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Have you followed Dr. Amen's research. Very interesting approach to the diagnosis and treatment for all manner of brain functions. See his gallery of brain scans- SPECT on the amenclinic site.
One of his 'warnings' to young women is- avoid Soccer, women's intellingence is concentrated in the frontal lobe, exactly where the head butting occurs.
Check out two of his web sites: www.amenclinics.com www.dr-amen.com
Interesting stuff.
My Clinical Patient yesterday was a little old black lady with C. Diff. that reminded me of Sweet Brown (The "Ain't nobody got time fo' that" Lady) and she was telling me about her boyfriend who suffered a stroke about 3 months ago. He's made an almost full recovery (drives, cooks, gotes to the bank, etc.) but he has trouble with his speech. He's fluent mentally in what he wants to say and can write down his thoughts and can even fluently speak certain phrases that he uses constantly but he can't put new stuff together and say a sentence. Fascinating.
You might like this:
"The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat" by Oliver Sacks
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_Who_Mistook_His_Wife_for_a_Hat
http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-june-29-2009/oliver-sacks
I thought I heard of this guy. He's on quackwatch. He's not using MRI. His brain scan technique includes injecting the patient with a radioactive isotope. His results don't meet the rigor of double-blind testing.
