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Medical Mystery

by JP Bill Jul 19, 2007 2:35PM PDT

Man lives normal life with abnormal brain

A man with an unusually tiny brain managed to live an entirely normal life despite his condition, caused by a fluid buildup in his skull, French researchers reported on Thursday.

Scans of the 44-year-old man's brain showed that a huge fluid-filled chamber called a ventricle took up most of the room in his skull, leaving little more than a thin sheet of actual brain tissue.

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Maybe that just proves ...

by Bill Osler Jul 19, 2007 9:01PM PDT

Most of us aren't using all of our brain capacity to begin with.

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(NT) ya best smile when you say that stranger ...

by jonah jones Jul 19, 2007 9:03PM PDT

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I wonder if he wondered

by JP Bill Jul 20, 2007 3:36AM PDT

What's that sloshing sound I hear?

Would he have a "tide" in his head?

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I wonder...

by Willy Jul 20, 2007 8:52PM PDT

If a brain freeze had more effect than others. -OR- if cold weather really effected him as it were. -OR- if the the phrase, "I'm losing it" refers to a leak? -----Willy

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