Addiction: Where to Place the Blame???
The debate about whether addiction is a disease or an active choice made by the individual has been around for centuries and has largely been an opinion based a...
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Finding a Treatment for Schizophrenia: Why So Complicated?
Mental illness is an ongoing problem in our world. In America alone, one in five adults experience a mental health issue. One in 25 Americans have a serious men...
The Unlikely Duo: Alzheimer’s Disease and Type II Diabetes
Most people’s first thoughts are that there is no connection between Alzheimer’s disease and type II diabetes. Years ago that may have been true, but research t...
Brains Chained by Addiction
The Pandemic of Addiction The statistics surrounding addiction don’t lie, the U.S. has a pandemic on its hands. So what’s the situation? In 2017, we...
Party in the Cleft
Evolutionarily, humans have been wired to perceive feelings of pleasure based on certain stimuli that are associated with survival of the individual or species....
Schizophrenia: Reality vs Stigma
Schizophrenia: What is it and how do we treat it? Schizophrenia is one of the most challenging mental illnesses to manage and function with. Symptoms often inte...
Sugar on the Brain: Alzheimer’s Disease
What’s the story? Over the past decade, sugar has become an increasingly hot topic as a part of our diets. Updated recommendations have been in the news as rece...
Stressful Memory Formation: Nature, Nurture, Notion
What really goes on in your brain when you experience a stressful event? And the memories that are formed, what makes them shift from a helpful reminder of a tr...
Alzheimer’s Disease: A Manifestation of Type II Diabetes on the Brain?
With current research enlightening a link between Type II Diabetes and the development of Alzheimer’s Disease through many mechanisms and risk factors, the role...
The Stress of Remembering – PTSD and the Science Behind the Unforgettable
When we think of making everlasting memories, we often think of “the good” – road trips with friends, victories at athletic contests, adventuresome famil...