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
1602 Ave J
Brooklyn, NY 11230
718.252.7800
tourosciencejournal@gmail.com
Table of Contents
The Science Journal Spring 2011
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
