Concussions Are Sort of a Big Deal. We Should Do Something About Those.
Concussions are fairly common and inexpensive with the treatments we currently use (some good old rest and relaxation); as a result, it is often hard to see the...
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MAPK: the Wrong Way?
The more I read about neurochemical systems and associated diseases and disorders, the more I get a sense for how vast the problems and intricacies for treatmen...
Vicodin, Morphine, Heroine, Oh My!
In society today, doctors give out pain medication in the class of opioids like they are candy. For things from a tooth ache to surgery, the range of ailments w...
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...
Insulin and Alzheimer's
5.4 million people of all ages have Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) in the US, 5.2 million of that 5.4 million are ages 65 and older, according to Alz.org. This stati...
A Frightening Proposition
If one were to list the most common fears of people today, they would likely come up with a conglomerate including things like death, heights, spiders, and clow...
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...
The Ambiguous Line
In today’s world of scientific technology and intelligence, where the information we gain on a daily basis increases our human knowledge exponentially, the ques...
Marijuana: Oh the Possibilities
So let’s not beat around the bush here: a significant number of people – not only in America but around the world – have tried or habitually done marijuana some...
Cannabis, Depression, and You
Depression is a serious psychological disorder that affects millions of Americans. I am one of those millions. Around the time I entered second grade, a psychol...