Finally, after the hustle and bustle of the first unit assignment, you all can finally take a breath…did you enjoy that breath? Good, because now it’s time to dive straight into the second unit assignment: social sciences. After a rapid … Read more

In the sixth week of English 105, our class completed their unit one projects, popular science articles, and shifted to the course’s second focus, social sciences and ethnographic research. I spent a large portion of week six editing and refining … Read more

After decades of replications, the human genome begins to deteriorate, and mutations are introduced into cells that transform them into malignant cancer tumors. As the lifespan of humans steadily increases due to improvements in medicine, so to do the chances … Read more

Recent studies show that there is a correlation between intelligence and psychological/physiological disorders. Ruth Karpinski and other researchers at Pitzer College found that people with a higher IQ tend to have overexcitabilities (heightened response to stimuli), causing them to feel … Read more

Whether it is a family member, friend, or colleague, most of us know an individual that has been diagnosed with cancer. A publication from the American Cancer Society claims that one in two males and one in three females will … Read more

  An estimated 3.7 billion people are affected with Herpes Simplex 1 (HSV-1) under the age of 50 and roughly 417 million people between the ages of 15-49 are affected by the Herpes Simplex 2 (HSV-2) infection (Lafferty et al. … Read more

  Breast cancer is a disease that can be both emotionally and physically traumatizing. Receiving a breast cancer diagnosis can be a devastating experience. In the treatment of breast cancer, patients often have very limited options of treatment, many of … Read more

In the US alone, over 20.4% of all adults suffer from a form of chronic pain (CDC 2018). When treating chronic pain, many modern medications can reduce pain sensations; however, they also come with serious side effects that lead to … Read more

Nowadays, Insomnia is becoming a very common problem among people of all ages. In the past, elderly people have struggled with sleep disorders, but now we are concerned with the young population (Johnson 2018). In recent years, under the heavy … Read more

Scientists have found an unprecedented way to potentially cure blindness caused by degenerative eye diseases. The Argus® II Retinal Prosthesis System is a bionic eye prosthetic that works by stimulating the posterior layer of the retina. While the Argus® II … Read more