Obesity: A Biological Trap
Obesity as a Brain Disorder Have you ever thought, “If I just had more willpower I could resist all the unhealthy foods I tend to eat”? I’m sure you have heard ...
Obesity as a Brain Disorder Have you ever thought, “If I just had more willpower I could resist all the unhealthy foods I tend to eat”? I’m sure you have heard ...
Parkinson’s Disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder affecting dopaminergic neurons in a specific part of the brain called the substantia nigra...
As someone not particularly well read in the medicine world, I knew very little about Parkinson’s disease before, and really had only been exposed to the diseas...
You may have heard of Insulin before, especially if you know somebody who has Diabetes. Insulin is a hormone that helps the body use or store glucose in the blo...
If you are active on social media, or watch the news, you may be familiar with a fundraiser known as The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. The challenge involves dumpin...
Marijuana, just about everybody has heard of it, most notably for its role in media as a plant used to achieve a high. What is less known about marijuana are it...
It is interesting to think that a single molecule can be a similar variable in a handful of diverse and devastating diseases. It is even more interesting to thi...
Parkinson’s disease (PD) is not a single disease, rather it is a syndrome of multiple causes, which have in common the death of dopaminergic brain neurons...
Parkinson’s Disease is a neurodegenerative disease that affects both motor and non-motor systems in the body, which is characterized by the death of neurons in ...