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Obesity: A complete guide to this worldwide growing issue

May 30, 2018 - Anna Bohren

All over the world, we hear that obesity is a growing issue. Yet, there is a growing market for plus-sizes and campaigns that being bigger […]

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Intermittent Fasting: A complete guide

May 9, 2018 - Patrick Agresz

Intermittent Fasting: “Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, and dinner like a pauper.” Most likely you either heard it from your parents […]

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Stress and Aging: Is Your Stress Aging You?

May 3, 2018 - Puja Sethi

You wake up in the morning and look in the mirror and ask yourself “why do my eyes look so tired? Have I put on […]

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Looking at the Neuron; Its structures and their functions.

April 9, 2018 - Rupinder Bajwa

Cell body. There are around 100 billion neurons in the brain! Neurons are really small, measuring in microns (thousands of a millimetre) The smallest neuron […]

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Dysthymia: Persistent Depressive Disorder- What is it and Symptoms

March 27, 2018 - Andrea García Cerdán

We’ve all been “there”, where we find ourselves more down than usual, we don’t feel like doing anything and have a constant feeling of apathy. […]

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Dysphasia: Difficulty with comprehension of spoken or written language

March 5, 2018 - Anna Bohren

Imagine not being about to sing your favorite song, or not being able to write or say how you feel or what you are thinking. […]

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Types of exercise: Different types of exercise and their benefits

February 19, 2018 - Rupinder Bajwa

Types of exercise. Cue the groans! This blog post is all about the benefits of different types of exercise. Yes! You read that correctly! Although […]

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Hypersomnia: What it is, and how it impacts your health

November 9, 2017 - Jessica Taylor

We often hear about how people can’t seem to fall asleep, thus leading to people pulling all-nighters. In reality most are trying to go to […]

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Benefits of exercise on the brain: How does exercise help?

August 7, 2017 - Jessica Prashad

You’ve probably heard before how the brain is “like a muscle” and just like our other muscles, we need to exercise it regularly. But how […]

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The Effects of Video Games: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

April 3, 2017 - Elsie Divinagracia, MPH

Effects of video games. Growing up, video games were an inescapable part of life and were a large part of development and socialization. Pokemon, which was […]

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Mesothelioma and the Brain: How Chemotherapy Can Affect the Brain

March 29, 2017 - CogniFit

Mesothelioma and the Brain Malignant mesothelioma cancer rarely spreads to the brain, but chemotherapy that is most commonly used to treat the disease often causes […]

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Alexithymia: Building Relationships Out of Nothing

March 22, 2017 - Elsie Divinagracia, MPH

Alexithymia. Understanding and expressing emotions are essential parts of human interaction that unfortunately may be confusing for some people. Imagine not being able to understand […]

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Concussion Symptoms- Causes and Treatments

March 7, 2017 - Elsie Divinagracia, MPH

Concussion symptoms. Recently, concussions have become the focus of several discussions, research studies, news articles, and even movies. But when concussion symptoms can no longer […]

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Marijuana’s Effects on the Brain: A Scientific Look At Cannabis and the Brain

February 20, 2017 - Jacquelyn Brown

Marijuana’s effects on the brain. Marijuana is becoming a more socially acceptable psychoactive substance, and coincidentally, a more abused substance. The other most popular abused […]

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Old Brain New Tricks: What Does Neuroscience Say?

February 9, 2017 - Jacquelyn Brown

Old Brain New Tricks: They say you can’t teach an old dog new tricks, but does the same go for your brain? There is an […]

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Endless Possibilities: How Technology Affects Your Brain

October 18, 2016 - Radiyyah Hussein

In the current times, technology affects your brain in powerful ways that shape who you are as a person. This is especially the case for […]

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What is Your Basal Ganglia? How it Works for You

August 8, 2016 - Radiyyah Hussein

What is your basal ganglia? This tiny part of the brain is the mastermind behind all your daily activities. For all the work that it does […]

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Does Stress Get You Down? Overcoming Anxiety and Panic Attacks

May 24, 2016 - CogniFit

How can you work on overcoming anxiety and panic attacks? Getting stressed out before a final paper is due, or before giving an important presentation […]

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Is Autism The Same In Both Sexes? Possible Differences In Autism Symptoms Between Boys and Girls

May 24, 2016 - CogniFit

There have been many different studies conducted about autism in children that makes us believe that girls have a type of genetic protection against autism. […]

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