Summer 1995 Volume 4, Number 3
SPECIAL SECTION
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October 27, 1994 and June 5, 1995
"Dialogues on the Brain" is a twice yearly public
forum given by the Harvard Mahoney Neuroscience Institute, in which basic and
clinical researchers discuss brain disorders that are of wide public interest.
The "Dialogues" offer lay audiences a chance to hear, and ask questions, about
the latest findings directly from researchers working on these disorders. In
this issue, On The Brain excerpts the two most recent forums.
In the October, 1994 "Dialogues" in Boston, the topic, "Pain: Must People
Suffer?" was discussed by David Borsook, M.D., Ph.D., Director of the Pain
Center at Massachusetts General Hospital, and Charles Berde, M.D., Ph.D.,
Director of the Pain Treatment Service at Children's Hospital. At the June,
1995 forum, held in New York City, Marilyn Albert, Ph.D. and Huntington Potter,
Ph.D. of Harvard Medical School discussed "Memory Loss, Aging and Alzheimer's
Disease." At both the October and June "Dialogues," Martin A. Samuels, M.D.,
Chairman of Neurology at Brigham and Women's Hospital, and Steven Warach, M.D.
Professor of neurology and radiology at Beth Israel Hospital, discussed "Brain
Attack: Preventing Damage from Stroke." The excerpts from their two dialogues
are combined.
The June 5, 1995 "Dialogues on the Brain," held in New York City,
included a special event: presentation of the Harvard Mahoney Neuroscience
Institute's first annual David Mahoney Prize for outstanding contributions
by an individual to public understanding of the brain. Ronald and Nancy
Reagan were the first recipients, honored for forthrightly announcing the
former President's diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease and working to promote
better understanding of this illness. David Mahoney, left, joined Harvard
Medical School Dean Daniel Tosteson, in presenting the award to Mrs. Reagan.
(Photo courtesy of the Boston Globe, reprinted with permission.)
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