Concussions: The Elusive Injury
Last week we talked about concussions in our class. Namely, what they are and what causes them. The latter question is easy enough to answer, turn on any high...
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Concussions Are More Dangerous Then We Think
Over the recent decades we have seen a great increase in the intensity of sports and along with it more seem to be getting concussions. Concussions can be very ...
Will the MAPK pathway lead scientists to a cure for many common neurodegenerative diseases?
Neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease (AD), Parkinson’s disease (PD) and Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) are a scary thought for many peopl...
Rethinking reasons for weight loss: Alzheimer’s and type II diabetes
I don’t mean to harp on body image and societal pressures too much. I know that this was my topic last week, but our article this week begs me to write a second...
Diseases Inhibited by Pharmaceutical Inhibitors
We live in a society where drugs (pharmaceuticals) dominate the medical world. Are you clinically depressed? Try Lexapro or Cymbalta. Is your cholesterol too hi...
A Hopeful Future for Alzheimer's Patients?
This week, I would like to talk to you about Alzheimer’s disease, a serious disease that has been brought up on this blog before just a couple weeks ago....
Lou Gehrig’s Disease: How close to a cure are we?
1 Prior to 1939, Lou Gehrig was on top of the world. He was coming off several great seasons leading the New York Yankees to World Series titles i...
Vicodin, Morphine, Heroine, Oh My!
In society today, doctors give out pain medication in the class of opioids like they are candy. For things from a tooth ache to surgery, the range of ailments w...
Can we control our addictions to pain medications?
Throughout late medical history we have seen extensive abuse of pain medications as they are highly addictive to those who are prescribed them. These highly eff...
Codeine Candy for Halloween!
Common prescription painkillers are being handed out like free smoothie coupons from doctors. Does your back hurt? Get some codeine. Pain in your left foot? The...