Obesity: Can We Blame It on the Brain?
Obesity is an epidemic in this country, and it doesn’t appear to be “slowing down” any time soon. Yes, we have made efforts to make people more aware of the dan...
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The Chicken, Egg, or Obesity?
In the controversial documentary, “Super Size Me”, the film director, Morgan Spurlock demonstrates the risks of consuming fast foods over a month’s time. For ma...
Obesity: Who or what is to blame?
Everyone knows that to live a healthy life, we must eat good food and exercise. Despite this knowledge, two-thirds of Americans are considered overweight or obe...
More Than Meets the Eye: Obesity in the United States
While obesity and weight issues continue to be a huge problem in our society today, the most recent research suggests that obesity may in fact be a brain diseas...
My Cousin, Bipolar Disorder, and the Stereotypes of Mental Illness
Bipolar disorder is a disease that most people in the general public have heard about but had little experience with. For me, it is a disease that I find extre...
The Complex Organ We Call The Brain
The brain is a mysterious part of our bodies, and we have yet to explore all its depths. It is made up of complex networks of billions of neurons, which control...
We Are All Doomed
The pessimistic conclusion I have come to after about 2 months of studying various neurological diseases is that we are all doomed. OK, not really… but s...
A Look into Bipolar
Mental illnesses have been more of a focus in medicine in the last decade because of the increased number of diagnosis. Bipolar otherwise known as manic-depres...
[Back To] The Future of Parkinson's Disease
Everyone (undoubtedly) remembers Michael J. Fox for his work in the Back to the Future movies. However I don’t believe his acting career will be what peo...
To Play or Not To Play?
Concussions are a tricky subject in sports. On the one hand, there are risks in just about anything one does: a car accident is possible when making a short tri...