ALS: More Than Just the Ice Bucket Challenge
In the last few months, the Ice Bucket Challenge has swept the nation with everyone from celebrities to your neighbor – and likely yourself too – completing thi...
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Too Many Players on the Field
ALS, or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, is a disease that has received much attention in the past few months due to the infamous “Ice Bucket Challenge.” Though t...
ALS and the Chilling Reality of the Ice Bucket Challenge
For many people they have recently been exposed to the acronym ALS through the very popular Ice Bucket Challenge, but how many of those people actually understa...
ALS: Recent Publicity Reignites Awareness
ALS awareness has taken the nation by storm recently thanks to the famous “ALS Ice-Bucket Challenge.” I personally have little to no experience wit...
Capstone: an unexpected surprise
I really didn’t know what to expect out of this semester. I needed a class that counted both as a capstone, as well as an elective for my major, and I settled ...
Obesity: Is it our fault?
This week we discussed an article that claims obesity is a brain disease and that over-nutritious diets change our brain chemistry. In contrast the to “eat les...
Hey…Hey…Hey…Goodbye
Wow! I cannot believe I am doing this but I am writing my final blog for you guys. I hope that someone has actually been reading these blogs or it is going to b...
I’m PUFA for Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids
Let me be clear, I am not clear to argue with anyone about autism, vaccines, or the content I feel for bad science (if you get what I am saying). I am just here...
Capping off my Capstone: an Unconventional Chemistry Class
Neurochemistry at Concordia College was unlike any other science course I have ever taken. When most people, including myself, think of science classes, they th...
Autism: A closer look
For those of you who aren’t overly familiar with autism, it is a neurological disorder in which those afflicted have severe social debilitations, as well as com...