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The Wait Until 8th pledge empowers parents to rally together to delay giving children a smartphone until at least 8th grade. By banding together, this will decrease the pressure felt by kids and parents alike over the kids having a smartphone. https://www.waituntil8th.org/why-wait/

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The Yale Health Center will close at 12:00 pm on Wednesday, March 21 in anticipation of the snow storm.

Acute Care and Inpatient Care will remain open. All other departments will close at noon.

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Celebrate HIPAA Awareness Month at Yale Health - stop at the table in the lobby for information about a patient spokesperson, securing your personal information and MyChart.

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Have you heard the saying “you are what you eat”?  One of the keys to digestive health is to create the right balance of “good” bacteria in your gut. Join us for the "Be Good to Your Gut Class" on Tuesday March 20th at 12:15 pm, register here: https://bmsweb.med.yale.edu/tms/tms_enrollments.offerings?p_crs_id=6301

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Members of Yale University African American Affinity Group (YAAA) are in our lobby until 1:30 pm today as part of an International Women's Day celebration in collaboration with WWN, YLNG and WIT.

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Stop by the Yale Health Center Lobby and “Tell Us Where You’re From” and help us celebrate Yale’s diverse community!

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Heart Month Tip: Get your blood pressure checked at least once  per year. High blood pressure can be a silent killer.

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Some advice and some real life experience from screen time experts who are also parents

https://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2018/02/06/579555110/what-the-screen-time-experts-do-with-their-own-kids

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If you’re coming to the Yale Health Center this week we invite you to make a donation to the WWN & ANY Diaper and Wipes Drive benefiting New Haven Reach. Our box is almost full but we’ll be getting another one! Thank you to all who have already donated.

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Yale Health went red today to raise awareness of heart disease and stroke! Know Your Risk: https://www.goredforwomen.org/fight-heart-disease-women-…/…/  Live Healthy https://www.goredforwomen.org/fight-heart-disease-women-…/…/

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Stop by Yale Health this week between 11a and 3p to purchase tickets for our gift basket drawing to benefit New Haven Reads. Drawing is at 3:00 on Friday. Prizes include $275 in Stop & Shop gift cards and a beautiful Coach bag! #yale #newhavenreads

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Before you leave your doctor's office make sure you have the answers.

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Make it a "Walktober" and schedule a walking meeting. Feeling adventurous? Take a break and visit one of Yale's walking tours and trails. http://beingwell.yale.edu/…/physic…/walking-tours-and-trails

Sharon Schmidt, DNP, Associate Director of Staff Development and Regulatory Affairs at Yale Health and Ann Marie Cirkot, MSN, Staff Education Specialist take a brisk walking meeting around the new residential colleges - one lap around them is more than half a mile!

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Protect your teen from distracted driving 

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As part of the Founder’s Day celebration at Yale the School of Forestry & Environmental Studies’ Urban Resources Initiative in partnership with Human Resources and Facilities planted trees for staff recognition. Seven trees were planted on the Yale Health Center property to celebrate 25 university staff members with 430 years of collective service to Yale.

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How do you pass the time in the waiting room? Two students were making good use of their wait today - one studying and the other getting some planks in!

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New this week - Internal Medicine has a kiosk so you can check in for a scheduled appointment! They join Pediatrics and Student Health/Dermatology with this feature.