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July 29, 2014
Health Sciences News Digest 7.29.2014
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News from the UW Health Sciences: Alzheimer’s impact on our aging population, hunger cues, trauma treatment study, avoiding burnout, training new neuroscientists, an AIDS-free generation
October 8, 2013
Profile: Brian Wansink, Slim By Design author and 2013 Hogness Lecturer
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Wansink explores mindless eating and how cues in our environment lead us to eat too much of the wrong foods.
May 8, 2013
Do peppers reduce risk of Parkinson’s?
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New study suggests dietary nicotine may protect against this disorder, which results from the loss of dopamine-producing brain cells.