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Self-Care, Wellness, and Mental Health Strategies for College Student-Athletes

AASP

The research recognizes the subsequent impact on student-athletes’ wellness. Based on the research and subjective experiences of student-athletes, the importance of self-care and wellness becomes paramount. With that said, below are a few quick tips to boost wellness and psychological functioning. </p>

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The Relentless School Nurse: FAACTs Roundtable Podcast – Safely Caring for Students with Food Allergies is a Collaborative Effort

Relentless School Nurse

School nurses hold a pivotal position in the school community, ensuring the physical and mental well-being of students. Amid these constraints, school nurses work diligently to educate students, staff, and parents about various health-related topics, including nutrition, hygiene, and managing chronic conditions.

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Boy With Short Bowel Syndrome Living the Dream of a Better Life

Stanford Childrens

Jah’Seki was born with a condition that damaged his small intestine, requiring much of it to be removed. To survive and grow, he has been on total parenteral nutrition (TPN)—intravenous feeding—his entire life. The purpose of the program is to provide nutritional support to help compromised bowels grow and regain function.

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Teen Taking on Life After Intestine-Liver-Pancreas Transplant

Stanford Childrens

For 12 hours each day, she was hooked up to parenteral nutrition , or TPN, which delivers liquid nutrients through a central line or semipermanent IV. She had pseudo-obstruction syndrome —a rare, chronic condition where the muscles in the intestines do not contract normally, causing symptoms that mimic a bowel obstruction.

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What Is Health and Wellness?

PLT4M

What is health and wellness? We set out to answer the question “what is health and wellness?” What is Health and Wellness? The term health and wellness is used throughout society. But what is health and wellness? In short, health is the goal, and wellness is the means to achieving it.

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WELLNESS WEDNESDAYS: Eat More Fiber Part 3

Growing Healthy Kids

" A high-fiber diet appears to reduce the risk of developing various conditions, including heart disease , diabetes , diverticular disease, constipation and colon cancer. On another occasion I was asked to teach a series of nutrition workshops for kids who have been abused and/or neglected living in a residential shelter.

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Celebrating Women in Medicine

Stanford Childrens

She partners with the transplant surgeons and then cares for the child “the minute they’re out of surgery, through their hospital stay, and, well, evermore,” she says. Most of them spend their lives in a limited state because their health condition impacts everything—school, activity, their ability to be with friends,” she says.