Majid Ali, M.D. This course offers articles on the brain and mental health suitable for individuals without biology backgrounds as well as for those with varying levels of study of biology and human nervous system. For the beginniners, I suggest an article in this course entitled “The Brain: Anatomy, Physiology, and Pathology.” Articles addressing the following issues are posted on
Read moreMajid Ali, M.D. November 18, 2014 If you ask doctors to name different types of brain cells, they will name four or five types and then shrug. If you tell then there are actually hundreds of brain cells, they will laugh sarcastically. The real story of the brain is seldom told by doctors and the news media. This is because
Read moreMajid Ali, M.D. The Stroke Belt in the United States is region with a higher incidence of stroke than other regions of the country. This region includes the following eight southern states of the U.S.: Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee. Two recent federally supported studies published in Annals of Neurology showed that risk of
Read moreMajid Ali, M.D. Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a condition of brain cell loss that results in shrinking of the brain. It robs the person of his personality, memory, judgment, dignity, and identity. AD leaves its victims helpless , leaves them and hapless, unable to care for themselves or anyone else. Men and women with AD lose their spouses, and their
Read moreMajid Ali, M.D. A healthy brain breathes its oxygen freely. A brain sickens when it cannot breathes its oxygen freely. When a brain cell does not breathe its oxygen freely, it begins to ferment, produce acids and alcohols, increase its free radical activity, and thicken its innard fluids. This, simply stated is the story of premature aging of the brain.
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