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Are We Worshipping Celebrities or Heroes?
The American historian and educator Daniel Boorstin once wrote, “Time makes heroes but dissolves celebrities.” We have just experienced an historic presidential campaign of unprecedented proportions, our economy is in peril, our military struggles to fight two wars, and our health care system is facing impending collapse. With all of these pressing issues weighing on the [...]

Alcohol 101 - the Best Class on Campus
Alcohol use by underage college students has increasingly grown as a large issue across the United States. Excessive, or binge drinking among college students is associated with a variety of negative consequences, such as a decrease in academic productivity, unwanted sexual encounters and an increase in violent behavior. Many colleges have made an attempt to examine [...]

School Bullies - Is the Amygdala to Blame?
Countless studies have focused on the subject of bullying, and the latest even suggest an interesting paradox: is bullying caused by a lack of empathy for others or, surprisingly, by too much empathy? Because, although all of us react in some way to seeing others in pain, we don?t all react in the same way. [...]

Reversing the Irreversible - Neuromotor Prostheses for Spinal Cord Injury
A young football player is running the ball downfield when he gets blindsided by two tacklers. They upend the player, who haplessly inverts in the air and lands on his neck. In an instant, his whole body goes limp, and the player has difficulty breathing. Paramedics are rushed to the field, and the player is [...]

How Much is a Pound of Prevention Worth?
The cholesterol-lowering drugs collectively known as ?statins? are among the top drugs sold in the United States, and worldwide. Although current guidelines only recommend the use of statins for people with elevated cholesterol, there is new evidence that these recommendations should be expanded. The November 20, 2008 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine [...]