The Epidemic of America…Obesity
Obesity is a major problem in the USA but how much of it’s onset is due to actual physical problems and how much is due to the fast paced world we live in...
Category: Disease
Bipolar Disorder: A Disorder with No Face
70% of Bipolar disorder patients are initially misdiagnosed. Bipolar disorder, also known as manic-depressive disorder, is characterized by dramatic changes in ...
Bright Side, Dark Side- Bipolar Disorder
Most people experience emotional ups and downs during the course of their lifetimes. Depending on either the events happening in our lives, or hormonal changes ...
Mountains and Valleys: The Roller Coaster that is Bipolar Disorder.
Bipolar Disorder. What is it? You may have a preconceived notion, like I did, that it is when you can turn on a dime and change moods from hyperactive to depr...
The Ups and Downs of Bipolar Disorder Treatments
Are the costs of bipolar disorder treatment outweighing the benefits? The current treatment methods involve Lithium drugs for these psychoactive treatments. The...
Brain Tackles: Concussions in Football
How do you differentiate between the mild and spicy salsas at a Mexican restaurant? It’s obvious: one has a jalapeno and one doesn’t, or one tastes clearly spic...
MAPK pathway and the brain
This week, the discussion topic was the MAPK pathway and its connection to Parkinson’s(PD), Alzheimer’s (AD), and Lou Gehrig’s (LGD) diseases. One of the first...
Will the MAPK pathway lead scientists to a cure for many common neurodegenerative diseases?
Neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease (AD), Parkinson’s disease (PD) and Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) are a scary thought for many peopl...
The Complexity of the MAPK Pathway
Our article this week talks about how the MAPK pathway is highly linked with several neurological diseases including Alzheimer’s Disease, Parkinson’...
Rethinking reasons for weight loss: Alzheimer’s and type II diabetes
I don’t mean to harp on body image and societal pressures too much. I know that this was my topic last week, but our article this week begs me to write a second...