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Tripping on Air podcast

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PODCAST– Ardra Shephard brings her confessional/informational blog Tripping On Air to the podcast airways where she spills the tea on what it’s really like to live with MS. Joining Ardra is co-host Alex Hajjar, an MS expert by marriage. Tune in monthly as Ardra and Alex explore the dynamics between patients and partners, share chronic-illness […]
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A selection from Rehab’s editors ‘Magic mushroom’ ingredient helps to treat depression Psilocybin, the hallucinogenic compound found in “magic mushrooms,” may be able to treat depression by creating a hyper-connected brain. The psychedelic could help folks break out of rigid, negative patterns of thinking associated with treatment-resistant depression. Clinical trials have
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Impacts of COVID-19 on women in Canada

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The SARS-COV-2 (hereinafter COVID-19) pandemic has had profound and pronounced impacts on women, girls, and gender-diverse people in Canada. Compared to men, they experienced significantly worse impacts in loss of paid employment. As demands on caregivers—both unpaid and paid—surged, it is women who have borne the greatest burdens. Repeated stay-at-home orders have
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How racial bias works — and how to disrupt it

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TED TALK Our brains create categories to make sense of the world, recognize patterns, and make quick decisions. But this ability to categorize also exacts a heavy toll in the form of unconscious bias. In this powerful talk, psychologist Jennifer L. Eberhardt explores how our biases unfairly target Black people at all levels of society […]
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Healing Indigenous Landscapes Through Indigenous Science By Jessica Hernandez An Indigenous environmental scientist breaks down why western conservationism isn’t working and offers Indigenous models informed by case studies, personal stories, and family histories that center the voices of Latin American women and land protectors. North Atlantic Books
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Mind, Mood, and Memory:

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The Neurobehavioral Consequences of Multiple Sclerosis By Anthony Feinstein Multiple sclerosis (MS), a progressive neurological disease, is characterized by a host of physical symptoms. But the neurobehavioral consequences of MS can be as devastating and debilitating as the physical symptoms, and they are often unreported and undertreated. Here, Dr. Anthony Feinstein, a