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The neurological glitches behind stuttering: Causes and arising treatments

Biology, Health, Psychology / /

Including President Joe Biden, Emily Blunt, and James Earl Jones, stuttering affects over 70 million people, including 3 million Americans. Denoted by continuous interruptions in the starting and timing of syllabi, stuttering can have dramatic effects. About five percent of children stutter, but approximately 80 percent recover from stuttering by the time they reach adulthood, […]

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Your brain on death

Biology, Chemistry, Health / /

Death has long been known as the event horizon of neuroscience. While it is still infeasible for neuroscientists to examine the experiences of dead brains, recent studies have provided much insight into the moments preceding death. According to Daniel Condziella of Copenhagen University Hospital, brain death — currently, the most commonly accepted definition of legal

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Bionic eyes: Can we provide artificial vision?

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An estimated 45 million people in the world are blind. A multitude of factors cause blindness. Amongst the greatest are genetic disorders, such as retinitis pigmentosa, which affects over 2 million people worldwide, and macular degeneration, which affects 14 percent of people over the age of 80. One solution to this? Bionic eyes. Creating artificial

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What happens to your body when you gain or lose weight?

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According to the Centers For Disease Control and Prevention, in 2020, over 40 percent of the United States population was considered obese. Obesity causes many issues like coronary heart disease, type 2 diabetes, stroke, many types of cancers, and a weakened immune system. Due to the medical difficulties that come with obesity, the lifespan of

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If cells can recover from stress, so can you!

Biology, Health / /

Cells, the most basic unit of life, have a remarkable property: resilience. Cells are faced with a multitude of stressful situations that test their ability to survive, thrive, and adapt to new situations. Often, when a cell endures stress, proteins within the cytoplasm begin to unravel. In order to prevent this, ubiquitin molecules are used

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Hands that heal: Community health care in the World War II Japanese-American detention camps

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Following the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, a wave of fear and distrust in all things Japanese encompassed the United States. This sentiment resulted in President Franklin Roosevelt’s issuing Executive Order 9066, which declared that all persons of Japanese ancestry living on the west coast be forcibly relocated to assembly centers and incarceration camps located

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Out-of-place embryos: The rise of undetected ectopic pregnancies

Biology, Health / /

Pregnancy is an uncertain time for many expectant parents. It’s a daunting experience known for its vast expanse of new territory and potentially risky outcomes. A constant in most pregnancies is the location of the embryo: in the protective, developmentally beneficial environment of the uterus. However, this isn’t always the case. The prevalence of extrauterine

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