Can Stress Affect Your Genome?
In the world we live in today, stress is all around us. In the past, the stress response from our brains was important in aiding to our survival from danger, bu...
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Here’s what you may (not) know about Alzheimer’s disease: Is your diet leading to cognitive impairment?
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease characterized by memory loss and other cognitive impairments such as thinking and behavior. AD is a type...
Picking Apart the Spectrum
The number of Autism Spectrum Disorder or ASD cases is on the rise. Today the percentage of children with ASD is roughly 2.4% whereas in 2010 the percent was 1....
Autism: Can There Be Too Many Neurons?
Usually, people associate more neurons or more brain activity with positive outcomes such as being smarter. This is a theme commonly portrayed in Hollywood esp...
The Top 10 Things You Need to Know About Autism
Autism spectrum disorder, or ASD, is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by impaired communication, behavior, and social interactions. The name i...
Once Hungry, Forever Eating: The Neurological Impacts of Poor Diet on Obesity
The Obesity Problem According to the CDC, more than 1/3 of adults in the U.S. are obese. Why is this a problem? Why is obesity rising? Could we blame it on Amer...
Why You Should Think Twice Before You Sign up for a Gastric Bypass
Gastric bypass has gotten very popular in the recent years since it promises easy results. Just like everything that comes easy, it has a price. The gastric byp...
Too Much Fat in Your Diet?
From being too busy to simply being lazy, it is really easy to decide against cooking breakfast, lunch, or dinner and going out to eat instead. With McDonalds a...
ALS: Holding on to Hope
One of the greatest blessings we often take for granted is our privilege to be able-minded and able-bodied. We live our lives boldly, making life goals and hold...
The Complications of ALS
ALS is not a very common disease, probably due to its complexity, but has affected many lives nonetheless over the years. Families have seen their kin come and ...