physical abuse, mental abuse, has dramatic effects on the brain and there's lots of information how the brain disregulates, disassociates, how the right brain manages these things versus the left. that's a massively growing area. >> even at ucla, they have recently determined that if you have one trauma, there's a permanent, unless you take it out, 20% elevation in the inflammation of the sitokins in our body. that leads to illness. if you have untreated trauma, you definitely want to get it treated. >> larry: do you study alzheimer's? >> i have in school. but i've never done alzheimer's personally. >> larry: what happens with the brain of -- >> with alzheimer's? new research is always coming about for a while that we thought it had to do with the plaques and tangles. but i think we're starting to see that, you know, and there is some conflict within the scientific community that maybe not specifically alzheimer's,