Childhood Epilepsy: a challenge to be faced in new ways Source: Kat Jayne at Pexels, Creative Commons When I was eight, I took a trip to Montreal, Quebec with my father. The bus picked us up early in the morning, and as we settled in I quickly fell asleep. When I woke...
Source: Matthias Zomer/Pexels COVID-19, formally known as the novel coronavirus, was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization on March 11, 2020. It has become increasingly important to understand not only the physical symptoms but also the impact on mental...
Source: Elchinator at Pixabay, Creative Commons On December 31, 2019, China alerted the World Health Organization (WHO) about a viral outbreak in the city of Wuhan. By January 30, 2020, the WHO had declared the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV)...
Source: pozaristul at Flickr, Creative Commons, some rights reserved In June of 2018, The World Health Organization released the 11th version of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11). For the first time, Gaming Disorder would be included...
Source: Joris Voeten at Unsplash, Creative Commons Every year, thousands of fire breathers convene in Black Rock City, Nevada, on Labour Day weekend for an event called Burning Man. People come from far and wide to perform fire acts and to observe the burning of a...
Source: rafabordes at Pixabay, Creative Commons In 2017, a father from Victoria, British Columbia, pleaded for his 15-year-old daughter to seek rehabilitation for an opioid addiction. He was terrified that by the time she realized she required treatment, it would be...
