The Role of Nitric Oxide in Alzheimer's Disease
To be honest, I did not know much about Nitric Oxide (NO) before reading the scientific paper on the topic for our neurochemistry class. All I could have told ...
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More than just a treatment: Insulin
What is insulin? Insulin is almost always associated with diabetes as a treatment, but is that really the only function? Insulin is a hormone that is made in th...
Oh NO! Nitric Oxide and Neurodegenerative Disorders
Nitric Oxide is a free radical produced by glial cells in the brain as an immune response to infection. It falls into the category of reactive nitrogen species ...
Parkinson's Not Just a Tremor
Parkinson’s disease is the second most common neurodegenerative disease after Alzheimer’s effecting about 3 in 1000 people in industrialized nations. It seems t...
Alzheimers Disease: When Decisions Can't Be Made
Alzheimers disease (AD) is a disease that is very prevalent in the present day. Many people know Alzheimers disease due to its effect on causing people to forge...
Eating Ourselves Into Alzheimer's
Alzheimer’s disease is a debilitating disease that arguably affects the people closest to the afflicted as much as it affects the afflicted. What if I told you...
The Thief in the Night: Alzheimer's Disease
I remember it like it was yesterday. I woke up to the phone ringing at 3AM on a Thursday night. It was Grandma again, asking for a ride to church. My dad tried ...
What if I told you Diabetes will increase your risk of Alzheimer Disease?
Type 2 diabetes is a prevalent disease in America where the body has too much glucose in the blood system. Many adults suffer from this and it results i...
Diabetes Evil Twin…
We hear about diabetes all the time in today’s culture. Regardless of what type of diabetes that a person has, the disease in general is much talked about in ou...
A Connection from Type 2 Diabetes to Alzheimer’s Disease
Alzheimer’s disease is well known neurodegenerative disorder that affects many people all over the world. Popular media and modern science has made it clear tha...