November 28, 2019
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Marija Damjanovska, Sherry Feldman, Rammiyaa Devan, Raavi Parhar, Veronica Sunbaty
Demystifying Medicine
Discusses hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, a condition where heart disease leads to excessive thickening of the heart and can result in a heart attack due to strain.
November 27, 2019
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Vyshnavi Jeevananthan, Pegi Kaimi, Terry Li and Saranyaa Mahendrarajan
Demystifying Medicine
What is anaphylactic shock is, what are the general signs and symptoms of anaphylaxis, and what happens at a molecular level when an individual goes through an anaphylactic episode.
November 26, 2019
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Michelle Armstrong, Mohammed Cassim, Tania Namrud, Suraj Brar and Daniela Carvalho
Demystifying Medicine
Provides information broken heart syndrome that has symptoms similar to those of a heart attack, occurring in response to physical or emotional stress.
November 14, 2019
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Vyshnavi Jeevanathan, Pegi Kaimi, Terry Li and Saranyaa Mahendrarajan
Demystifying Medicine
Identify the reasons why individuals seek social media influencers for acceptance, the negative and positive impacts and the psychology behind marketing brands.
November 14, 2019
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Abishna Jayasundararajah, Gurleen Bhogal, Shreya Singh and Alexandra Lengyel
Demystifying Medicine
Identify the reasons why individuals seek social media influencers for acceptance, the negative and positive impacts and the psychology behind marketing brands.
October 28, 2019
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Kristen Tam, Olivia Wilson, Athiraa Thamilselvan and Albert Zhao
Demystifying Medicine
Looks at the biological conditions behind a young man's death after eating spoiled pasta and answers the question about the safety of eating leftovers.
April 21, 2019
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students for McMaster University's Demystifying Medicine Seminar Series
Demystifying Medicine
Dissociative identity disorder is characterized by the presence of two or more distinct or split identities or personality states that continually have power over the person's behaviour.
April 16, 2019
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Najih Shabir, Viraj Sharma, Gabrielle Retta and Abanoob Tawadrous
Demystifying Medicine
Discusses compulsive buying disorder (CBD), which is classified as an obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorder, more specifically an impulse control disorder.
March 5, 2019
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Ripley Antonacci, Sehar Arfeen, Monica Chu and Sabrin Salim
Demystifying Medicine
Examines the topic of SPF, how most people do not apply sunscreen properly and how most skin cancers are caused by DNA damage from the sun's ultraviolet rays.
February 25, 2019
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Ebuka, Katie, Foluso and Layna
Demystifying Medicine
Demonstrates how to give constructive feedback, focusing on body language, tone of voice and specific models.
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