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Overdoing School Lockdown Drills

Due to the spike in school shootings over the last few years, people are becoming more concerned with the safety of students, teachers, and other individual’s on school campuses. Many schools have started taking cautionary measures by preparing students and …
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The Mystery of Anesthesia

Anesthesia is one of the most commonly used medical practices. It is used on patients who are undergoing surgery in order to make them unconscious for the duration of the procedure. Despite being a well used practice, doctors admit that they do not know how …
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Misunderstanding Autism

Autism has been misunderstood ever since its first description in the 1940’s. Experts describe how this misunderstanding has drastically affected treatment of people with autism, and how schools and other institutions might change their approach and …
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Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome

Vomiting is not a pleasurable experience for anybody, but most people do not suffer from it all that often. However, people with cyclic vomiting syndrome may experience this discomfort once or twice a month for 24 to 48 hours, and sometimes, even up to ten …
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ADHD and Sleep Disorders (2018)

Over the years, the number of diagnoses of ADHD have skyrocketed, not only in children, but adults, as well. But recent research shows that some of these individuals suffering from ADHD could actually just be suffering from a disordered body clock. Dr. Vatsal …
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A Real-Life Star Trek Tricorder

Most people have seen sci-fi shows or films like Star Wars and Star Trek, and been amused by the imagined technology used in their fictional universes. But Dr. Basil Harris, an emergency physician at Lankenau Medical Center and the founder of Final Frontier …
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Manufacturing Happiness

We all want to be happy yet the American culture appears to be experiencing a joy-deficit. While it is well known that some individuals suffer from a chemical imbalance in the brain that affects their ability to be happy, many people are not aware of the fact …
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