Grounding Schizophrenia in Reality
The media characterizes schizophrenia by portraying individuals as violent, unpredictable, and crazy, driven to madness by the voices in their own heads, a crea...
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Food for Thought: The connection between type 2 diabetes and Alzheimer’s
Both Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and type 2 diabetes are products of insulin resistance. Type 2 diabetes has insulin resistance in the peripheral organs, muscle an...
Picking Apart the Spectrum
The number of Autism Spectrum Disorder or ASD cases is on the rise. Today the percentage of children with ASD is roughly 2.4% whereas in 2010 the percent was 1....
What is going on with Autism?
Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are one of the most prevalent disorders in the world, as 1 in 68 children have been diagnosed. As the number of cases increase, ...
Autism Spectrum Disorder and the Mirrors of the Brain
What is Autism Spectrum Disorder? Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is characterized by numerous behavioral symptoms and varying neurological abnormalities. Due to...
Once Hungry, Forever Eating: The Neurological Impacts of Poor Diet on Obesity
The Obesity Problem According to the CDC, more than 1/3 of adults in the U.S. are obese. Why is this a problem? Why is obesity rising? Could we blame it on Amer...
The Epidemic of Obesity
35% of adults age 20+ are obese. This is becoming a severe problem, especially in the United States. What is causing this spike in obesity? How does obesity bec...
Struggling to Hold On: The ALS Story
You’re Not YOU Picture this: You are 29 years old, in shape, happily married, thinking of children, an avid baker, and enjoying playing the piano in the e...
Possibilities of Medical Marijuana
Featured Image by Author Medical marijuana has become one the most controversial debates. You’re either for it or against it, with very few people falling somew...
Marijuana: Recreational Advocacy Sabotages Support for Medicinal Research
The taboo topic of marijuana is splitting America at state lines. While the drug is illegal on a federal level, Individual states are taking opposing stances on...