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  2. Amen Clinics - Wikipedia

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    Amen Clinics is a group of mental and physical health clinics that work on the treatment of mood and behavior disorders. It was founded in 1989 by Daniel G. Amen, a self-help author and psychiatrist. [1] [2] The clinics perform clinical evaluations and brain SPECT (single photon emission computed tomography) imaging to diagnose and treat their ...

  3. Daniel Amen - Wikipedia

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    Amen's clinics claim to have the world's largest database of functional brain scans for neuropsychiatry. [18] As of 2009, Amen said he had scanned 50,000 people at an estimated cost of $170 million. [23] The effectiveness of SPECT scans in treating psychiatric conditions has been the subject of scientific debate. [24]

  4. Single-photon emission computed tomography - Wikipedia

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    Single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT, or less commonly, SPET) is a nuclear medicine tomographic imaging technique using gamma rays. [1] It is very similar to conventional nuclear medicine planar imaging using a gamma camera (that is, scintigraphy ), [ 2 ] but is able to provide true 3D information.

  5. Instruments used in radiology - Wikipedia

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    Radio-isotope scan or nuclear scintigraphy: These radioactive compounds are administered so that specific tissues take them up. The amount and anatomical detail of the uptake produces the scan result. SPECT scan: video link: Interventional radiology: minimally invasive surgeries under radiological imaging, e.g. angioplasty, TIPS. Brachytherapy ...

  6. Neuroimaging - Wikipedia

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    SPECT scan using Isoflupane labeled with I-123 (also called DaT scan) is useful in differentiating Parkinson's disease from other causes of tremor. [19] SPECT scan is also used in evaluation of drug resistant epilepsy. This uses Tc 99 labeled hexamethyl-propylene amine oxime (Tc 99 HMPAO) or ethyl cysteinate dimer ( Tc 99 ECD) as the tracers ...

  7. ‘Alcohol gene’ could predict how cocktails may affect you ...

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    If you have an inherited intolerance to alcohol, a mutated gene could be the culprit. An at-home DNA test could detect whether you have the mutation, but doctors say there could be some drawbacks.

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  9. Service dog helps boy with rare genetic disorder achieve ...

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    When a young New York boy was diagnosed with a rare genetic disorder, hope came in an unlikely form — a golden retriever named Yammy. His mother shares the inspiring story with Fox News Digital.