This Friday, December 20th, our neighbors down the street at The Village Hub are hosting a Holiday Party and Gift Fair. They have a busy schedule filled with fun for the whole family. If you’re still looking for some last minute gifts, the 2019 Gift Faire features 15 local artists, designers and makers who will
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Double entendre aside, and a big shout out to my friend the ZDogg regardless (check him out here, he is awesome!), yes my friends it is Mo-vember once again! It is time to be grateful, thankful, and definitely talk about (and even write musical parodies about) MEN’S HEALTH. Let me draw your attention to the
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I am so thankful to have been a part of this special practice for the past seven years. I am surrounded by such skilled, gifted, compassionate colleagues. And I get to witness the response by our extraordinary members to their care. Recently I participated directly in that interaction. My daughter is so fortunate to be
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While contemplating and creating the content for this brief article, I realized just how amazingly synergistic gratitude and massage therapy can be in practice. Both are vital components to any wellness regimen that seeks to build and maintain overall health; and are highly effective pain relievers that strengthen the immune system, lower heart rate and
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Ten years and $2 billion. But really it is much more than that. I was in the new Emergency Department last night touring and sharing stories from 1991 when we brought on the first eight residents to our fledgling Emergency Medicine Residency program, to 2015 when we became a formal, academic department. Now this, the
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Adapted from healthychildren.org As a Bay Area pediatrician, I am often asked to recommend information sources, articles, and books on specific pediatric medical conditions as well as on parenting philosophies, discipline, empathy, social skills, and resilience.  With so many sources of information available from peers, social media, news, advertising, streaming and broadcast media, young people
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I have a special person to express gratitude towards this month. As many of you know, Dr. Prerana Sangani has been helping me cover Dr. Jenn Abrams’ practice over the past several months while Dr. Abrams has been home and fully enjoying her brand new motherhood! What you may not know is that Dr.
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Impressive would be one way to describe it. A long time coming would be another. As many of you know, I joined the Stanford faculty back in 1991, before there was even an Emergency Medicine residency training program (having finished my Chief year at UCLA, helping develop the new program was part of why
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If you get the daily emails from The Almanac Online and Palo Alto Express you will have seen our new advertising campaign. We’re highlighting the few spaces we have remaining in Pediatrics during this season of Open Enrollment. It’s the ideal time to consider stepping out of today’s inefficient standard system of healthcare. We call
Along with many lovely things, Fall marks the beginning of flu season. The most recent annual statistics compiled by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are concerning. For the 2018-19 flu season, only about 45% of adults and about 63% of children got vaccinated. The CDC estimates that between 36,000 and 61,000
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Whether you travel for work or fun, making positive food choices can be challenging. However, traveling is not an excuse to throw good habits out the window, especially if you are actively trying to make positive changes. Below are some strategies to help keep you on track when you travel, and to avoid feeling overwhelmed
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There’s a new kid in town, only this time the kid serves delicious fare and is the sister (brother?) of our friends next door at The Village Pub. This would be cause enough for a shout out to Tim Stannard and his Bacchus restaurants, but in addition I’ve had the pleasure of dining there, and
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In a recent visit, I asked a patient what she wanted to be when she grew up and she very quickly responded “a vegetarian.” It was not exactly the answer I expected, but I wasn’t surprised either. Questions about becoming vegetarian are becoming more and more common in check-ups these days, for both boys and
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As an acupuncturist, many people tell me they want to try acupuncture, but nothing is wrong with them. I usually say that’s “great!” and leave it at that. In truth, however, I’m pretty sure I can find something “wrong” with them. We are not perfect and we cannot be perfectly balanced in our modern lifestyle.
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Once again, there is a lot to bring to your attention this month! Let me start with inviting you to our 13th Annual Free Stanford Skin Cancer Screening at our office on Thursday, September 19th, 5:00-8:00pm. A longstanding tradition, how better to combine preventive medicine than with a glass of wine? (I’ll even leave out
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