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The secret bond between mother and child: The power of breast milk nutrients
Having a baby is considered a unique and incomparable experience in the life of any woman, and breastfeeding is often described as one of...
Maria Grazia Di Benedetto
Jul 30, 20195 min read


The causes of obesity are not as simple as you might think
Just last month, I was chatting to a friend, who happens to be a doctor, about my research. She asked me: “So, really? You would classify...
Ellen Lambert
Jul 16, 20199 min read


CAN A MOTHER’S HISTORY OF CHILDHOOD STRESS AFFECT THEIR OWN CHILDREN?
In recent years, more and more attention has been placed on the concept that the psychological development of a child is the result of a...
Jessica Trinetti
Jul 9, 20194 min read


Does stress early in life leave an imprint in our guts? The gut microbiome and mental health.
We all experience stress. Whether garden-variety stressors (the task that was due last week, the pile of laundry that keeps growing, the...
Lisa Hantsoo
Jul 2, 20195 min read


Using Expressive Writing to cope with childbirth
The period following childbirth represents a very delicate phase of settling and redefinition of personal and relational identity for new...
Lavinia Rebecchini
Jun 25, 20194 min read


BEING HAPPY NOT PERFECT
I have spent much of the morning trying to find the right sentence with which to start an article. I am playing with the phrase ‘it is a...
Rachel Kelly
Jun 4, 20193 min read


ESCAPING YOUR COMFORT ZONE
A coldish evening and I am back from a class on how to give a presentation, cradling a mug of celebratory hot chocolate. Even the thought...
Rachel Kelly
May 21, 20194 min read


RELAXING PHYSICALLY
A tense body means a tense mind. Equally, if you are physically relaxed, it is impossible to be anything other than mentally relaxed....
Rachel Kelly
May 14, 20194 min read


Mental Health Through the Lens of Cinema, Episode 3: The ‘Mad Scientist’ Trope
Murderous, unstable, and practising medicine; how do the ways that films present psychiatry, psychology, and neuroscience affect both...
Melisa Kose
Apr 24, 20195 min read
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