The One with Neurochem
I decided to follow up Brett by also ripping off a TV show for my final blog post title. If I’m being honest, I signed up for this class only because it simulta...
Month: December 2018
The Cobber Experience: BREW
It seems that most colleges only test obedience. Students are presented information that they are supposed to obediently memorize, and then write it down on a p...
Becoming Responsibly Engaged in a World Where Knowledge is Power
Throughout my experience in Neurochemistry this semester, I have had the opportunity to witness many of the topics that I have learned over the course of my col...
Round and Round We Go: The Reality of Obesity and Weight Cycling
Understanding Obesity: What Happens in Our Brain One of the more common disorders that faces the public today is one that tends not to be thought of: obesity. O...
A place where even the shy can thrive: Neurochemistry and Liberal Learning
When I signed up for this course last spring, I really wasn’t sure what it would entail. All I knew was that some of my friends were taking neurochemistry...
Neurochemistry: Not Some Boring Class
Whenever someone asked me what classes I was taking this semester, I would rattle off: Pchem, microbio, and Neurochem. For some reason, they always would groan ...
THC or CBD, Stripping Away the Abuse of THC for Medical Applications
The abuse of marijuana is a highly prevalent in the US society, as there is a major push for legalization for recreational usage. This results in a high potenti...
Sleep and Obesity – Intimately Connected
Obesity is diagnosed when your body mass index (BMI) is 30 or higher. BMI is calculated by dividing your weight in kilograms by your height in meters squared. T...
Obesity: the deadliest disease
In the US, obesity is seen everywhere you look. In this map, shown below, you can see a high prevalence of obesity for adults in the South and the Midwest. In s...
Obesity, will it be the world’s deadliest killer?
Disease of Obesity “Weight that is higher than what is considered as a healthy weight for a given height is described as overweight or obese.” ̵...