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I e-mailed a copy of a couple of articles to Matthias. I'm not sending them to the general list because of bandwidth, but let me know if anyone else wants to see them. Elderly, btw, in this article means an average age of 44 years with a BMI of 27 (upper limits of non-obese). Wendell G --- Matthias Voss <mat.voss@t-*.de*> schrieb: > Wendell, > can you you give a hint, please, where ( if) this > can be found in the > web ? > Feels funny to be adressed as elderly diver ;-) > > regards > Matthias > > > Wendell Grogan schrieb: > > > > Good news for those of us who never believed that > the studies that > > suggested brain damage in divers were correct: > > > > 1: Acta Radiol 2000 Jan;41(1):18-21 > > > > Does diving damage the brain? MR control study of > divers' central > > nervous > > system. > > > > Hutzelmann A, Tetzlaff K, Reuter M, > Muller-Hulsbeck S, Heller M. > > > > Department of Diagnostic Radiology, > Christian-Albrechts-University, > > Kiel, > > Germany. > > > > PURPOSE: To evaluate the prevalence of cerebral > white matter changes on > > MR > > imaging in healthy elderly compressed air divers > with a long diving > > history in > > comparison with control subjects who have never > dived. MATERIAL AND > > METHODS: The > > investigation employed 59 experienced elderly > divers and 48 control > > subjects > > matched for age, body mass index, alcohol and > smoking history. MR > > studies > > included a fluid attenuated inversion recovery > sequence and T1- and > > T2-weighted > > pre- and postcontrast images in axial orientation > of the whole brain to > > localize > > white matter changes. RESULTS: MR images did not > show any morphologic > > abnormalities in the brains of divers. Both groups > - divers and controls > > - did > > not differ significantly with respect to white > matter changes of the > > brain. > > CONCLUSION: No increased prevalence of cerebral > white matter changes in > > compressed air divers compared with a healthy > worker sample of similar > > age were > > found. Thus, extensive compressed air diving may > not necessarily be > > related to > > radiological changes on MR. > > > > PMID: 10665864 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] > > > > Wendell Grogan > > -- > > Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to > `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. > > Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to > `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. > -- > Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to > `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. > Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to > `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. > > > > __________________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Gesendet von Yahoo! Mail - http://mail.yahoo.de -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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