Could Meghan Trainor Actually Save the United States from Bulimia Nervosa?
Meghan Trainor—along with many other celebrities and companies in the United States—has boldly proclaimed her support of the body image acceptance movement. She...
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Novel Brain Scan Technique Could Definitively Diagnose Alzheimer's Disease
What is Alzheimer’s Disease? Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder that destroys ones memory and many other important...
Good News for Meredith Grey? An Investigation into the Mechanisms of Alzheimer’s Disease
For all of the Grey’s Anatomy fans out there, in season 9 we discover that Meredith does in fact carry the gene for Alzheimer’s—inherited from her mother. The d...
Why Endocannabinoids are the New Frontier
The stigma and restrictions surrounding the medicinal uses of endocannabinoids need to be lifted. Regardless of the conversation about legalizing endocannabinoi...
Why Legal Marijuana Will Benefit Society
The legalization of marijuana in Colorado shows a stark turnaround in the way our society views the smelly green Cannabis plant. That just goes to show how far ...
The Scandal of Banning Football and the Inevitable Concussion
The Inevitable Problem Concussions are inevitable. Regardless of the sport, concussions will always be a risk. The same can be said for everyday life. One can b...
Concussion Alters the Chemical Balance in the Brain
Concussion Has Major Mental Health Consequences Concussion has been a hot topic in the NFL recently, with evidence of CTE (chronic traumatic encephalopathy) fou...
My Capstone Experience
My capstone experience is something that I will never forget. The reasoning being that the layout of the class was far different from anything that I have ever ...
Learning a New Way
This semester I had the pleasure of being in a Neurochemistry course at Concordia College. This course is classified as a capstone course and offers a unique cl...
Eating Disorders: Treatment
Although everyone knows eating disorders are prevalent in the United States, we often do not “see” them. Individuals with eating disorders are not obvious. Eati...