Uncovering Bulimia Nervosa
For our topic this week, it was bulimia nervosa (BN). The article we discussed was written by Dr. Stephen Wonderlich, a Concordia Alumni, and the inaugural spea...
Category: Disease
Reducing the Stigma of Mental Illness: Bulimia Nervosa
Psychological illness are a difficult thing to deal with, and make living and doing everyday activities difficult for sufferers. While there are many different ...
Integrative Cognitive Affective Therapy – The Future of Bulimia Nervosa Treatment
I recently got the opportunity to listen to Dr. Stephen Wonderlich, a Concordia graduate and distinguished clinical psychologist, speak on campus. He began his ...
Could Meghan Trainor Actually Save the United States from Bulimia Nervosa?
Meghan Trainor—along with many other celebrities and companies in the United States—has boldly proclaimed her support of the body image acceptance movement. She...
The Addictive Nature of Bulimia Nervosa
In the United States, we have some real problems with our bodies. It become a bit obvious when you look at the constant deluge of advertisements thrown at us sa...
Novel Brain Scan Technique Could Definitively Diagnose Alzheimer's Disease
What is Alzheimer’s Disease? Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder that destroys ones memory and many other important...
Alzheimer's Disease: A Disease Worth the Research
There is no getting around it – Alzheimer’s Disease is devastating. It affects the lives of not only those afflicted, but also their families and friends. And i...
Connecting Alzheimer's Disease with Insulin Signaling in the CNS
Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is a disastrous neurological degenerative disease that effects more and more people each year. Cures and treatments for AD have b...
Diabetes and Alzheimer's: a relationship few have thought about.
The topic for this week in Neurochemistry, the class of wonderful authors featured on Cobbers on the Brain, was a topic that hits home for millions of people a...
Good News for Meredith Grey? An Investigation into the Mechanisms of Alzheimer’s Disease
For all of the Grey’s Anatomy fans out there, in season 9 we discover that Meredith does in fact carry the gene for Alzheimer’s—inherited from her mother. The d...