Synopsis
Because of its daunting complexity, the brain remains the locus of our most devastating, untreatable disorders and diseases. Mental and neurological disorders and diseases cost the United States more than $1.5 trillion per year—according to a recent analysis by the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF). In 2017, the U.S. spent about $3.5 trillion in total healthcare costs.Wikimedia.comThe brain remains the locus of our most critical remaining unsolved illnesses.Consider the physical, financial, and emotional toll of Alzheimer's disease on patients and caregivers. Or a lifetime of treatment and caregiving for a paraplegic or a quadraplegic. Or the devastation of losing a loved one to an opioid overdose or to suicide. Researchers say that the one in five of us will develop a brain disease and disorder, but five in five of us will know or care for a loved one struggling with diseases/disorders ranging from autism to Alzheimer's, spinal cord paralysis, Parkinson's disease, learning disabilities, addiction, depression, suicide, and much more. The scientists and doctors profiled in this book bring their passion, creativity, and courage to conduct research that stands at the core of our health care crisis. Costs and delivery of health care remains a major contentious issue in America and are heatedly debated by the healthcare industry and politicians representing the American people. Brain research that can provide treatments and cures may provide a major solution to this critical national problem. It certainly provides hope for millions. A healthy brain helps us achieve our greatest potential. Doctors and researchers are searching for treatments and cures for the most human of conditions. This book recounts the author’s meetings and experiences with scientists of astonishing creativity and intelligence who are addressing the thorniest medical problems that worry or affect people around the world. They are searching for treatments and cures for the most human of conditions. These scientists provide a window onto our health and that of our loved ones. A healthy brain helps us achieve our greatest potential: to live, love and lead productive, satisfying lives. On the other hand, a brain compromised by disease or disorder diminishes our free will and our humanity. Table of ContentsIntroduction: Can Brain Science Rescue Our Healthcare System?…….4Chapter One. Benjamin Carson, M.D.: Early Brain Development…….7Chapter Two. Rita Levi-Montalcini: Grazie, Mussolini…….15Chapter Three. David Mahoney Assembles the World's Best Minds……..20Chapter Four. Vernon Mountcastle, The Jacques Cousteau of the Brain…….28Chapter Five. Dr. Charles O'Brien and the Human Side of Addiction……...31Chapter Six. Dr. Bill Buffie: Stress on Steroids in the LGBTQ Community…...38Chapter Seven. Brenda Milner and the Man Who Could Not Remember…...41Chapter Eight. James McGaugh and the Woman Who Couldn’t Forget…….44Chapter Nine. Eric Kandel: Memory-making in a California Snail and in Humans…..48Chapter Ten. Dr. Max Cowan: A Founding Father of Neuroscience Research……..50Chapter Eleven. Nicolas Bazan: Love the Person, Treat the Alzheimer's…...53Chapter Twelve. Kit Bick: Seeing the Brain, Live…..56Chapter Thirteen. Depression and Other Mood Disorders: Erasing Stigmas. Kay Redfield Jamison…….59Chapter Fourteen. Bernice Grafstein, A Leader in Spinal Cord Research and for Students of Neuroscience…….62Chapter Fifteen. Research and Future Treatments for Alzheimer's Disease: Guy M. McKhann…..65Chapter Sixteen. The Supporters. Frank and Kathy Lee Gifford on Concussions, CTE, and Football…….72Chapter Seventeen. The Educators: Bringing the Fruits of Brain Research to Classrooms…...77Healing the Brain Book Series…….85
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