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Increasing Our Understanding Of The Brain

Brain sculpture in Bloomington, Ind.
(via Flickr / Ali Eminov)

While it may be well established that our brains command our actions, it’s becoming increasingly clear that we can have greater control over the message.

Increasingly, research shows people can take steps to protect the health of their brain and as one aspect of that, may be able to sidetrack compulsive behaviors such as eating disorders.

The Missouri Eating Disorders Association is one agency which provides education, resources and advocacy to bring understanding and support to those treating or affected by the disease.

On Tuesday night, brain researcher and author of “The Brain Fix: What’s the Matter with Your Gray Matter,” Dr. Ralph Carson, speaks at Washington University’s Siegle Hall.

Host Don Marsh talked with Carson as well as Lynn Stark, a clinical nurse specialist and program director at McCallum Place, and Annie Seal, whose daughter Katie was a former patient of McCallum Place. 

McCallum Place is in Webster Groves and offers eating disorder treatment programs.

Related Event

The Missouri Eating Disorders Association Presents Dr. Ralph Carson
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
5:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Room L006 of Washington University's Siegle Hall

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Alex is the executive producer of "St. Louis on the Air" at St. Louis Public Radio.
Mary Edwards is a producer for St. Louis Public Radio's broadcast program, "St. Louis Symphony."
Don Marsh served as host of St. Louis Public Radio’s “St. Louis on the Air" from 2005 to 2019, bringing discussions of significant topics to listeners' ears at noon Monday through Friday. Don has been an active journalist for 58 years in print, radio and television. He has won 12 Regional Emmy Awards for writing, reporting, and producing. He is the recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, was inducted into the St. Louis Media Hall of Fame in 2013, and named “Media Person of the Year” by the St. Louis Press Club in 2015. He has published three books: his most recent, “Coming of Age, Liver Spots and All: A Humorous Look at the Wonders of Getting Old,” “Flash Frames: Journey of a Journeyman Journalist” and “How to be Rude (Politely).” He holds an honorary Doctor of Arts and Letters degree from the University of Missouri-St. Louis.