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Navigating holidays in a pandemic, again

Experts from Penn’s Center for Public Health Initiatives and Positive Psychology Center offer six tips for making the holiday season joyful, fun, and safe.

Image of a book cover, with a purple ribbon placed on top of a hand. The title reads," Coping with Crohn's and colitis: A patient and clinician's guide to CBT for IBD," by "Melissa G. Hunt, Foreword by Aaron T. Beck" next to a photo of a person standing up, wearing a black blazer and a black and gold dress.

A self-help guide to treating IBD

In her new book, clinical psychologist Melissa Hunt offers a cognitive behavioral therapy approach to helping people with Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis improve their quality of life.

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Five things to know about the upcoming flu season

Thanks to COVID prevention measures, last year’s flu season was among the mildest in years. Penn experts explain why this year may be different and how to prepare.

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Choose personal exercise goals, then tackle them immediately

Research from the Perelman School of Medicine reveals that having people set their own fitness goals and pursue them immediately, rather than giving them assigned goals that begin gradually, is most likely to result in lasting positive change.

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Mentorship an ‘essential ingredient’ for nursing Ph.D. students

A new School of Nursing initiative places doctoral students into small peer-mentorship groups. The researchers who implemented this found it offers an important supplement to one-on-one peer support and faculty advising.

5 things you and your college-bound daughter need to know about campus sexual assault

Susan Sorenson of the School of Social Policy & Practice wrote an opinion piece about how parents can talk to their daughters about avoiding and/or surviving campus sexual assault. “If this conversation makes you uncomfortable now, imagine what it would be like to talk to her after a sexual assault,” she wrote.

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Penn celebrates a decade of Be in the Know

The University launched its 10th year of the Be in the Know campaign which focuses on wellness for eligible staff and faculty.

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Combining gamification, cash incentive increases veterans’ exercise

A new study finds that daily step counts increased by approximately 1,200 among veterans who were given goals and participated in gamelike interventions with loss-framed cash rewards.

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Having a strong life purpose eases the loneliness of COVID-19 isolation

Those who felt their life was guided by meaningful values or goals were more willing to engage in COVID-19 protective behaviors.

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Game-based program boosts physical activity among diabetes patients

Penn Medicine research shows that adding gamification with either competition or support increased physical activity for patients with Type 2 diabetes.

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