Schizophrenia and Estrogen: An Unexpected Relationship
What is schizophrenia and how does it manifest? Schizophrenia is a form of chronic mental illness that plagues around 20 million people worldwide, often intrudi...
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Schizophrenia and Autism: More Alike Than You’d Think
Distinct differences, striking similarities Schizophrenia and Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) are both well-known developmental disorders involving the brain. At...
The Voices in My Head: Friends or Foes?
In America, when we think of hearing voices, most people’s immediate reaction is to think well, that’s crazy! And while auditory hallucinations are certainly a ...
Why do only some people develop lasting symptoms of PTSD?
A snowy evening… During my sophomore year of high school, I narrowly missed a head-on collision with a semi. I was driving after school to a cello lesson ...
Fighting the Memory War: A Battle Between Remembering and Forgetting Trauma
“Do you remember what happened?” is generally one of the first questions a person is asked after going through a traumatic event. This question can cause a grea...
A Journey Up The Liberal Educational Mountain – Have We Hit the PEAK?
There it was, at last. After months of chipping away at articles, scaling pages upon pages of reading, and summiting the art of blogging, I’d finally made...
Cognitive Reserve – The Retirement Funds of the Brain
Aging. It’s a word that most of us don’t like to think about. For some, the idea of growing older is a scary thought, and for others it exists only ...
Don’t Get Lost in the Weeds – What’s the Real Deal Behind Marijuana?
To legalize or not to legalize? That is the question that often comes to mind when we see that all-too-distinct 7-point leaf. The use of marijuana, or cannabis,...
A Public Health Crisis: The Shocking Relationship Between Type Two Diabetes and Alzheimer’s Disease
Dementia and diabetes are two of the most prevalent health problems facing the world today. Countless resources are spent on treating the symptoms of each, thou...
The SAD American Diet
Obesity rates are skyrocketing in America today and people can point many directions for the cause. Maybe we’ve just gotten lazy? Maybe we don’t have enough tim...