The Truth About Psychopathy and Stereotypes!
Artstract by Olivia Pederson What is Psychopathy? Psychopathy is a personality disorder and is characterized by persistent antisocial behavior, impaired empath...
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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...
Sleep On It: The Impact of Sleep on Learning and Memory
How is Memory Consolidated? In 1900, the idea that memories require time to become resistant to disruption was proposed: the consolidation hypothesis. In order ...
Cannabinoids, Cannabis, and Marijuana: What is the difference?
Wait, they are not the same? No, they are not, but it really is not that simple. They are somewhat “parts of each other”, which makes it easy for people to misu...
The Benefits of Marijuana and the Science of Behind it All.
Marijuana Usage in the USA is Increasing A recent Gallop poll found 49% (up from 45% in 2017) of Americans have tried marijuana in some form at some point (Hubb...
Imaginary Friends: Schizophrenia in Adolescents?
Prevalence of Schizophrenia in Adolescents Childhood-onset schizophrenia (COS) is very rare. It is only considered to be COS when diagnosed in children under 13...
The Endocannabinoid System: A Master Regulator
Function of the Endocannabinoid System The endocannabinoid system (ECS) was a mysterious being for quite some time, considering its recent discovery in only 198...
Endocannabinoids: The Modern Day Elixir of Life
Figure 1: A generic picture of medicinal marijuana. What are cannabinoid receptors? Cannabinoid receptors CB1 and CB2 are receptors on the presynaptic side of a...
Obesity: Whose Fault is it Anyway?
Stats In 2018, 139.7 million US adults were considered obese (CDC, 2021). This is an increase from 30.5% in 2000, to a whopping 42.4% in 2018 (CDC, 2021). To fu...
Concussions and sports safety
What is a concussion? Concussions are a risk that most contact sports pose to athletes; however, concussions can occur from being in combat and unusual a...