Is fat our fault??
America is fat. Fat is America. You can say it whichever way you choose but the message is still the same, we are the most obese country in the world. But is it...
Month: December 2013
The search for a wonder drug…
Have you ever wondered if there is a wonder drug? A drug that does really anything and everything? Something that you can take and it will ensure your health fo...
Should we be pumping iron?
Fe. A simple two letters on the periodic table signifying the element iron. The periodic table is for chemistry freaks though, right? Well that very well may be...
Diabetes Evil Twin…
We hear about diabetes all the time in today’s culture. Regardless of what type of diabetes that a person has, the disease in general is much talked about in ou...
Should our friend Mary Jane get some credit every now and then??
Puff, Puff, Pass…. Many people associate marijuana with crime, other drugs, laziness, etc. But then why do we see a growing number of users? Why do we se...
Join the Dopamine Craze!
Often times in college I find myself staring at a piece of paper and thinking, “huh?” I have found that this is the case for many other people as well; it’s jus...
Breaking the Circle of Obesity
According to the CDC, more than one third of adults in the United States are obese. That means the annual cost of obesity in the U.S. is about 147 billion dolla...
Superman's Analogous Element
One of the main subjects of my education I have had the most difficulty in understanding is chemistry. It’s been one of those subjects that I’ve loved to learn ...
Crash Course on Concussions
I’ve been playing soccer since I was about five years old, and it was not until college that I experienced someone on the field get a concussion. I had always k...
So what is ALS?
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, more commonly referred to as ALS or Lou Gehrig’s disease was a relatively unknown topic to me until this week. ALS is a neurodege...