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With the rise of diabetes, cancer, and hypertension in North America, it comes as no surprise that physicians and dieticians encourage changes in diet, including…
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“Sometimes one does a study and expects a negative result. This was one of them.” Ted Dinan laughs before launching into the story of the…
![What I Wish I Knew](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2021/07/0D8EF480-0C7B-4F9F-9574-F1E4721818C8-470x140.jpeg?x81652)
Alex Markwell is an undergraduate student at York University who is currently studying psychology and has a previous degree in film. In collaboration with her…
![When Healthy Eating Turns Unhealthy](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2021/04/Feature-2-470x140.jpg?x81652)
Orthorexia nervosa is an eating disorder characterized by a persistent preoccupation with the ‘quality’ of food, resulting in severely restricted eating and a strong need…
![Hope for Alzheimer's](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2018/05/still-alice-470x140.jpg?x81652)
Lisa Genova, a neuroscientist and author of “Still Alice” speaks in this TED talk on Alzheimer’s disease. Initially a gloomy picture is painted as Lisa…