundaries is part of self-compassion, says physician Al’ai Alvarez, who works overnight shifts in the emergency department. In a Q&A, he examines his ability to be nice to himself during tough times. @alvarezzzy #MentalHealth https://t.co/Fd2swzAoQb
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Mashup Score: 3Turmeric’s unexpected link to lead poisoning in Bangladesh - 11 month(s) ago
Scientists find that a colorant that makes turmeric more yellow is the leading source of high lead levels in pregnant women in Bangladesh.
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In investigating the reason pregnant women in Bangladesh have high amounts of lead in their bodies, researchers discover an unexpected source: turmeric sprayed with an agent that makes it more yellow. #ClimateChange #HealthEquity https://t.co/QCXqnNvkcF
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Mashup Score: 5Initiatives aim to make the operating room sustainable - 11 month(s) ago
Surgeons and anesthesiologists don’t want their jobs to harm the environment. They’re learning how to reduce, reuse and recycle in the OR.
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With strategic changes in supplies used for certain hand surgeries, Paige Fox, MD, figured out how to avert 1,400 pounds of trash per year from landfills, part of Stanford Medicine’s efforts to make surgery sustainable. #ClimateChange #Environment https://t.co/TWouHqNPz5
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Mashup Score: 7Climate-proofing schools to protect student health - 11 month(s) ago
California schools need physical and curriculum upgrades to be ready for shifts in the state’s climate.
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California’s K-12 public schools weren’t built for climate change. A Stanford Medicine-led report recommends how to upgrade schools to be havens for kids facing physical and mental effects of heat waves, wildfires and drought. #ClimateChange #AirQuality https://t.co/y7N0EQkkIq
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Mashup Score: 4Beyond climate dread — how the medical community is helping - 11 month(s) ago
Amid concerns of a new age of climate cataclysm, myriad projects aim to prevent harm to people and make health care more sustainable.
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From curtailing surgical supply waste to reducing dust from storms in sub-Saharan Africa, leaders, researchers and care teams are using ingenuity and innovation to mitigate environmental harm for people and the planet alike. #Environment #HealthEquity https://t.co/BgJFyWyJi0
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Mashup Score: 7Health on a planet in crisis - 11 month(s) ago
The new issue of Stanford Medicine magazine explores the negative impact climate change is having on human health and ways to counter them.
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Stanford Medicine magazine’s new issue explores how environmental factors and challenges impact human health, and what’s being done about it: https://t.co/DXQvj7NbnG #ClimateChange #HealthEquity #Environment https://t.co/MiBxHExJHF
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Mashup Score: 3
A Stanford School of Medicine student and other students spur grassroots effort to get climate change into the curriculum.
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“As future physicians, we need to be prepared to care for patients affected by climate change and also know how to help our patients adapt and respond with resilience to a changing environment.” – Ashley Jowell, medical student #EarthDay #Sustainability https://t.co/Hah9NzF6eD
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Mashup Score: 1
Researchers seek to understand what’s behind the extraordinary longevity and health of people in specific regions of the world.
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Studies by @StanfordMed in Costa Rica have identified social factors, an immune system trait & chromosomal features — telomere length and methylation patterns — that correlate with #longevity. https://t.co/TdUadLmPrF
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Mashup Score: 6
When Eric Sibley was diagnosed in the early 2000s with multiple sclerosis, he was among the elite in academic medicine and preparing to reap the rewards of years of advanced education and accomplishment.
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As his disability progressed, Eric Sibley’s compassion for patients and will to champion diversity grew stronger. #BlackHistoryMonth #PatientCare https://t.co/g4qywWyJ0Q
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It’s tough to calm yourself when anxiety makes your heart race and quickens your breathing, but new research shows that practicing a breathing technique called cyclic sighing for a few minutes will do the trick. #Anxiety #MedTwitter https://t.co/0VbCGQqSLH