The Rise of a New Era?
Will the older generations begin to look different with the rise in type II diabetes? Recently more and more studies have been shown to prove that having type I...
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Diabetes and Alzheimer’s: Eating Healthy Results in More Than Just Weight Loss
In Neurochemistry class, we talked about Alzheimer’s Disease, which is one of the most detrimental disorders that someone can experience. We talked about how t...
Alzheimer's disease and insulin resistance
Research into the molecular nature of Alzheimer’s Disease has been a major focus the past 20 years, with (AD) claiming about 90,000 Americans annually. With gen...
Parkinson's Disease: Finding the Balance
Merriam webster’s dictionary defines Parkinson’s disease as “a chronic progressive neurological disease chiefly of later life that is linked to decreased dopami...
The Imbalance of Parkinson's Disease
Commonly seen in people over the age of forty, approximately 60,000 United States citizens are diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease every year. The magnitud...
Stem Cells and Parkinson's Disease
Stem Cell Research has been the on the cutting edge of science, and become extremely useful for many neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinson’s Disease. Parkin...
The Parkinson's Brain
This week in Neurochemistry class, we talked about one of the many mysterious neurodegenerative disorders; Parkinson’s Disease. I like to think of the brain as ...
Blazing a New Trail: What Would Really Change With the Legalization of Marijuana?
What do the words weed, pot, dope, blunt, Mary Jane, blaze, grass, 420, cannabis, ganga, and last but not least marijuana bring to mind? For many there is an au...
Medical Marijuana: What's the Hold Up?
First off, this discussion is NOT about legalizing recreational cannabis (marijuana) because, as a college student in today’s world, I’m not even sure how I fee...
Why is Marijuana still Illegal?
Marijuana Physiology Background The main two chemicals found in marijuana are tetrahydrocannabidiol (THC) which is known for its cognitive impairment effects, a...