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According to the CDC, more than one third of adults in the United States are obese. That means the annual cost of obesity in the U.S. is about 147 billion dolla...

One of the main subjects of my education I have had the most difficulty in understanding is chemistry. It’s been one of those subjects that I’ve loved to learn ...

I’ve been playing soccer since I was about five years old, and it was not until college that I experienced someone on the field get a concussion. I had always k...

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, more commonly referred to as ALS or Lou Gehrig’s disease was a relatively unknown topic to me until this week. ALS is a neurodege...

This fall I had the opportunity to take neurochemistry, both for my neuroscience minor as well as for the Capstone requirement for my core. When I signed up, I ...

 During the week of December 1st, we talked about amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease. ALS is a neurodegenerative disease th...

Autism is defined as a developmental brain disorder in which the affected individual typically has problems with social interactions and may tend to exhibit a h...

During the week of November 10th, we discussed a rather controversial article about obesity and the possibility that it could be caused by disease-like factors....

What a normal 90’s kid thinks after he/she hears the “Lithium” What a 90’s kid in neurochemistry thinks when he/she hears “Lithium...

Before beginning my capstone experience in Neurochemistry, I was very curious as to how this would be different from any other class.  I imagined all of the che...