Simple brain shunt cures doctor's 'cerebral atrophy'

From: New Haven Register | Date: November 19, 2006| Author: Abram Katz | Copyright information

Stumbling, and memory fading, Dr. Harold O. Conn already knew something was wrong, but the neurologist's death sentence was a shock. Conn, 81, vividly remembers the moment in 2002.

The doctor told Conn and his wife, Marilyn, that Conn's "cerebral atrophy" was worsening, would attack his intellect and there was no treatment.

He said Conn should put his affairs in order.

"That was probably one of the blackest days in both our lives," Conn said recently.

Yet, four year...

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