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A Cyborg Manifesto: Digital Health Technologies and Socialist Feminism
Author: Maxx Kaufman Book Cover: A Cyborg Manifesto , Donna Haraway ...
Hassan Hassan
Mar 285 min read
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On Love and After Hours: Exploring Medicine as a Site of Romance
Author: "Dr. House" Source: www.womenshealthmag.com/relationships A friend of mine once showed me a relationship chart, which described,...
Hassan Hassan
Mar 36 min read
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The Physicalities of Grief
Author: Chand Murad Achilles Lamenting the Death of Patroclus, Gavin Hamilton (c. 1760-1763) A hollowness settles in your stomach,...
Hassan Hassan
Feb 226 min read
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Interview with Dr. Bruce Newbold, Health Geography Researcher and Associate Dean of the Faculty of Science
Author: Ace Sang-Yong Ko https://mira.mcmaster.ca/our-faculty/bruce-newbold/ Dr. Bruce Newbold is the Associate Dean of the Faculty of...
Hassan Hassan
Feb 37 min read
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Fighting the Self: Pro-Ana Culture and Its Illusion of Individualism
TW: Eating Disorders Perfection, grace, beauty—society’s infatuation with these concepts is fatal to the future of our adolescents. Even...
Chand Murad
Nov 27, 20246 min read
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"Such a Lively Place," ”Imploding the Retirement Model
“My worst fear is growing old,” a friend says, and I can’t blame her. We are a group of nurses-in-training, doctors, with the occasional...
Grace (“Ace”) Ko
Nov 19, 20247 min read
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A Lookback at Naturopathic Medicine: Social Studies & the Home Remedies We See Today
I remember the summer when I was seven. I went to Croatia to stay with my Baka in her hometown, Malinska. One evening mid-sleeping, I...
Monique Cote
Apr 2, 20247 min read
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From Skincare to Collective Care: Reclaiming Care for All of Us
In 2017, staff writer for The New Yorker Jia Tolentino wrote, “The Year That Skin Care Became a Coping Mechanism”. She describes her...
Maxx Kaufman
Mar 12, 20244 min read
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The Art in Healing: Exploring the Interconnected Nature of Art and Medicine
Amphitheatres, featuring tiered seating encircling the central stage, facilitate an optimal viewing experience of the entertainment held...
Renee Fournier
Mar 6, 20243 min read
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War-related Trauma and Its Impact on the Epigenome
In light of the events currently unfolding in Palestine, there’s no denying the psychological and physiological impact that these...
Ayra Chaudhry
Feb 28, 20245 min read
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Preventing Dementia in Seniors: Adult Learning and Cognitive Games
“Prevention is better than cure” —Desiderius Erasmus Dementia encompasses a wide variety of diseases that result in the abnormal...
Monique Cote
Feb 15, 20243 min read
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Wishes, Punishment and the Crip Villain: The Role of Disability in Fairy Tales
I vividly remember the first time I read some of the Grimm brothers and Hans Christian Andersen’s original fairy tales. Frankly, their...
Maxx Kaufman
Jan 29, 20244 min read
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What's in a Name? The Sexist Etymology of the Word Hysteria
In his 16th-century tragedy, Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare delved into the question, "What's in a name?" exploring the concept...
Renee Fournier
Jan 22, 20244 min read
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Medical Origins of Vampire Folklore and Mass Hysteria: A Historical Case for Scientific Literacy
Despite the well-known symbolism of blood as a symbol of life and its use in life-preserving medical procedures, there remains a...

The Muse
Oct 27, 202310 min read
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It's a Sin: Exploring Dignity and Shame in Dying From HIV/AIDs
(Spoilers ahead) It’s a Sin is a British drama miniseries that is set in London, England between 1981 and 1991. It depicts the lives of a...
Mythili Thatparananthan
May 4, 20233 min read
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Violations of Autonomy in Biomedical Research:
From the controversial origin of HeLa cells to the ethical acceptability of broad consent In the continual pursuit of knowledge and...
Renee Fournier
May 4, 20233 min read
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The Art of Dying
Death is the one inevitability of life. Although many of us try not to think about it, we will all have to face death one day. How do we...
Daniel Kwan
Feb 17, 20233 min read
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Reducing the Impact of the Next Pandemic: The Cyclic Nature of Vaccine Development and Hesitancy
As the pandemic progressed, we witnessed one of science and medical research’s greatest feats. In less than a year, medical science was...
Logan Newton
Apr 1, 20223 min read
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From Uncle Vanya to Good Sam: Doctors in Popular Culture
In 1897, the Russian playwright Anton Chekhov wrote a new play titled Uncle Vanya. A slow-paced piece set in the 1890s Russian...
Esther Su
Mar 21, 20223 min read
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The Unexpected Therapeutic Anecdote for Treating Depressive Disorders
Plt, Y. (2019, August 2). Photo by Yns PLT on unsplash. Beautiful Free Images & Pictures. Retrieved February 14, 2022, from...
Laura Ferlanti
Mar 11, 20223 min read
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