What Does Your Brain Have to Do With Obesity?
Before last week, I rarely thought about obesity. Not because it wasn’t in my life – my Dad and most of my uncles are obese – it had just become so present that...
Category: Disease
Our Immune Systems and Autism Spectrum Disorder
Often when we think about our immune system we think of it helping us survive and fight off disease, but rarely, unless it affects us directly, do we think of o...
Autism: A Classroom Perspective
If a kid doesn’t participate in class, they get a bad grade. If they act out or are disrespectful, they get sent to the principal’s office. There is typically ...
The Science Behind the Ice Bucket Challenge
Anyone who has social media has probably heard of the ice bucket challenge. Many of you might have participated in this whacky challenge. But who actually knows...
Could This Be a Clue? a Link Between ALS and Military Munition Sites
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and sp...
Marijuana and Pain Relief
Is marijuana as great as they actually say it is for pain relief? We constantly hear in news reports about all the great effects marijuana has for pain patients...
Life Is Priceless, Sure, How Far Should We Go to Prolong It Though?
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and the spinal cord. Furthermore, it result...
GM604 for Treatment of ALS – A New Hope for Treatment of the Disease?
The average person probably has not given too much thought about ALS, but if you’re looking at this specific of a topic you probably already have an above...
Perspectives on ALS End of Life Care
Last week, my neurochemistry class studied the debilitating neurodegenerative disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Throughout the week, we dove deeply i...
Treatment of ALS With Stem Cells
At the moment, a diagnosis of amyotropic lateral sclerosis (ALS), or Lou Gherig’s disease, is an incurable neurodegenerative disease that targets motor neu...