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Pacific Standard in Pacific StandardMar 1413 min read

The Youngest Casualties in the War on Obesity

School-based nutrition and BMI screenings are meant to improve the health of students, but emerging evidence shows that, not only aren’t they helping, they also appear to be triggering deadly eating disorders in children. Now, a small group of activists is taking on the system — and making a difference.

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Pacific Standard in Pacific StandardApr 610 min read

Meet PRIME, the New App That Wants to Help End Schizophrenia

Researchers from the University of California-San Francisco are turning to an unlikely source to…

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Pacific Standard in Pacific StandardMar 728 min read

The Disappearing Soldier

The story of the Australian serviceman with PTSD who flew halfway around the world to die alone on the side of a mountain.

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