"Now, in a recent episode of "The Kardashians " her doctor told her that she has "holes" in her brain, based on recent scans, which are related to "low activity" and caused by chronic stress. Don't necessarily take it at face value. In a recent piece for The Conversation, Curtin University neurology senior research fellow Sarah Hellewell warned that there's little merit to the tech used by Kardashian's physician, and that we should take his diagnosis with a massive grain of salt."
"Single-photon emission tomography, orSPECT, "involves injecting radioactive chemicals into the blood and using a special camera which creates 3D images of organs, including the brain," Hellewell explained. It can be used to track and measure blood flow and diagnose brain, heart, and bone conditions. But "while SPECT has some clinical use under limited circumstances, there is not good evidence for SPECT scans outside these purposes," Hellewell cautioned."
Kim Kardashian failed the bar exam and has reported AI, like ChatGPT, affecting test performance. A doctor reported "holes" and "low activity" in her brain on scans and attributed those findings to chronic stress. Earlier MRI scans led to a brain aneurysm diagnosis. The imaging shown was single-photon emission tomography (SPECT), which injects radioactive tracers and creates 3D images to measure blood flow. SPECT has limited clinical applications, and experts caution there is not good evidence for using SPECT to diagnose conditions such as Alzheimer’s, ADHD, or eating disorders, warning against commercial overreach.
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