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How Literature Can Lead to Better Health Care

November 8, 2019November 8, 2019 - by Paul Adams

Doctors face constant pressure to be resilient. Can the arts address the deeper problems that self-care can’t?

The Beauty Conversation

What It’s Like to See the World through a Lazy Eye

July 28, 2019September 30, 2019 - by Joseph Tunney

From Harry Potter to the Lion King, pop culture equates people who look like me with ugliness and eccentricity

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Health

Why It’s So Hard to Find a Doctor in Toronto

July 5, 2019November 1, 2019 - by Wendy Glauser

We talk a lot about food deserts. It’s time to start talking about health care deserts too

Sex Ed: Beyond the Classroom

December 5, 2018October 22, 2019 - by The Walrus Staff

For this special web series, The Walrus spoke with teens, parents, and educators nationwide, on what we get wrong—and right—about gender, intimacy, desire, and consent

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Health / May 2018

What the Placenta Can Tell Us About Human Health

April 30, 2018August 13, 2019 - by Sarah Giles

The long-overlooked organ might be the key to better understanding childhood development

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May 2018 / Society

The Epidemic of Isolation Among Young Men

April 23, 2018August 22, 2019 - by Rachel Giese

Why are we so squeamish about male friendship?

Health

The Newest Brain Wave in Epilepsy Care

April 20, 2018August 13, 2019 - by Helen Leask

The revolution in the field is real—if only more doctors knew about it

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March 2018 / Memoir

How I Found My Way After an MS Diagnosis at Twenty-Seven

February 22, 2018August 7, 2019 - by Meredith White

Socrates and Plato helped me realize that charting the future with a chronic disease means embracing ambiguity

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Health / March 2018

How Racism Affects Your Health

February 12, 2018August 8, 2019 - by Mojola Omole

What new research tells us about the links between discrimination and stress

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Sports

The Food Science Behind Endurance

February 8, 2018November 12, 2019 - by Alex Hutchinson

Why Olympic race walkers tested high-fat versus high-carb diets