Struggling to Hold On: The ALS Story
You’re Not YOU Picture this: You are 29 years old, in shape, happily married, thinking of children, an avid baker, and enjoying playing the piano in the e...
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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...
Another Year, Another Misplaced Memory: Aging and Alzheimer’s Disease
Where are my keys? “Oh no, I misplaced my keys yet AGAIN this week. My memory must be going. But wait. Does this mean..Could I possibly have..It couldn’t be..Al...
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...
Heritability of ALS
What is ALS? Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects the motor neurons in the brain and the spinal cord. As ...
Lithium: Still a little sketchy…
Sometimes, it’s amazing (and a little bit terrifying) to think about how little we know about a medication before it hits the market and is given to patients. ...
Is Lithium the Missing Element?
For those of us science nerds out there Lithium is known simply as an alkali metal with the atomic number 3. In the medical world, however, lithium has served a...