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No Longer Ashamed of the Skin I'm In

Loving myself, inside and out, has been a process. I wasn’t ever overly concerned about my dark skin or greying hair. I also never really waivered about the strength of my inner qualities like intellect or kindness. It’s the shell that covers me and the illness raging within that’s damaged it that made being comfortable with what I look like…

Brain changes may underlie anorexia food choices

By Kathryn Doyle (Reuters Health) – Differences in brain activity may underlie some of the unhealthy eating patterns in people with anorexia nervosa, a study suggests. People hospitalized for anorexia nervosa activate unique areas of their brains while making decisions between various foods, researchers found. “This study is exciting because it is the first time that we have been able to directly study what is going on in the brain

Slovenia to ask EU for police back-up to cope with influx of migrants

By Marja Novak and Maja Zuvela LJUBLJANA/KLJUC BRDOVECKI, Croatia (Reuters) – Slovenia said on Tuesday it would ask the European Union to send additional police forces to its border with Croatia to help it deal with thousands of migrants streaming into the tiny country on their way to Austria and beyond. About 19,500 migrants have entered Slovenia since Friday, the Interior Ministry said, when Hungary sealed its southern border, creating