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The brain has the centers for our faculties and senses. The main control centers for body processes are in the brain stem. Nerve centers in the medulla regulate such body functions as breathing, heartbeat and blood flow.
When the brain is diseased, the body cannot function properly. All the brain’s functions depend on the normal action [...]

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Question: At 44 I have suffered a stroke to my optic nerve and now have blind spots and flashing lights in my vision. Can the optic nerve repair itself?
Strokes in the optic nerve are caused by a microscopic clot in a tiny artery blocking the blood supply to part (or all) of the nerve, or [...]

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