Dr. Stacy Sims highlights a critical gap in understanding among New Zealand’s youth, including girls, young women, and nonbinary individuals who menstruate, regarding menstruation. This shortfall in knowledge significantly impacts their health and well-being, underscoring the urgent need for improved education and resources in this area.
Stanford Lifestyle Medicine Director, Dr. Michael Fredericson, discusses the rise in pickleball injuries in recent years.
Dr. BJ Fogg, Stanford Lifestyle Medicine Research and Implementation Specialist, speaks with the New York on how taking stock of small achievements can keep you motivated when times are tough.
‘All it takes is a quick walk’: how a few minutes’ exercise can unleash creativity – even if you hate it
Do you have your best ideas while running to the bus stop, or walking the dog? You’re not alone. Researchers are finding remarkable links between movement and blue-sky thinking
March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month! In this episode of Scrubcast, host Rachel Baker interviews Dr. Cindy Kin, an associate professor in Stanford University’s Department of Surgery.
Michael Fredericson, Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at Stanford, discusses the types of injuries they are seeing the most, and the benefit of the exercise versus the risk of injury.
Lifestyle psychiatry can play an important role in helping patients establish healthy behaviors and habits that both help prevent and treat mental illness.
At first glance, the dual roles of physician and chef may seem like an unlikely pairing. But for Carlie Arbaugh, MD, Chef, it was the parallels she found in the culinary arts and surgical care that drew her to each.
If you’ve seen a loved one take a bad fall – like my mother did a few months ago – you know the importance of muscle strength.
Muscle mass peaks in our 30s and then starts a long, slow decline. Muscle-loss, also called sarcopenia, affects more than 45% of older Americans, especially women.
The headlines are compelling, with phrases like, “The Obesity Revolution,” and “A new ‘miracle’ weight-loss drug really works.” The before-and-after pictures are inspiring. People who have struggled for decades to shed pounds are finally finding an effective strategy.
The last few years saw breakthroughs in treatments for obesity, with new weight-loss medicines dominating recent news reports. The medicines, semaglutide (Ozempic, Wegovy) and tirzepatide (Mounjaro, Zepbound), work by slowing stomach-emptying and decreasing appetite. They’re usually administered by weekly injection.