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Kids embrace their inner frog for wellness
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Kids embrace their inner frog for wellness

Kids Yoga is Penn Medicine Princeton Health’s newest kid-friendly, kid-focused active living program.

Penn Today Staff

Workplace pumping made easier
Dare Henry-Moss leaning against the doorway of a new lactation room, with a breast pump in the background

Dare Henry-Moss, an adjunct fellow at the Center for Public Health Initiatives, developed a recommendation plan for improving lactation support for the University of Pennsylvania Health System, including conducting a needs assessment intended to guide standards for such spaces.

Workplace pumping made easier

Listening to employee feedback, Penn Medicine added hospital-grade pumps and doubled its lactation spaces, taking strides to help women meet their breastfeeding goals.

Michele W. Berger

Social media use increases depression and loneliness
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Social media use increases depression and loneliness

Facebook, Snapchat, and Instagram may not be great for personal well-being. For the first time, an experimental study shows a causal link between time spent on these social media and increased depression and loneliness.

Michele W. Berger

Two apps target cancer risk in marginalized populations
woman with cell phone clicking on an image of a heartbeat

Two apps target cancer risk in marginalized populations

The tech-based mobile health interventions from Nursing’s Anne Teitelman focus on preventive health actions, including the HPV vaccine.

Michele W. Berger

Be in the know about your health, and be rewarded
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Be in the know about your health, and be rewarded

From Human Resources’ 2018-19 “Be in the Know” campaign to details about diabetes, cancer, and other screenings recommended by a Penn Med expert, a breakdown of ways to make healthy living achievable.
Being well and doing well
Yoga in Franklin Field

Being well and doing well

Benoit Dubé, the chief wellness officer at Penn, Giang T. Nguyen, executive director of Student Health Service, and Meeta Kumar, deputy executive director of CAPS, discuss Penn’s efforts to strengthen and support the health and wellness of students.