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By Anaya Qamar Is global warming frying our brains? Recently, experts search for the answer to this new question, noting shifts in how the human brain reacts to environmental change. Climate change is notorious for its increasing impact on our environment and ever changing surroundings. While it significantly changes our current world within natural occurring conditions, it affects our brain by consistently altering the stimuli that we face. Our brain almost entirely revolves around external impact and stimuli to formulate an educated response with the rest of the human body. One key source of the brain's response lies in the literal atmosphere that surrounds your body- temperature and the air we breathe.  In order to function, the human brain needs a stable environment, to balance t...

By Wendi Zheng What is Alzheimer’s Disease, and How Might Exercise Help? Alzheimer’s Disease (AD), the common cause of dementia, affects tens of millions of people worldwide and is expected to triple by 2050. AD is not only memory loss; the devastating disease chips away at the patient, causing behavior changes, impairing communication, and eventually taking away one’s ability to perform simple tasks, until they near total dependency on a caretaker’s assistance. Although the main risk factor for AD is old age, environmental factors such as climate change and air pollution also increase the likelihood of developing the disease, which may prove to be increasingly problematic in the future. Scientists have long sought to understand this disease and find effective treatments or, better y...

By Ozochi Onunaku HIV is one of the most prevalent public health threats in the United States. More than 1.2 million people are currently living with the virus, and more than 35,000 new infections are reported each year. For decades, scientists from around the world have worked to find a cure with minimal success. However, a patient in Düsseldorf, Germany, has recently been cured of HIV with a stem cell transplant, making them the fifth person to be cured of HIV. The stem cell donor carried the HIV resistance genetic mutation known as CCRS-Δ32, which less than one percent of the population carries. This recent breakthrough in stem cell research has given medical professionals some level of hope in tackling the virus, but it simultaneously raises concerns regarding the effectiveness of t...