How does the legalization of marijuana effect adolescents?
As politicians continue legalizing marijuana across America, it must be studied how will these swift reforms affect the country’s future. A recent study conducted by scientist Magdalena Cerdá, Melanie Wall, and Tianshu Feng, hypothesizes that the legalization of marijuana changes … Read more
Does Medical Marijuana have Negative Effects on Executive Function
A major conversation in United States politics has been the topic of legalizing medical marijuana. One of the major points in the conversation on the legalization of medical marijuana is that marijuana is not yet an FDA-approved medicine (Abuse NI … Read more
Can Testosterone Impact The Brains Of Transgender Men?
Across the world medical practices are starting to adapt to an increase in social acceptance and awareness of the gender spectrum. An understanding of this spectrum explains the existence of transgender people and the internal battle they face when born … Read more
The Molecular Scissors
CRISPR-Cas-9 has revolutionized the scientific community. Synonymous with the groundbreaking discovery of the double helix in 1957, the field of genetics and medicine have elaborately shifted. CRISPR is acronymous for Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats and CRISPR- associated protein … Read more
The Effects of Interferons on COVID-19.
The number of COVID cases in the U.S. alone has well surpassed six million, and is still climbing daily. This is obviously a growing and dangerous pandemic that is rendering a lot of conversation for a cure. Some recent studies … Read more
Mesenchymal Stem Cells: The Cure to COVID-19?
Since December 2019, COVID-19 has ravaged across the globe, affecting the lives of millions. As of September 14, 2020, there have been over twenty-nine million cases of COVID-19 worldwide with deaths from this virus climbing every day (Okeke 2020). About … Read more
A Low-Cost Method to Detect the Toxins in Your “Detox Tea”
Detox teas are flooding social media feeds, as A-list celebrities advertise these “revolutionary” beverages to young audiences. Advertisements claim that detox tea can quickly rid the body of fat and toxins (Auguste et al. 2019). However, detox teas are the … Read more
Opioids and Mental Health Why Are They Connected?
People who suffer from mental disorders are also very closely connected with opioid use. “The opioid use population is over half Americans who have mental disorders” (Davis 2017). The scholarly article states that people with mental disorders are more likely … Read more