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What future lies ahead for the human mind?

Siri Sollie / March 22, 2019

NEUROSCIENCE: Major developments within neuroscience have led to incredible progress in treating illnesses such as Parkinson’s disease and severe depression. But what future lies ahead for the human mind when we start tampering with our brain and emotions?

CPH:DOX, DBS, Deep Brain Stimulation, depression, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Hedonia, HOTDOCS, Hunting for Hedonia, Medicine, Millenium Docs Against Gravity, neuroscience, neuroscientists, neurostimulator, neurosurgeons, obesity, One One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Parkinson’s syndrome, Pernille Rose Grønkjær, psychiatry, Robert Heath, schizophrenia, Sigrid Jonsson Dyekjær

Sugar: The sweetest poison?

Aleksander Huser / December 11, 2018

Should sugar be regarded as a toxin equal to that of tobacco? Two documentaries focus on the sweet drug’s damaging effects and on the sugar industry’s attempt to trivialise them.

activism, ADHD, agave, Alzheimer’s, Andrea Culková, autism, birthday parties, bread, cancer, cane sugar, celebration, cereals, chocolate, Christmas, cigarettes, CPH:DOX, Cristin Kearns, dangerous, DEMENTIA, diabetes, ecology, fat liver disease, Fed Up, food industry, Fructose, Gary Taubes, Global Health, glucose, Golden Dawn, Halloween, health debate, heart disease, HIV, honey, HOTDOCS, illnesses, kitchen, Lucky Strike, Mad Men, message, Michèle Hozer, Millenium Docs Against Gravity, obesity, paediatrician, panocha, refined sugar, Robert H. Lustig, sauces, smoking, Sugar, Sugar Blues, Sugar Coated, Sugar Mafia, suger, syrup, table sugar, The Cutting Factory, tobacco, toxic, toxicity, Valentine’s Day, weddings

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