-=> Quoting MARK PROBERT to REGINA FINAN <=-
 MP> REGINA FINAN was thinking about Re: Hello and keyed into cyberspace:
 
 
 RF> -=> Quoting MARK PROBERT to JANE KELLEY <=-
 
 RF> MP> JANE KELLEY was thinking about Hello and keyed into cyberspace:
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 RF> MP> I see. What "mental disorders" show up on a P.E.T. scan? And
 RF> MP> your  teaching hospitals do not have board certified
 RF> MP> radiologists? That is  truly amazing.
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 RF> Mark, I not claiming she is right on anything, but about 1 month ago
 RF>I  saw on the news a seemingly breakthrough.  It seems they have
 RF>found  what looks like some type of change in the brain during a
 RF>scan.  They  believe that they maybe able to detect ADHD this way
 RF>now.
 MP> PET scanning showed certain differences in the ADHD brain nearly a 
 MP> decade ago. However, for the scan to be diagnostic, it has to show the
 MP> same changes in every ADHD brain. It doesn't. (BTW, I read the
 MP> original  reports, and have spoken personally with Alan Zametkin when I
 MP> was at NIH  a few months back on something else. He did the study.)
 I did not get the just of everything said because Jeremy was on one of his
 episodes (this was before the Ritalin).  So this is my reasoning for asking.
 You know how the media is, they give such a generalization and come to
 conclusions that are usually wrong.  But I just wondered if there was any
 truth to it.
 Yes she posted a message to me on the PET scans.  I really don't care about
 other disorders and whether they can or can not be detected.  I only have
 the time to find out what they know about ADHD and Manic Depression.
 MP> Jane's use of the term "mental disorders" was too broad. I am looking
 MP> for her to clarify what she meant.
 MP> It is still  under investigation, but the study they did
 RF>suggested a physical  detectable test now.  Have you heard any such
 RF>thing.  I believe it was  channel 7.  I'll have to go on the internet
 RF>and see if I can find anything  on it.
 MP> As I pointed out, it is old news. There have been MRI studies showing 
 MP> that many, but not all, ADHD brains have one part that is equal in
 MP> size.  The non-ADHDer is lopsided.
 
 Well, it may be old news, but sometimes when these things come out again
 I hope theyv'e found something that makes it easier and more fullproof
 to diagnose.  Which btw would make the community a little more acceptable
 to the disorder.
 Regina
... All I need is a Wave and a board to surf it on.
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