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You don't think cocaine two days before birthing is neglect? >> drug use puts you at risk for being a bad parent. it doesn't make you a bad parent. >> bill: it goes directly into the baby's system. you you are ingesting illegal substance that goes into the baby. >> bill, with all do respects, the science doesn't back you up. >> bill: of course it does. >> no it doesn't. the science does not back you in here. >> bill: obstetricians in here who will say that what you ingest as a mother whether it be food or water goes into the baby's system. everyone knows that. oh, come on. >> i'm sure you can ...

For worsening symptoms, worsening headache, changes in their level of consciousness, if they get lethargic or too sleepy or develop weakness on one side of the body, speech difficulty, we need to reevaluate and see whether the blood clot has increased in size. in addition, she should be followed closely to see if the blood clot is resolving over time. repeating brain imaging in particular at two to three months before the initial onset of symptoms. usually the prognosis is very good if you have isolated headache symptoms and no evidence of stroke or other neurologic deficits at the time that t...

Them understand what that slippery line is? and also, is this stuff that's been discovered because of the advances and the pet scans and mris and the different brain m imaging we can now do? >> well, yeah, let me give you a perfect example. fear and anxiety. it's something we all experience, it's part of our human nature, and that's because our brains evolved to be able to detect danger and to avoid harm. and that's -- you know, it's so fundamental that we have circuits in the brain, and as you say, using brain imaging we can now look at those circuits in action. what happens when somebody has...

Loved ones in the military. what are you asking them to do? >> we are asking them to be advocates, to understand the signature wound of the war is brain injury. we need to be putting the resources necessary to combat that wound, commensurate with the demand of taking care of all of our soldiers, our person heros. >> the brain is the final frontier of bio medical research. the brain disorders that affect mental function and behavior have historically been neglected, been a stepchild of medicine. all that has changed in the last 20 years because of neuroscience, because of genetics, because of b...