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...Allen and others, however, is that--if the testimonials in Weil's books are to be believed--many people who try these treatments do get better. A mainstream gynecologist may not be able to explain why raspberry and nettles could help cure endometriosis, and a traditional neurologist may be stumped at how breathing exercises could dramatically relieve the symptoms of Parkinson's disease. But the fact remains that in a number of cases these treatments appear to work. For many in mainstream medicine, of course, such a cause-and-effect disconnect sounds like nothing more than an elaborate placebo effect...
...after withdrawal--is greatest in the prefrontal cortex, a dopamine-rich area of the brain that controls impulsive and irrational behavior. Addicts, in fact, display many of the symptoms shown by patients who have suffered strokes or injuries to the prefrontal cortex. Damage to this region, University of Iowa neurologist Antonio Damasio and his colleagues have demonstrated, destroys the emotional compass that controls behaviors the patient knows are unacceptable...
...finding as both provocative and extraordinarily hopeful, for it provides what may be the clearest sign yet that a medically treatable condition can accelerate the decline of Alzheimer's patients and make the difference between independent living and a nursing home. "By preventing strokes," says University of Hawaii neurologist Dr. G. Webster Ross, "we may actually be able to postpone the development of symptoms in people who have Alzheimer...
...these lesions, they are finding evidence that supports both camps. Families that carry a defective version of a gene involved in making beta amyloid, it is well established, have high rates of Alzheimer's, which lends weight to the beta amyloid theory. But many more people, observes Duke University neurologist Dr. Allen Roses, carry an Alzheimer's-susceptibility gene known as Apo-E4, which produces a protein that appears to affect tau. Individuals who carry two copies of this gene, Roses has shown, have an elevated risk of developing Alzheimer's before age 70. And if they suffer a stroke...
...Holmes Middle School in Colorado Springs, Colorado. She loves music, math and art--skills usually associated with the right half of the brain. And while Binder's recuperation is not 100%--for example, she has never regained the use of her left arm--it comes close. Says UCLA pediatric neurologist Dr. Donald Shields: "If there's a way to compensate, the developing brain will find...