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June 15, 2017
How Does "Delayed Drowning" Happen?
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Source: aghostmaycome (Pixabay) Each year as summer rolls around, accounts of children "drowning" days after being in water be...
May 28, 2017
Speech at Penn State College of Medicine 2017 Commencement
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Speaking at Penn State College of Medicine's Commencement. Even though I defended my dissertation almost a year ago , I was finally...
April 26, 2017
Why Am I Dependent on Caffeine, and How Can I Wean Off?
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Hi, I'm Jordan, and I need a daily caffeine fix. ( Hi, Jordan! ) Initially, I was drawn to the fun of snatching up seasonal lattes. ...
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March 8, 2017
How Do EpiPens Work?
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EpiPen has made a splash in the headlines in recent months. Last summer, the pharmaceutical company Mylan drew widespread criticism when it ...
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February 16, 2017
Why Does Drinking Milk Ease the Pain of Eating Spicy Food?
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I'm pretty wimpy when it comes to eating spicy foods — but if I must indulge in some peppery Chinese food or a plate of hot wings, you...
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January 11, 2017
Does the Mercury in Vaccines Cause Autism? What's the Safest Immunization Schedule for Infants?
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With the recent news of President-Elect Trump's talks with Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. to potentially head a new commission on vaccine safety...
December 4, 2016
What's Next for Me?
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Presenting research at the European Sleep Research Society's meeting in Bologna, Italy this past September. Great experience — and m...
October 21, 2016
What are Migraines, and What Do They Feel Like?
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I am lucky to have never experienced a migraine before. *knocks on wood* Sasha Wolff (Wikimedia Commons) But 15% of the world's po...
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October 6, 2016
Scientists Should Advocate for their Own Research
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Why (and how) scientists should advocate for their research with journalists and policymakers iStock/BPLANET Long gone are the days o...
August 11, 2016
#PhelpsFace and the Neuroscience of Getting “in the Zone”
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Social media exploded earlier this week with a bevy of tweets and memes featuring a rather unimpressed Olympian – and this time, it wasn’t M...
April 25, 2016
The False Dream of Less Sleep
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During a typical week in college, I slept four or five hours a night. Between evening classes, club meetings, and writing lab reports, I was...
February 23, 2016
Pregnancy Brain: A Neuroscientific Guide for the Expectant Mom (Part 2 of 2)
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Pickles and ice cream, anyone? Shutterstock My forgetful friend – the subject of my original article – gave birth to a baby girl on Tha...
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