Food or Thought: not food for thought
It’s not a new idea that the majority of the food people eat here in the US is unhealthy; we are a nation of convenience. Fast food, ready to prepare meals, an...
Category: Disease
Mystery and Motivation
Lithium has been used to treat bipolar disorder for nearly half a century now, even though lithium’s therapeutic mechanism has remained an enigma. No one is ab...
The odd truths about autism and its diagnosis
It’s hard to find a disorder in this world that is more tricky than autism. Unlike the having to flu for example, it has become much more trivial as to determin...
Is fat our fault??
America is fat. Fat is America. You can say it whichever way you choose but the message is still the same, we are the most obese country in the world. But is it...
The search for a wonder drug…
Have you ever wondered if there is a wonder drug? A drug that does really anything and everything? Something that you can take and it will ensure your health fo...
Should we be pumping iron?
Fe. A simple two letters on the periodic table signifying the element iron. The periodic table is for chemistry freaks though, right? Well that very well may be...
Diabetes Evil Twin…
We hear about diabetes all the time in today’s culture. Regardless of what type of diabetes that a person has, the disease in general is much talked about in ou...
Should our friend Mary Jane get some credit every now and then??
Puff, Puff, Pass…. Many people associate marijuana with crime, other drugs, laziness, etc. But then why do we see a growing number of users? Why do we se...
Overcoming the Complexity of Autism to Find Treatments
The incidence of autism has been rising dramatically in recent years, and as a society, we must sit and wonder, is there anything we can do to stop it? We rece...
Lithium: Still a little sketchy…
Sometimes, it’s amazing (and a little bit terrifying) to think about how little we know about a medication before it hits the market and is given to patients. ...