The Threat of Alzheimer’s
Do you know, or have you ever known, someone with Alzheimer’s in your life? At the moment, your answer to this question may or may not be yes, but as time passe...
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The Brain and PTSD
Did you know that about 50% of all US adults will experience a traumatic event at some point in their lives? I did not. And while this number is higher than I w...
10 Facts – What Do You Know About Schizophrenia?
First of all, let’s establish that schizophrenia is a mental illness. You probably knew this already, but if I had asked you to name the first three mental illn...
Events And A Brain. What Could Go Wrong?
Memories The formation of memories is important to everyone. Memories help people learn from experiences whether they are good or bad. However, sometimes a stre...
Schizophrenia: Nurture, Nature or Both
Background Schizophrenia is a chronic and severe mental disorder affecting the way a person thinks, feels and behaves. When you ask a person what is the first t...
Ordering Post Traumatic Stress DISorder
Post- traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a mental illness that begins with a traumatic experience and the inability to cope with the experience. This leads to ...
Insulin, Diabetes, Alzheimer’s, OH MY!
Type 2 diabetes has been a growing health concern in the United States for a while now and often is caused by diet and lifestyle choices. This disease is marked...
Mach’s Office is back at it!
The Neurochemistry students are back, writing about all sorts of interesting data and social issues that come with the discussion of the brain! Enjoy reading...
The Cobbs are BREWing
I cannot thank Concordia enough for the opportunities it has provided me during my four years of enrollment. Not everybody has the privilege of obtaining a libe...
My Peak: It’s all downhill from here
Out of all the science courses I have taken at Concordia College, Neurochemistry was the only one that truly encapsulated the meaning of BREW, or Becoming Respo...