Novel Non-SSRI Treatments for OCD: Pharmacotherapies Targeting CSTC Signaling July 30, 2021 8 min readINTRODUCTION Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is a psychiatric illness characterized by intrusive thoughts, designated as obsessions, and repetitive compulsions, such as... Read More
Culture: The Ultimate Interdisciplinary Melting Pot February 12, 2021 7 min readImagine being able to take a history textbook and rewrite any one sentence of your choosing. Which sentence would have... Read More
The Loudest Sound on Earth: Dad’s Snoring January 27, 2023 7 min readI’ll wake up as soon as the alarm goes off, when the phone lights up and starts vibrating on the... Read More
One “Last Gift” July 19, 2022 9 min readIn 2017, Dr. David “Davey” Smith, an infectious disease physician at UC San Diego, and his research group launched the... Read More
Stressed-Out Plants May 1, 2020 7 min readIt’s midterm season, and the pressure is slowly getting to you. Pungent odors begin to diffuse in the air as... Read More
The Mutual Dependence Between Circadian Rhythms and Glucocorticoids in Corticosteroid Therapy July 28, 2021 7 min readCIRCADIAN RHYTHM 101 The circadian clock is in the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) of the brain.¹ This cluster of nuclei sits... Read More
Botox: Smoothening Wrinkles, Soothing Moods July 16, 2021 9 min readCommon responses to stress include eating more ice cream, watching more TV shows, and the more physiologically relevant development of... Read More
A Personal Look into the Future of Diabetic Medicine July 12, 2021 10 min readThe fight against one of the nation’s leading diseases has just gotten a lot more personal. Diabetes mellitus is a... Read More
Swim Bladder: Would Being Stabbed be Beneficial to a Fish? March 5, 2023 10 min readDid you know that fishermen sometimes stab fish before releasing it back into the ocean? This practice in releasing fish,... Read More