Volume 53, Number 2Spring 2002
The Brain
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FEATURE ARTICLES
Editorial: It’s All In Your Head
“Although our editorial board’s decision to dedicate this issue of Sonoma Medicine to the brain was a ‘no-brainer,’ what we present here is not for the empty-headed.”
By Brien A. Seeley, MD
Some Reflections on Intelligence
“What we call ‘intelligence’ probably includes a collection of cognitive procedures, each evolved semi-independently to solve particular kinds of problems faced by our forebears.”
By Milton E. Harris, PhD
Diagnosing and Treating Headaches
“Headache, the third most common patient complaint in the United States, is a major cause of disability, medical costs, time off work, and dissatisfaction for both doctors and patients.”
By Allan L. Bernstein, MD
My Periorbital Gnome
“Cluster headaches are sometimes called suicide headaches, for reasons that are immediately obvious to those of us who suffer from them.”
By Steve Osborn
Interweaving Brain and Body
“We have been acquiring an expanding appreciation of how the organ system responsible for our behavior, thoughts, and feelings—the brain—is governed by the same type of chemical, physiological, and genetic mechanisms as the cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, immune, and other systems.”
By Edward Merrin, MD
In Search of Lost Time
“In 1992, four months after completing my residency in family medicine, I had neurosurgery at UCSF for a suprasellar mass in my brain.”
By Cynthia Morris, MD
Recovering from an Earthquake in the Brain
“How do you communicate with someone who just a few days ago was speaking quite well, but now can’t even name simple objects?”
By Russ Smith
Your Brain Trust—To Lose or Not To Lose
“Like a trust, your brain should be managed responsibly, subject
to certain safeguards and rules that constrain both its growth and attrition.”
By Brien A. Seeley, MD
DEPARTMENTS
Outside the Office: A Fused Career
“Dr. Kate Black moves through her light-filled art studio, following a trail of electronic beeps in search of her pager.”
By Mark Sloan, MD
Local Frontiers: Meeting Our Community’s Changing Needs
“Following five years of challenge and strife, we at HPR are looking ahead with renewed optimism.”
By John W. Baxter
Practical Concerns: HIPAA Privacy Regulations
“To comply with HIPAA, you will need to conduct a comprehensive review of the appropriate California laws and the HIPAA privacy regulations.”
By JoAnn Borri
Current Books: Buffing the Brain
“Neuropsychiatrist Richard Restak, MD, tells us how to do mental chin-ups in his new book, Mozart’s Brain and the Fighter Pilot: Unleashing Your Brain’s Potential.”
By Heather Furnas, MD
