I just finished reading My Stroke of Insight, by Jill Bolte Taylor.  It is the true story of a neuroanatomist who had a stroke.  She is aware that she is having the stroke during the process, and while trying to call for help she is also observing how her different brain functions shut down.  As the left side of her brain decreased in function, the right side, which is the creative, timeless side took over.  It is interesting to get the insight from someone who lived to recover fully and who understood the anatomy and physiology of the brain well enough to know what was happening at each stage of the stroke.  She has quite a few insights about stroke recovery, and a list of what to do and not to do for someone recovering from a stroke.  The book is written for the normal people out there, not all in ‘doctor language,’ and I recommend it for anyone who has a loved one who has suffered a stroke.  It is a fairly fast read, but interesting and informative.

Dr. Holmes

Here is Dr. Taylor speaking at the TED conference.

She also talked to Oprah - click here!

I just got back from the Chiropractic Society of Texas annual election meeting and relicensing seminar.  The first 2 days were covered by a speaker I did not previously know named Dr. Dean DePice; he covered a bunch of the science out there that relates to what chiropractic is all about.  Among other things he also reminded us about the Windsor Autopsies done in the early 1900's.  A pathologist set out to prove or disprove chiropractic by looking at the spines of people that had passed away.  He found that in almost all cases the spine was degenerated and causing damage to the nerve that went to the organ that had failed, and caused their death.  He also covered a lot of the recent stuff too, such as the 'impact of positive sagittal balance in adult spinal deformity' which basically says that the more forward someone's head is off the centerline the more health problems they have.  Your Mom was right, posture is important!  Sunday's speaker was Dr. John Maltby, he has been the president of the International Chiropractic Association, and great statesman for chiropractic.  He covered current science and how to document quickly and still be thorough.  Both of them were amazing to hear.  
In the Chiropractic Society we voted to install Dr. Gary Brettman as the president for the upcoming year.  This allows me to retire from that job, having done it for the last two years.  I am happy to pass the torch and know Gary will do a wonderful job!