Obesity and Biological Influence
In modern-times, overeating and sedentary activity can be viewed as cultural, psychological, or acquired addictive traits. Overweight attainability has recently...
Month: December 2015
Capping off the semester: Neurochemistry
This will be my last blog post as a member of the 2015 neurochemistry class with Dr. Mach. The class has been a great experience for me and it has developed man...
Stop calling it “dieting”: bulimia nervosa is not a battle of the wills
Dieting is so prevalent in American culture, especially among women. I was lucky growing up; my mother never “dieted” or complained about her weight. The only t...
Is the world becoming Autistic?
Autism in the United States has slowly become a more common occurrence. Right now approximately 1 in 68 American children are found be on the autism spectrum, t...
Bulimia Nervosa: the hidden eating disorder
Eating disorders are much more prevalent in our society than many people believe. While exact numbers on eating disorders are difficult to get (due to self-repo...
Bulimia Nervosa: The Eating Disorder That Hides
Bulimia nervosa is an eating disorder that often can’t be seen in an everyday person. Often people with this eating disorder look normal and decently heal...
Alzheimer's Disease: Putting Together the Puzzle
For the past year, visiting my grandfather has been a drastically different experience than what it was when I was younger. Coming up on three years, my grandfa...
A Capstone Experience: Neurochemistry with Dr. Mach
I will preface this last blog post by openly stating my love of a liberal arts education, especially the education I received at Concordia College. Not only is ...
An Unemotional Approach to Parkinson's
If you look at Parkinson’s disease from an unemotional perspective, it is one of the many reasons the world is becoming more and more overpopulated. Simp...
What is NO, and is it harmful?
Nitric oxide, NO, is a free radical that consists of one nitrogen and one oxygen bound together via a double bond. It is called a free radical because it has an...