Smoking Marijuana Causes…Schizophrenia?
When you hear marijuana what do you think of? For me, I don’t think much of it other than a waste of money to cause you to feel a little loopy and give you the ...
Category: Disease
Music Therapy: A Possible Treatment for Autism
Autism is a pervasive developmental disorder that has increased in number of cases, from 3 in 10,000 in 1970 to 66 in 10,000 in 2002. Genetic factors alone cann...
Bipolar Disorder and the Stigma of Mental Illness
Bipolar disorder (BD) is a mental disorder characterized by changes in mood. BD I has cycles of mania and depression while BD II has cycles of hypomania and dep...
Drunken words are honest thoughts.
Alcoholism is a serious problem around the world and especially in the U.S. Alcoholism affects some 14 million people in the United States alone, costing $ 184 ...
Too Much of a Good Thing
Obesity – It’s not just for the Wealthy Anymore I don’t need any statistics to convince you that obesity is a problem in America. On evening news shows there ar...
The Growing Spectrum: Why is Autism on the Rise?
Considering the personal relationships I have with members of the educational community, I often hear teachers refer to children that are “on the spectru...
So, what's the take-home message from our Neurochemistry class?
Have you ever wondered? ——–Why do we become forgetful as we get older? How do pain killers magically alleviate our physical pain and why are s...
Is there a single cause of autism?
This week’s article discussed a new hypothesis for the cause of autism. It is called a redox/methylation hypothesis and suggests that environmental issues acti...
Is a pharmacological cure for alcoholism in our future?
One of our recent articles discussed the effects of ethanol, or alcohol as it is more commonly referred to. Multiple signaling pathways in the brain are affect...
The Diversity of Alcoholism
I have for you two scenarios (These stories are not based on any person in particular, but are just general possible scenarios.) First is a story about Edward. ...