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  Caffeine is really a drug. Caffeine is known medically as trimethylxanthine, and the chemical formula is C8H10N4O2. Around 90% of Americans consume caffeine everyday. More than 50% of American adults consume more than 300 mg of caffeine a day, making it the drug of choice for America. It would take about 7,000 mg of caffeine or 70...

Jared Hagely, 18, a senior at Francis Howell High School in St. Charles, MO, has suffered three concussions in his four years playing high school football. “While my concussion was being treated I noticed it was very difficult for me to focus, and I got lazy” Hagely tells SciJourner. According to the National Federation of State High School...

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I am trying to recover from being so depressed. I only get depressed every other week when my moody ways start to kick in.  I am 16 years old and I was diagnosed with mild depression in December 2010. The onset of my depression occurred when I moved in with my uncle and aunt. The...

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Do you remember what happened? “I don’t remember getting hit,” states Ronelle McNeil, a senior and a football player at Hazelwood East High School in Hazelwood, MO. McNeil suffered a concussion.  Should athletes be allowed to return to a game before their brain has had adequate time to heal? While playing sports, such as football,...

My little brother has autism. He was born on July 22, 2003, and was diagnosed with autism at the age of four, when he was attending preschool. When he was one or two, he didn’t really show signs that were different from other kids his age. Now, he is seven and he is the sweetest...

“You know he’s a schizophrenic?”  “What? You mean like in that movie?” I asked. “Yes … and your grandmother was afraid of him.  She believes people like that are possessed by the devil.” My older cousin is a 38-year-old schizophrenic. According to Medicinenet.com, approximately 2.2 million American adults have schizophrenia. The Mayo Clinic staff...

“My leg started swelling and turned purple. I couldn’t walk on it and it hurt to do regular activities without the pain,” says Christie Sielfleisch, a senior and former varsity soccer goalkeeper at Rockwood Summit High School in Missouri. “I couldn’t do any contact sports. I couldn’t run, and had a really tough time putting on my jeans.”  ...