Media
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Why mindset is important when facing cancer
90 Seconds w/ Lisa Kim
February 20, 2025
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Mindset Matters, but That’s Just Part of the Story
Should we be prescribing mindset just as we do medications and surgery?
January 24, 2025
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How the Mind Can Help the Body
Watching a series of short videos on mindset improved cancer patients’ quality of life
January 23, 2025
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Rethinking Osteoarthritis: How A Digital Mindset Intervention Is Transforming Patient Care
Published in Healthcare & Nursing, General & Internal Medicine, and Behavioural Sciences & Psychology
October 17, 2024
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How your mindset could affect your response to vaccines
In a recent study, researchers found that beliefs about COVID-19 vaccines may shape vaccination experiences, affecting side effects and even immune response.
August 23, 2024
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Stanford researchers develop and implement training to help medical care teams influence patient mindsets
are providers who received a new “Medicine Plus Mindset” training increasingly felt that patient mindsets are important in health care patient interaction.
February 22, 2024
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The Power of Your Exercise Mindset
Research shows that shaming or scaring yourself into hitting the gym isn’t nearly as effective as finding a physical activity you actually enjoy.
October 13, 2023
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Can altering cancer ‘mindsets’ change physical outcomes?
Stanford researchers explore how shifting cancer patients' mindsets about their disease could impact physical health outcomes, offering a new perspective on the mind-body connectio
August 30, 2023
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Mindfulness and Public Health
Monks and researchers gathered at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health to launch a new center for mindfulness.
April 27, 2023
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Feel like a slug? You may have the wrong exercise mind-set.
A new study shows that thinking you’re failing at exercise is bad for your health. Tracking all your movements can help.
March 23, 2023
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Placebo response reveals unconscious bias among white patients toward female, Black physicians
The doctor-patient relationship is an important part of helping and healing. But it can be hijacked by racial or other biases that either party holds.
June 28, 2022
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Most Popular American Movies Depict an Unhealthy Diet, Stanford Researchers find
Stanford News writes a story about a recent paper by Brad Turnwald, Isaac Handley-Miner, Natalie Samuels, Alia Crum, and colleagues. published in JAMA Internal Medicine.
November 23, 2020
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Stanford Study Finds Ways to Help Kids Manage Side Effects of Treatment for Food Allergies
Stanford News writes story about recent paper by Lauren Howe, Kari Leibowitz, Maggie Perry, Alia Crum, and colleagues.
January 28, 2019
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Can a Nice Doctor Make Treatments More Effective?
MBL members Lauren Howe (postdoc) and Kari Leibowitz (PhD student) discuss the importance of healthcare provider warmth in a New York Times Op-Ed.
January 22, 2019
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Making the Most of Time In the Doctor’s Office
Lauren Howe publishes article in the Paper Gown, the Zocdoc blog, about findings from MBL's recent paper, "Providers’ demeanor impacts patient perceptions of visit length."
October 10, 2018
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Bending Time to Benefit Patients
The Stanford Medicine blog, SCOPE, publishes article featuring Lauren Howe in a discussion of MBL's recent paper, "Providers’ demeanor impacts patient perceptions of visit length."
September 26, 2018
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A Doctor’s Reassurance Speeds Healing from an Allergic Reaction
Research by Mind & Body Lab members Kari Leibowitz, Emerson Hardebeck, Parker Goyer, and Alia Crum featured in Stanford News.
September 04, 2018
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How a Positive Mind Really Can Create a Healthier Body
Alia Crum was featured in a New Scientist article about the role mindsets play in shaping our health.
August 27, 2018
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Zahrt & Crum featured in New York Times
[Zahrt and Crum] found a strong correlation between people’s dying early and their believing that they were relatively inactive.
February 22, 2018
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Alia Crum receives “Rising Star” Honor from the Association for Psychological Science
The APS Rising Star designation recognizes researchers whose innovative work has already advanced the field and signals great potential for their continued contributions.
December 29, 2017