Fighting the Memory War: A Battle Between Remembering and Forgetting Trauma
“Do you remember what happened?” is generally one of the first questions a person is asked after going through a traumatic event. This question can cause a grea...
Category: Health
Use It or Lose It
Pretty much everyone has heard the phrase “use it or lose it,” but did you know this phrase applies to your brain too. New research suggests that while the phys...
A Journey Up The Liberal Educational Mountain – Have We Hit the PEAK?
There it was, at last. After months of chipping away at articles, scaling pages upon pages of reading, and summiting the art of blogging, I’d finally made...
Cognitive Reserve – The Retirement Funds of the Brain
Aging. It’s a word that most of us don’t like to think about. For some, the idea of growing older is a scary thought, and for others it exists only ...
Don’t Get Lost in the Weeds – What’s the Real Deal Behind Marijuana?
To legalize or not to legalize? That is the question that often comes to mind when we see that all-too-distinct 7-point leaf. The use of marijuana, or cannabis,...
A Public Health Crisis: The Shocking Relationship Between Type Two Diabetes and Alzheimer’s Disease
Dementia and diabetes are two of the most prevalent health problems facing the world today. Countless resources are spent on treating the symptoms of each, thou...
The SAD American Diet
Obesity rates are skyrocketing in America today and people can point many directions for the cause. Maybe we’ve just gotten lazy? Maybe we don’t have enough tim...
Relationship between Alzheimer’s and Type 2 Diabetes
https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Insulin-signaling-linking-Type-II-diabetes-and-Alzheimers-disease-Alterations-in_fig4_323247347 Research has consiste...
Autism: a Disorder to Cure or a Personality Change to Accept
Autism Spectrum Disorder is characterized by presence of particular symptoms explained by certain DSM-5 criteria. To summarize, the disorder is characterized b...
Do we want a cure for Autism?
What is autism? Autism is a developmental disorder associated with dysfunction in social interaction and communication. Those diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Dis...