Awareness Mania

    EPILEPSY.....EPILEPSY....EPILEPSY...!!!!!! The advances in imaging the brain had helped to analyses epileptic seizures and even help treat some of them. But there is still a long way to go to find ways to prevent them, said Samuel F. Berkovic, Laureate Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne. Epilepsy is a common neurological disorder characterized by recurrent and unpredictable seizures of fits. But lack of awareness of the disorder has led to superstitious beliefs and even termed ‘sacred’ disease, he explained. World over, around 50 million persons suffered epilepsy and nearly 10 million cases are reported in India. According to the World Health Organization, it contributes to 1% of the global burden of disease. “It is very distressing for the family and a dehumanizing phenomenon, affecting 4% of the population,” he said. Dr. Berkovic said, “A few years ago we would have said absolutely not. In fact, attempts at gene therapy in the 1990s were disa...

  The Tragic Story of How Einstein’s Brain BRAIN OF SIR   Einstein...   The brain of physicist Albert Einstein has been a subject of much research and speculation. Einstein's brain was removed within seven and a half hours of his death. The brain has attracted attention because of Einstein's reputation as one of the foremost geniuses of the 20th century, and apparent regularities or irregularities in the brain have been used to support various ideas about correlations in neuro anatomy with general or mathematical intelligence.........   We wanted Einstein’s brain to be different, but in reality he may have had a “normal” brain which he used better than most people. Thomas Harvey was hungry for the fame that would come with his discoveries which didn’t occur due to life’s circumstances and the effects of time on the poorly stored samples. ....................................................................................................