Endocannabinoids: More than Understanding Marijuana?
Marijuana has long been used recreationally and medicinally. While its recreational use is still of debate, its medicinal properties have also come under great ...
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Obesity: Blame the Brain
While diet fads come and go, in the end physicians typically boil there advice down to a simple statement; burn more calories than you eat and you’ll lose weigh...
Hard Hitting Facts about Concussions
Concussions are one of the brain diseases that are often overlooked. Too often approached as something that athletes can tough out, they have not been taken as ...
Autism: A Spectrum of Disorders
Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) have become a large topic of discussion in the public eye for many years. While previously it had been treated and diagnosed as ...
Brains Chained by Addiction
The Pandemic of Addiction The statistics surrounding addiction don’t lie, the U.S. has a pandemic on its hands. So what’s the situation? In 2017, we...
Schizophrenia: Reality vs Stigma
Schizophrenia: What is it and how do we treat it? Schizophrenia is one of the most challenging mental illnesses to manage and function with. Symptoms often inte...
Sugar on the Brain: Alzheimer’s Disease
What’s the story? Over the past decade, sugar has become an increasingly hot topic as a part of our diets. Updated recommendations have been in the news as rece...
ALS: Bringing Awareness to This Neurodegenerative Disease
Background Information on ALS Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), or Lou Gehrig’s disease, is a debilitating disease that can often be difficult to diagn...
Prescription Exercise: Using Exercise to Combat Anxiety
Anxiety As humans, it is important that we are able to make memories of events in our lives to be able to survive. In the case of anxiety, particularly strong m...
Calling All Parents: Your Role in Reducing Anxiety
Being a parent is one of the most influential roles you can hold in our society, but it is also proving to be one of the most difficult. These days, the books a...