Obesity: Can We Blame It on the Brain?
Obesity is an epidemic in this country, and it doesn’t appear to be “slowing down” any time soon. Yes, we have made efforts to make people more aware of the dan...
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The Chicken, Egg, or Obesity?
In the controversial documentary, “Super Size Me”, the film director, Morgan Spurlock demonstrates the risks of consuming fast foods over a month’s time. For ma...
Obesity: Who or what is to blame?
Everyone knows that to live a healthy life, we must eat good food and exercise. Despite this knowledge, two-thirds of Americans are considered overweight or obe...
Obese (Un?)Intelligence
Last week in neurochemistry we talked about obesity and discussed all throughout the week if obesity was a brain disease or not. The article that was paired wit...
More Than Meets the Eye: Obesity in the United States
While obesity and weight issues continue to be a huge problem in our society today, the most recent research suggests that obesity may in fact be a brain diseas...
Breaking Down the Vicious Cycles of Bipolar Disorder
Bipolar disorder, also known as manic depressive illness, is a mental disorder characterized by extreme unusual shifts in energy, mood, and activity levels, imp...
My Cousin, Bipolar Disorder, and the Stereotypes of Mental Illness
Bipolar disorder is a disease that most people in the general public have heard about but had little experience with. For me, it is a disease that I find extre...
The Complex Organ We Call The Brain
The brain is a mysterious part of our bodies, and we have yet to explore all its depths. It is made up of complex networks of billions of neurons, which control...
A Look into Bipolar
Mental illnesses have been more of a focus in medicine in the last decade because of the increased number of diagnosis. Bipolar otherwise known as manic-depres...
Maybe We All Have a Mental Disorder
Bipolar disorder (BD) is a mental disease characterized by swings from a manic state to a depressed state. Although each individual is affected in a unique way,...