Is Any of This Real? the Facts Behind Schizophrenia
Is Any of This Real? The Facts Behind Schizophrenia Many of us have seen movies or television shows that have portrayed someone with schizophrenia. However, the...
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Do Concussions Cause Schizophrenia?
Short answer: no. Long answer: yes. Welcome to the complex world of gene-environment interactions. Concussions are not safe by any means; they might ...
Overprescribed and Undermedicated
A recent segment from the liberal-leaning news source Vox was titled “Do I have ADHD?”. A female in her twenties believed she indeed had the disorder, but had n...
Cancer and Schizophrenia: The Thin Line
The majority of people, including myself would never believe there existed a link between cancer and schizophrenia. With respect to cancer, we have uncontro...
Your Brain Is Giving Itself the Munchies
You may have heard from a friend of a friend that THC, the main ingredient in cannabis, causes the munchies. That’s because it’s a turbocharged version of a br...
Should We Find a Pill to Cure Obesity?
Nowadays, pharmaceutical companies often try to develop specialized drugs for all kinds of diseases and addictions. In most cases I would say that this is a goo...
Can Obesity Cause Cognitive Disfunction?
The paper that I read for this week argued that obesity, along with genetic and socioeconomic factors, could be a result of an addictive lifestyle based on the ...
Why It’s Important to Treat Your Body With Love
Most of us have likely experienced at least some feelings of insecurity about our bodies at some point in our lives – that self-conscious voice that tells us ou...
Investing in Autism: Funding for Services or Research?
Studying both psychology and neuroscience in my undergraduate years I believe I have received an education that has highlighted the importance of all kinds of t...
Defining Obesity as a Disease: The Pros and Cons
As of 2013, obesity has been officially recognized as a disease by some of the nation’s leading medical groups, such as the American Medical Association (AMA), ...