Author: Michelle Li
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Color Blindness: Not Just Black and White
One common misconception about color blindness is that all color blind people see through a black and white lens. While this is true in some rare cases, most experience a different kind of color blindness.
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Cochlear Implants: A Success Story For Auditory Prosthesis
As one of the many success stories of medical prostheses, cochlear implants are capable of providing a sense of hearing through electrical stimulation.
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Placebos and The Placebo Effect in Clinical Trials
Placebos are drugs or treatments that have no therapeutic value. Despite this, they have shaped modern clinical trials, as well as stirred controversy, all while providing hope for future treatments capitalizing on its beneficial effects.
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Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD): More Than Being Obsessively Neat and Tidy
Many mental illnesses are misconstrued by the media, and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, or OCD, is not an exception. While you may think of OCD as being obsessively neat and tidy, the fact is that it’s much more than that.
