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Wellness Wednesday: Your Chance to Volunteer

January 8, 2020 by Cooper University Health Care Leave a Comment

Volunteering and altruism is good for us and others. It has been shown to minimize stress and improve depression. It can reduce the risk for cognitive impairment. It can even help us live longer. It also appears that giving …

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Wellness Wednesday: Calling all poets, writers, photographers, and artists!

December 18, 2019 by Cooper University Health Care Leave a Comment

Submissions are open for the fourth issue of The Asclepian, the CMSRU Medical Humanities Literary Magazine! (Last year’s issue can be found here)

Submissions must be unpublished original work on a medical topic and may take the form of …

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Wellness Wednesday: A Time to Be Thankful

November 27, 2019 by Cooper University Health Care Leave a Comment

Thanksgiving is a time to remember all we have to be thankful for. And there are ancillary benefits to be thankful. People who regularly experience gratitude appear to recover faster from trauma and injury. They have better and closer personal …

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Wellness Wednesday: The Intersection of Art and Medicine

November 20, 2019 by Cooper University Health Care Leave a Comment

This New England Journal Perspectives piece explores how art and medicine are intertwined, each informing the other. It is a thoughtful reflection on how we communicate from the perspective of an doctor who was an opera singer in another life. …

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World Kindness Day

November 13, 2019 by Cooper University Health Care Leave a Comment

Today is World Kindness Day! Whether it is holding open a door, smiling at someone, or giving an extra minute to listen, today provides an opportunity to consider how our small acts of kindness can have a huge impact …

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Resident Wellness, Halloween Edition!

November 1, 2019 by Cooper University Health Care Leave a Comment

Thank you to everyone who helped make our Halloween-themed wellness event a success! Yesterday included many fun, calming, and relaxing activities for our residents. There was lots of food, music, and two adorable therapeutic dogs on sight, Jack and Alpine. …

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Reminder: Annual Halloween Wellness Event

October 30, 2019 by Cooper University Health Care Leave a Comment

Tomorrow is Cooper GME’s annual Halloween event, taking place from on Thursday, Oct 31st from 11:30 to 1:00 in CC121! Join us for food, games and crafts, therapy dogs, and more!

While you are welcome to come in costume, …

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Wellness Wednesday: The Power of Pets

September 24, 2019 by Cooper University Health Care Leave a Comment

The Cooper GME Wellness Committee will host a continental breakfast tomorrow morning, Wednesday, September 25, from 6:30 to 8:30 a.m. in the Conference Center CC105.

Come back in the afternoon for another food event with frozen treats and soft pretzels …

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Environmental Wellness: Doing Our Part

September 20, 2019 by Cooper University Health Care Leave a Comment

Dear colleagues,

In recognition of the global protests for leaders to take climate action, today we highlight environmental wellness as a key aspect of our overall wellness. As physicians, we offer an important perspective on how climate affects health of …

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Wellness Wednesday: Financial Wellness

September 11, 2019 by Cooper University Health Care Leave a Comment

While not the most important thing in life, financial health is a common source of stress, anxiety and fear. The 2017 “Stress in America Survey” revealed that 62% of Americans reported that money was a significant source of stress in …

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