The actions of the stomach are an important first step in the digestion of the food that we eat. This occurs in part through mechanical grinding of large 鈥榗lumps鈥� of food into smaller pieces for...
鈥淓at your vegetables!鈥� is a command that just about every child has heard. 鈥淭hey鈥檒l make you stronger鈥� is a common follow up. The 鈥渟tronger鈥� connection is often traced back to Popeye the Sailorman...
When a psychiatrist diagnoses you with anxiety, depression, an eating disorder or a learning disability鈥攐r even a serious pathology like schizophrenia鈥攖hey don鈥檛 typically look at your brain. Dr....
A few months ago, an orthopedic surgery resident told me a story I still think about. The worst patients to reset fractures on, she said, were men in their thirties. They scream, beg for anesthetic...
鈥淚t builds muscle!鈥� That鈥檚 the usual answer I get when I ask in class about the importance of protein in the diet. Sort of correct since muscles are indeed composed mostly of protein, but the...
The light at the end of the pandemic tunnel was marred by a worrying shadow. As the COVID-19 vaccines were rolled out, headlines fuelled anxiety: some people were developing life-threatening blood...
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