Is alcoholism a forever problem in the U.S.?
Alcohol and the problem of alcoholism has been a problem for years and this problem is definitely not on the decline. Our society today in the U.S. seems to be...
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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...
Is obesity the new norm for America?
Obesity and the many negative health effects that come with it have been growing rapidly in our society throughout the past decade. Our lifestyles have led us ...
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...
Is Lithium really the best treatment for bipolar disorder?
Bipolar disorder is a major medical disorder that affects almost 14 million people in our U.S. today. This disorder might not be seen as a major medical issue ...
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...