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The Food-Mood Connection
When you think about food, what do you think of? Chances are,…
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by Lynda Fraser
- COVID-19
- Diseases & Infections
The other day started with the question that can send a pang through a parent’s heart: “Mom, can you help me with my math?” Gulp. Grade 11 Algebra – double gulp! First question:
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- COVID-19
- Diseases & Infections
At my desk, I sit around the corner from my colleagues who book appointments for COVID-19 testing. There is someone booking every day, 7 days per week, and they are on the phone so often that I…
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- COVID-19
- Mental Health
- Diseases & Infections
Like many of you, I spend a lot of time thinking about COVID-19. I go to work and read the latest updates and try to find ways to get through my day in one piece. I also think a lot about what it…
by Lynda Fraser
- COVID-19
- Diseases & Infections
In the insect world, a cocoon is a covering that protects the vulnerable creature inside. It seems we’re living in our own little cocoons right now as we hunker down at home trying to evade COVID…
by Lynda Fraser
- Diseases & Infections
We’re learning a lot these days, aren’t we? The current COVID-19 situation is expanding our collective vocabulary with all kinds of new terms that we may not have heard before, like “flattening…
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