Parkinson’s Disease: What Is L-Dopa and How Does It Act?
Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a very tough disease to discuss because of its progressive nature and how debilitating it can be. To any of you who knows someone t...
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Is Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) Type III Diabetes?
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a disease associated with the destruction of brain cells resulting in the decline of cognitive functioning, memory, and social skill...
Removing Addiction From the Shadows
The American Society of Addiction Medicine describes addiction as a chronic disease of brain reward and motivation systems. Affected individuals do not have the...
Parkinson’s Disease and How You Can Make a Difference
What is Parkinson’s Roughly one million people in the US alone are living with Parkinson’s Disease (PD). It is a neurodegenerative disorder that slo...
Alzheimers Disease-and How to Minimize Your Risk
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a progressive and irreversible brain disorder affecting about 5 million Americans according to the Centers for Disease and Control (...
Being Happy With Alzheimer’s
My grandmother had Alzheimer’s disease for as long as I remember being around her—we lived overseas so I really only saw her for two months out of the year (so ...
Clearance of Beta-Amyloid Plaques in Alzheimer’s Disease: The Key to the Cure?
Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is a very debilitating disease that destroys memory and other proper cognitive functions. It can be really hard on families and friends...
Understanding the Fog of Alzheimer’s Disease
Understanding the Fog of Alzheimer’s Disease It is inevitable that we all grow old. There is nothing we can do to reverse the cruel effects of time. One o...
Zinc and the Immune System: The Secrets of Autism Spectrum Disorder?
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a disease that affects about 1 in 68 children in the United States, according to an ADDM Network Survey from 2012. ASD include...
What Does Concussion Do to Our Neurons?
Concussions are difficult to spot and treat without an obvious injury to the brain. A brain scan will not show bleeding or large-scale damage. But concussions...