• Question: What would be the most harmful brain disease?

    Asked by Hurling Joe to John on 10 Nov 2019.
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      John Butler answered on 10 Nov 2019:

      That is a hard question to answer as different neurological disorders impact each person in a variety of different ways.
      What I would say is in the last 30 years there has been great step forwards in the diagnosis, intervention and treatment of neurological. For example, the use of MRIs to help locate and diagnose different brain disease.
      I am hopeful that in the next 30 years there will be further leaps in the prevention and management of almost all disorders.

      A good example of this is the proposed therapy for Alzheimers using light and sound to slow the progression of the disease:
      https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/oct/22/radical-light-and-sound-wave-therapy-could-slow-alzheimers

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