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Rise and Shine with Breakfast

Bored with your bowl of oatmeal? Tired of your toast and jam? Ready to step outside the (cereal) box for breakfast? Switch it up with these creative combos that are easy-to-make and will keep you shining all morning long!

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This Thanksgiving Eat More! (Non-starchy veggies, that is!)

Fall holidays are known for their festive meals and celebrations. So how do you enjoy the foods of the season and still keep your blood sugar in check?

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Palliative Care: Helping Patients Live Their Best Lives

Lynn’s husband Steve was diabetic and diagnosed with end stage renal disease 11 years ago. Without warning, Steve’s condition turned critical three years ago. Desperate for guidance and strength, Lynn was connected to April and the Palliative Care team at Missouri Baptist Medical Center.

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Losing More Than Sleep

Everybody suffers occasionally from not getting enough sleep. But a lack of sleep can do more than just make you feel tired the next day. Chronic sleep problems can be a contributing factor to more serious health problems.

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Are You Ready for Flu Season?

While seasonal influenza (flu) viruses are detected year-round in the United States, flu viruses are most common during the fall and winter. The exact timing and duration of flu seasons can vary, but influenza activity often begins to increase in October. Most of the time flu activity peaks between December and February, although activity can last as late as May.

With flu season approaching, make sure you understand what the flu is and how to avoid it.

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Test Yourself

Altruism

Altruism Quiz - Great Good Science Center

Anxiety, PTSD:

Anxiety screen - Mental Health America

Burnout:

Workplace Burnout Quiz from Christina Maslach and Michael Leitner, courtesy of Scientific American.

Depression:

Anyone can experience depression, including physicians,and especially in medical training. Rate yourself with this Depression screen. 

How well do you read other people? Quiz from Greater Good Science Center

Empathy:

Also from the Greater Good Science Center, try this empathy quiz.

Happiness:

How happy are you? From Dr. Martin Seligman, director of the Positive Psychology Center at the University of Pennsylvania, take a variety of questionnaires relating to happiness, optimism, gratitude, personal strengths and life meaning. Log in required for cumulative anonymous research purposes. Privacy policy.

Mindfulness

Mindfulness Quiz from Greater Good Science Center.

Physical Fitness:

4 part physical fitness test - Mayo Clinic

PTSD:

This PTSD Screen  from the PTSD Association of Canada

Relationship Trust:

Relationship Trust Quiz - Greater Good Science Center

Self-compassion:

Perfectionistic? Hard on yourself? Rate your level of self-compassion from the website of Kristin Neff, PhD, creator of the validated self-compassion scale.

Sleepiness:

Sleepiness Scale - Epworth Scale.

Stress:

Stress screen - Mental Health America

Substance use:

Evaluate your beliefs, attitudes and behaviors concerning alcohol use - National Institute on Alcohol Abuse

Work-Life Balance:

Quiz - Canadian Mental Health Association

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