The Science Journal - Volume 4, Issue 2 - Spring 2011

Executive Editor
Chaya Stern

Associate editors
Talia Berg
Yakov Glicksman
Aliza Grossman
Jonathan Kahanovitch
Sara E. Levy
Ralph Nussbaum

Emeritus Editors
Rivka H. Borger
Michelle Gordon-Grunin

Emeritus Editors
Rivka Borger
Michell Gorden-Grunin

Layout Editor
Nechama Schecter

Faculty Advisor

Robert S. Bresssler Ph.D.
Chairman of Undergraduate Biology Programs

Lander College of Arts and Sciences
A Division of Touro College
Flatbush Campus
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Brooklyn, NY 11230
718.252.7800
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Table of Contents

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Should Benzodiazepines Be Prescribed To Treat Insomnia And Anxiety Related Disorders?
Judith Nicole Margareten

Effects Of Calcium Supplementation On Cardiovascular Disease In Postmenopausal Women
Raizel Robinson

Cardiac Jelly And Its Roles In Heart Development
Sara Zucker

Epigenetics as an explanation for phenotypic variation in monozygotic twins
Marina Pomerantseva

Is the Gallbladder Really Unnecessary? An Evaluation of Gallstone Treatment
Danielle Weinberg

The Role of Ghrelin and Leptin in Obesity: Is Exogenous Administration of these Hormones a Possible Drug Therapy?
Peri Eckstein

A Proposed Mechanism for Drug-induced Nightmares
Isaac Brezner

The Effects Of Smoking On Pregnant Women
Meir Cohen