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Zombie 101

Most medications are created to treat the symptoms of a particular ailment, not the cause. Often modern medical practice fails to allot enough time to find out why you have a particular ailment. Instead, they prescribe one or more drugs that will take away or bury the symptoms.

This also applies to prescription medications for children.  

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The Science Behind

The School Lunch and Test Score Connection

Abstract

In the writing of this essay, several studies were reviewed to obtain the groundwork, including studies that clearly showed a direct correlation between food quality and learning.  Of all the studies identified through the use of the LIRN and Google Scholar databases, none were found that presented information clearly opposing the topic.  As a result of the research, a hypothesis was formed showing improved nutrition in school food programs would create an overall increase in standardized test scores by improving the internal learning environment.    

Essential Oils as a Treatment for Psychiatric Disorders

Abstract

This essay explores two peer-reviewed articles that explored the potential uses for essential oils in the therapeutic treatment of psychiatric disorders.  As anxiety is recognized as one of the most commonly diagnosed psychiatric disorders, studies with a focus in this area were chosen.