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How Nature Helps Us Heal
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<blockquote data-quote="cheryl" data-source="post: 2989" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><a href="https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/how_nature_helps_us_heal" target="_blank"><strong>How Nature Helps Us Heal - Greater Good</strong></a></p><p></p><p><strong>A doctor explains why he prescribes time outside to his patients.</strong></p><p></p><p>Here’s one silver lining to the pandemic: with gyms, museums, and stores closed, many of us were forced to spend more time outside. I was able to ditch my car and more safely pedal the 3.5 miles on pedestrian-friendly streets to work at Alta Bates Summit Medical Center in Oakland, where I work practicing hospital medicine.</p><p></p><p>One morning last spring, I was reflecting on how good the ride outside made me feel when I walked in to see a 68-year-old patient with several significant behavioral and medical problems.</p><p></p><p>Before I could say a thing, he jumped in as if in mid-conversation. “Dr. Hass, I can’t thank you enough. I swear that prescription you gave me mid-COVID lockdown saved my life!”</p><p></p><p>Nodding, I tried to hide the fact I didn’t recognize him; I assumed he was talking about an antibiotic or some other medicine.</p><p></p><p>“I was so depressed and isolated,” he said. “You gave me a prescription to ride my bike to the marina and watch the sunset. I have been watching that sunset almost every day until I got sick last week. And the prescription is still on the fridge! I can’t thank you enough!”</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cheryl, post: 2989, member: 1"] [URL='https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/how_nature_helps_us_heal'][B]How Nature Helps Us Heal - Greater Good[/B][/URL] [B]A doctor explains why he prescribes time outside to his patients.[/B] Here’s one silver lining to the pandemic: with gyms, museums, and stores closed, many of us were forced to spend more time outside. I was able to ditch my car and more safely pedal the 3.5 miles on pedestrian-friendly streets to work at Alta Bates Summit Medical Center in Oakland, where I work practicing hospital medicine. One morning last spring, I was reflecting on how good the ride outside made me feel when I walked in to see a 68-year-old patient with several significant behavioral and medical problems. Before I could say a thing, he jumped in as if in mid-conversation. “Dr. Hass, I can’t thank you enough. I swear that prescription you gave me mid-COVID lockdown saved my life!” Nodding, I tried to hide the fact I didn’t recognize him; I assumed he was talking about an antibiotic or some other medicine. “I was so depressed and isolated,” he said. “You gave me a prescription to ride my bike to the marina and watch the sunset. I have been watching that sunset almost every day until I got sick last week. And the prescription is still on the fridge! I can’t thank you enough!” [/QUOTE]
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