Chemistry and Obesity
This morning I did something I don’t normally do, I stopped eating. I still had food on my plate, I just didn’t feel hungry anymore. Even though it ...
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Final thoughts
With the semester officially over, I am left to consider what gains have been made in the past few months. Usually it’s a little challenging to identify h...
Drunken words are honest thoughts.
Alcoholism is a serious problem around the world and especially in the U.S. Alcoholism affects some 14 million people in the United States alone, costing $ 184 ...
Leptin's Other Personality
As we have seen from studying different neurological diseases and drug mechanism, neurotransmitters play crucial roles in bodily processes that we normally over...
Root of Emotions
Emotions and mood are a small part of the human life, but are complex in the way they are controlled and stimulated. Bipolar disorder seems to be a malfunction ...
Great Capstone
I think that this class was a great way to cap off my undergraduate college career and is a great capstone for most science majors. I was able to develop better...
Alcoholism Starting Point
. While millions of Americans use alcohol as a social lubricant, many cross the line of recreation use to addiction. Whether we like it or not alcohol is a drug...
Opinions of sciences
When you see this picture what do you think of? This is the molecule thimerosal, a mercury containing compound that is a central in the mercury vs. autism debat...
Things I learned…
The final blog. I can’t believe the semester is over. It doesn’t seem real – there isn’t even snow on the ground. I would like to end my semester with one last ...
Addiction or Pain?
Severe pain affects approximately 6% of the population at any given time. This pain can come from nearly any source and may be dealt with in various ways. One...