Finding The Cause or Cure for Autism
The final discussion of the semester was on a topic that I care a lot about: autism. This past summer, I worked for my school districts out of school time child...
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Alcohol: How Much Is Too Much?
When you think of alcohol what do you think of? A glass of wine with dinner? A beer after work with colleagues? Or maybe a Saturday night out with friends? You ...
Is There An Easy Solution To Your Growing Waistline?
Obesity: a rising epidemic in American culture. But what is the solution? Diet and exercise clearly come to mind as well as possible surgery in some cases, but ...
MAPK: The regulator of disease?
Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease and Lou Gehrig’s disease. What do these three diseases have in common? Well, according to recent research, all three ma...
Concussions and Checking in Hockey
We have all heard of concussions. Someone hits their head and in our culture generally we think or tell people to “shake it off”, but is that really...
The Epidemic of America…Obesity
Obesity is a major problem in the USA but how much of it’s onset is due to actual physical problems and how much is due to the fast paced world we live in...
The Role of Glutamate in Opioid Addiction
This week in class we learned about opioid addiction and the role that glutamate plays in it. Opioids enjoy widespread use as pain relievers, some well known o...
Opioids and Addiction
I have been hearing more and more these days that doctors are handing out high-potency pain killers like they are candy and I have been wondering why, when thes...
Research Suggests Great Defense from Alzheimer's Disease could be the Dinner Plate
“What would you like to order today?” “I want two number ones, a number six, a large side of fries and a shake.” “Would you like some insulin with that?” “Ins...
Diabetes…An American Epidemic
The number of diagnosed cases of diabetes being classified as type 2 has been rising over the past years in America. The average age of people with type 2 diabe...