What Is Alzheimer's Disease? According to Cleveland Clinic’s website, a total of 24 million people worldwide experience Alzheimer’s symptoms, making it a common disease. Amongst elderly individuals, one third of people over the age of 85 years are diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. Alzheimer's disease is a neurodegenerative condition where the brain’s functions begin to slow down, because the cells are damaged and destroyed over time. This often results in loss of certain brain func

Tracing the Tremor: Defining Parkinson’s Disease Imagine waking up one day, and your own body starts ignoring your brain’s “move” button—your hand shakes when you are just trying to text, your legs feel like they’re stuck in glue, and your face won’t show how annoyed you actually feel. For many individuals living with Parkinson’s, this isn’t fiction–it’s daily reality; affecting grandparents, familiar coaches, even people next door. Though often unseen, it touches lives quiet

Virtual Reality is one of the most up and coming gaming devices. With almost all consoles and games allowing it, virtual reality headsets can be used to elevate the experience within the gaming world, allowing for players to become a part of video game simulations. However, with the recurring usage of virtual reality, there has been much questioning about the extent to which virtual reality can affect the brain, both positively and negatively. It may be capable of tricking ou

Imagine this: you’re preparing hard for a chemistry test, going over flashcards again and again to lock in what you’ve learned. Yet when the exam arrives, everything feels gone. Though it’s discouraging, research shows many students face this often. It isn’t due to lack of trying or weakness; instead, it stems from physical shifts in the brain. In fact, ongoing stress affects areas like the hippocampus, weakening how memories form—or come back later. The hippocampus isn't jus

Spices are in almost everything: food flavoring, coloring, and even aroma. But, could they be used for medicinal purposes? Researchers have proven that many species used globally may have antioxidants. Antioxidants are molecules that fight free radicals, which are potentially dangerous compounds that, if unbalanced, can lead to serious health issues. No need to worry though, our body provides natural antioxidants, but additional ones from spices can be even better. Cinnamon -

Let’s kickstart the year with a refreshing cup of lemonade… wait, no, in fact, I think matcha would be a better choice! Now you might start yelling something about being performative, but under all of that trendy pop culture mumbo jumbo, you might see, accompanied by tote bags or feminist literature, matcha is actually a great way to start the year and start your day. As we start to climb back into the trenches that we know as school, homework, studying, and even more homewor

An apple a day keeps the doctor away. Although starting as a simple urban legend, or wife's tale, it may have some truth behind it. No longer just regarded as sweet treats, desserts, or toppings, berries are now emerging into prominence as stars of nutrition throughout the globe, with an intensive scientific interest. Packed with an array of colors beyond the reaches of attractiveness, their bioactive signals confer powerful antioxidants and therapeutic ingredients encoded wi

Imagine this scene, you wake up and you see it…a big, bulging pimple or a face full of acne, as bumpy as those country roads. Each time you sigh and start to walk to that cabinet filled with pimple patches and acne treatments, yet your skin is always relentless, and that minefield of acne keeps coming back, and each time, it's just as shocking. The cycle seems to just continue to repeat, no matter what you do. Of course, you won’t be some perfect model that you see in adverti