Health
From cannabis edibles to plant proteins: 2019 food trends
Food continues to find its way into the consciousness of Canadians.
Feb 13, 2019
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News tagged with books
Health
Healthy holiday sleep for kids: a how to
Christmas, summer holidays, family gatherings – excitement and anticipation abound in young children's lives this time of year as do late nights and early rising with the sun – all potential sleep disruptors.
Dec 17, 2018
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Autobiographies about depression offer key information about the illness
Autobiographies about depression can play an important role in disseminating knowledge about the disease. That is the conclusion of research conducted by Anne-Fleur van der Meer (VU Amsterdam). Van der Meer reveals that autobiographic ...
Sep 21, 2018
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Arthritis & Rheumatism
Youth-R-Coach: A peer-to-peer program for young people suffering with chronic disease
The details of a youth project presented today at the Annual European Congress of Rheumatology (EULAR 2018) demonstrate how, by empowering patients to become 'experts-by-experience', young people can give support to peers ...
Jun 14, 2018
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Research hones interventions for kids with developmental language disorder
In an average kindergarten class of 30 students, about two are experiencing developmental language disorder, meaning they learn language more slowly than their peers. While DLD is just as common as dyslexia or ADHD, fewer ...
May 24, 2018
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Psychology & Psychiatry
52 ways to find peace of mind
A new book co-authored by a professor in the Department of Psychology offers 52 bite-sized chapters to help people navigate anxiety, stress and fear.
May 1, 2018
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Psychology & Psychiatry
How images change our race bias
Images are not static. They grab our attention, incite desire, alter our relations to others, and tweak our beliefs, as they usher us into new worlds.
Apr 23, 2018
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Five tips to help you make the most of reading to your children
Reading to your child is one of the most successful ways of instilling a love of reading in them. But in our recent study, more than one-quarter of primary-school-aged respondents claimed they were never read to at home.
Apr 2, 2018
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Health
Equitable access to high-cost pharmaceuticals
Access to the best medicine has been enshrined as a human right. But many healthcare systems are already spending half of their budgets on drugs, while ageing populations in countries such as the UK are creating increased ...
Mar 14, 2018
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Autism spectrum disorders
Why there need to be more autistic characters in children's books
The children's writer Michael Morpurgo has written a new novel inspired by his autistic grandson, which is set to be published later this year. Flamingo Boy is set in the Camargue in the south of France during World War II ...
Jan 30, 2018
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