Therapies for Autism Spectrum Disorder
Autism Spectrum disorder (ASD) has a wide range of symptoms, but there are three core symptoms that include social interaction, communication, and repetitive be...
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The Capstone Experience
The Capstone Experience One of the major concepts that Concordia tries to instill in the students is to become responsibly engaged in the world. Concordia refer...
Medications, Pregnancy, and the Risk for Autism
Have you ever been behind a parent with their child in the checkout line at the grocery store? Maybe the child is acting up and the parent does not seem to be d...
Future Strategy to Treat Obesity and Prevent Damage in the Brain
In recent years, research has been showing the many negative effects that fat and obesity can have in the brain on top of the known effects that fat can have on...
What Does Your Brain Have to Do With Obesity?
Before last week, I rarely thought about obesity. Not because it wasn’t in my life – my Dad and most of my uncles are obese – it had just become so present that...
Insulin’s Role in the CNS
Most people are aware that insulin plays a very important regulatory role within our body. As glucose levels rise within the body, insulin is responsible for br...
Autism: A Classroom Perspective
If a kid doesn’t participate in class, they get a bad grade. If they act out or are disrespectful, they get sent to the principal’s office. There is typically ...
Could This Be a Clue? a Link Between ALS and Military Munition Sites
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and sp...
Marijuana and Pain Relief
Is marijuana as great as they actually say it is for pain relief? We constantly hear in news reports about all the great effects marijuana has for pain patients...
Life Is Priceless, Sure, How Far Should We Go to Prolong It Though?
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and the spinal cord. Furthermore, it result...