A recent neuroimaging study published in Communications Biology, a journal within the Nature portfolio, reports a possible link in individuals with Alzheimer disease between neuroinflammation in the brain and task-related activities, independent of amyloid aggregation.1 These early findings may indicate that abnormal brain activity may possibly be restored by targeting neuroinflammation; however, additional studies andContinue reading “Neuroinflammation may play independent role from amyloid in Alzheimer disease”
Author Archives: Day-Storms
Gender, history of depression associated with lack of sleep after a “heart attack”
A recent PLOS One study of acute coronary syndrome (ACS) (1) reports on factors that impact sleep disturbance. Even though it may seem obvious that people who have a heart attack may suffer from a lack of sleep later, this study finds that some factors may have a greater impact than others, and some ofContinue reading “Gender, history of depression associated with lack of sleep after a “heart attack””
Why a career change to medical writing?
In 2018, after many years in academia, I decided to make a career switch to a full-time medical writer. Previously, I had been doing freelance medical writing and copyediting odd jobs here and there ever since I realized that I enjoyed writing and researching in graduate school. When I first told others of my planContinue reading “Why a career change to medical writing?”
Spasers (and Star Trek) Revisited
In 2014, as part of an initiative to encourage my biochemistry students to actively read and discuss scientific journals and publications, I read a brief IEEE Spectrum article on the proposed use of graphene-based plasmon lasers (spasers) as a possible cancer therapeutic (1). The class blog entry was a popular topic for some time (2).Continue reading “Spasers (and Star Trek) Revisited”