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Over-used brains
>From the WEEKLY WORLD NEWS
MOSCOW-Doctors are blaming a rare electrical imbalance in the brain forthe bizarre death of a chess player whose head literally exploded in themiddle of a championship game! No one else was hurt the fatal explosionbut four players and three officials at the Moscow Candidate ChessChampionships were sprayed with blood and brain matter when NikolaiTitov's head suddenly blew apart.
Experts say he suffered from a condition called Hyper-CerebralElectrosis or HCE. "He was deep in concentration with his eyes focusedon the board," says Titov's opponent, Vladimir Dobrynin.
"All of a sudden his hands flew to his temples and he screamed in pain.Everyone looked up from their games, startled by the noise. Then, as ifsomeone had put a bomb in his cranium, his head popped like afirecracker.
"Incredibly, Titiov's is not the first case in which a person's headspontaneously exploded. Five people are known to have died of HCE in thelast 25 years. The other incident occurred just occured in 1991, whenEuropean psychic Barbara Nicole's skull burst.
Miss Nicole's story was reported by newspapers worldwide, including WWN.
"HCE is an extremely rare physical imbalance," said Dr. AnatolyMartinenko, famed neurologist and expert on the human brain who did theautopsy on the brilliant chess expert. "It is a condition in which thecircuits of the brain become overloaded by the body's own electricity.The explosions happen during periods of intense mental activity whenlots of current is surging through the brain.
"Victims are highly intelligent people with great powers ofconcentration. Both Miss Nicole and Mr. Titov were intense people whotended to keep those cerebral circuits overloaded.
In a way it could be said they were literally too smart for their owngood." Although Dr. Martinenko says there are probably many undiagnosedcases, he hastens to add that very few people will die from HCE."
Most people who have it will never know. At this point, medicalscience still doesn't know much about HCE. And since fatalities are sorare it will probably be years before research money becomesavailable.
"In the meantime, the doctor urges people to take it easy and not thinktoo hard for long periods of time. "Take frequent relaxation breakswhen you're doing things that take lots of mental focus," herecommends.
Although HCE is very rare, it can kill. Dr. Martinenko says knowing youhave the condition can greatly improve your odds of surviving it.
A "yes" answer to any three of the following seven questions could meanthat you have HCE: So people react react to this!
1. Does your head sometimes ache when you think too hard? (Head paincan indicate overloaded brain circuits.)
2. Do you ever hear a faint ringing or humming sound in your ears? (Itcould be the sound of electricity in the skull cavity.)
3. Do you sometimes find yourself unable to get a thought out of yourhead? (This is a possible sign of too much electrical activity in thecerebralcortex.) What about those who are deeply in love?
4. Do you spend more than five hours a day reading, balancing yourcheckbook, or other thoughtful activity? (A common symptom of HCE is atendency to over-use the brain.) ("Boss, I might over-use my brain...")
5. When you get angry or frustrated do you feel pressure in yourtemples? (Friends of people who died of HCE say the victims oftencomplained of head pressure in times of strong emotion.)
6. Do you ever overeat on ice cream, doughnuts and other sweets? (A craving for sugar is typical of people with too much electrical pressurein the cranium.) (Oh no!)
7. Do you tend to analyze yourself too much? (HCE sufferers are oftenintrospective, "over-thinking" their lives.)
(NOT YET PROVEN)
MOSCOW-Doctors are blaming a rare electrical imbalance in the brain forthe bizarre death of a chess player whose head literally exploded in themiddle of a championship game! No one else was hurt the fatal explosionbut four players and three officials at the Moscow Candidate ChessChampionships were sprayed with blood and brain matter when NikolaiTitov's head suddenly blew apart.
Experts say he suffered from a condition called Hyper-CerebralElectrosis or HCE. "He was deep in concentration with his eyes focusedon the board," says Titov's opponent, Vladimir Dobrynin.
"All of a sudden his hands flew to his temples and he screamed in pain.Everyone looked up from their games, startled by the noise. Then, as ifsomeone had put a bomb in his cranium, his head popped like afirecracker.
"Incredibly, Titiov's is not the first case in which a person's headspontaneously exploded. Five people are known to have died of HCE in thelast 25 years. The other incident occurred just occured in 1991, whenEuropean psychic Barbara Nicole's skull burst.
Miss Nicole's story was reported by newspapers worldwide, including WWN.
"HCE is an extremely rare physical imbalance," said Dr. AnatolyMartinenko, famed neurologist and expert on the human brain who did theautopsy on the brilliant chess expert. "It is a condition in which thecircuits of the brain become overloaded by the body's own electricity.The explosions happen during periods of intense mental activity whenlots of current is surging through the brain.
"Victims are highly intelligent people with great powers ofconcentration. Both Miss Nicole and Mr. Titov were intense people whotended to keep those cerebral circuits overloaded.
In a way it could be said they were literally too smart for their owngood." Although Dr. Martinenko says there are probably many undiagnosedcases, he hastens to add that very few people will die from HCE."
Most people who have it will never know. At this point, medicalscience still doesn't know much about HCE. And since fatalities are sorare it will probably be years before research money becomesavailable.
"In the meantime, the doctor urges people to take it easy and not thinktoo hard for long periods of time. "Take frequent relaxation breakswhen you're doing things that take lots of mental focus," herecommends.
Although HCE is very rare, it can kill. Dr. Martinenko says knowing youhave the condition can greatly improve your odds of surviving it.
A "yes" answer to any three of the following seven questions could meanthat you have HCE: So people react react to this!
1. Does your head sometimes ache when you think too hard? (Head paincan indicate overloaded brain circuits.)
2. Do you ever hear a faint ringing or humming sound in your ears? (Itcould be the sound of electricity in the skull cavity.)
3. Do you sometimes find yourself unable to get a thought out of yourhead? (This is a possible sign of too much electrical activity in thecerebralcortex.) What about those who are deeply in love?
4. Do you spend more than five hours a day reading, balancing yourcheckbook, or other thoughtful activity? (A common symptom of HCE is atendency to over-use the brain.) ("Boss, I might over-use my brain...")
5. When you get angry or frustrated do you feel pressure in yourtemples? (Friends of people who died of HCE say the victims oftencomplained of head pressure in times of strong emotion.)
6. Do you ever overeat on ice cream, doughnuts and other sweets? (A craving for sugar is typical of people with too much electrical pressurein the cranium.) (Oh no!)
7. Do you tend to analyze yourself too much? (HCE sufferers are oftenintrospective, "over-thinking" their lives.)
(NOT YET PROVEN)
