Glioblastoma: A Biological Understanding Giving Hope to Thousands Diagnosed
What is Glioblastoma? Glioblastoma (GBM) is the rapid overgrowth of cells in the brain or spinal cord. These brain tumors affect around 12,000 American citizens...
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Treatment of Glioblastoma Through EGFR and CREB
Artstract Created by Hailey Puppe Glioblastoma is an aggressive, fast-growing malignant brain tumor. It has a very low survival rate. Only 5% of those with Glio...
Addicted to Addiction Medicine?
Opioid addiction is a major problem in the US. According to the CDC overdose deaths involving opioids have increased by over 8 times since 1999. In 2020 an esti...
Addiction: Mental or Physical?
What is Addiction? Addiction is common and many people may know someone who is addicted to something, their phone, their favorite drink of choice,...
Neuroimaging and Addiction: A Hope for the Future
Artstract from DALL-E2 created by Kailee Vigen Introduction to Addiction Millions of Americans ages 12 and older struggle with addiction. These substance proble...
The Pathways of Addiction
What is Addiction? Addiction is a dependency on a substance or activity, usually drugs of abuse, that is often motivated by the hope of escaping discomfort. Thi...
Addiction: Is It Really A Choice?
Artwork by Olivia Pederson What is Addiction? In simple terms, addiction is a loss of control of drug use. The word “drug” doesn’t mean you ca...
The Maze of the Mind: Navigating the Complexities of Schizophrenia
Artstract by Timea Vrabcová (using DALL.E) Schizophrenia is a complex mental disorder that is characterized by a range of symptoms including delusions, hallucin...
Reducing the Risk of Schizophrenia Through Prenatal Nutrition
Schizophrenia is a mental illness characterized by negative and positive symptoms. Positive symptoms include delusions and hallucinations. Delusions are beliefs...
Gaining Empathy for the Mentally Ill: Schizophrenia Edition
Schizophrenia is a debilitating disease that effects 24 million people worldwide, 2.8 million of those people being in the United States. Schizophrenia is a dis...