Dr. Daniel Amen

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All right. Well, basically, we're both nerds. We love learning about this extraordinary universe and we love sharing what we've learned. So that's what we're going to do.

All right. Well, basically, we're both nerds. We love learning about this extraordinary universe and we love sharing what we've learned. So that's what we're going to do.

From the tiniest particles to the biggest blue whales.

From the tiniest particles to the biggest blue whales.

Learn all about our amazing and beautiful universe on Daniel and Kelly's Extraordinary Universe every Tuesday and Thursday on the iHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

Learn all about our amazing and beautiful universe on Daniel and Kelly's Extraordinary Universe every Tuesday and Thursday on the iHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

Thank you so much for having me. I'm dying to see both of your brains.

Thank you so much for having me. I'm dying to see both of your brains.

Thank you so much for having me. I'm dying to see both of your brains.

Yeah, no, I'd rather not say. I have a lot of Robertson brains, and they're all fascinating.

Yeah, no, I'd rather not say. I have a lot of Robertson brains, and they're all fascinating.

Yeah, no, I'd rather not say. I have a lot of Robertson brains, and they're all fascinating.

So when I was 18, Vietnam was still going on. And I was in the Army and became an infantry medic. And that's where my love of medicine was born. But about a year into it, I realized I didn't like being shot at. So I got retrained as an x-ray technician and developed a passion for medical imaging. As our professors used to say, how do you know unless you look?

So when I was 18, Vietnam was still going on. And I was in the Army and became an infantry medic. And that's where my love of medicine was born. But about a year into it, I realized I didn't like being shot at. So I got retrained as an x-ray technician and developed a passion for medical imaging. As our professors used to say, how do you know unless you look?

So when I was 18, Vietnam was still going on. And I was in the Army and became an infantry medic. And that's where my love of medicine was born. But about a year into it, I realized I didn't like being shot at. So I got retrained as an x-ray technician and developed a passion for medical imaging. As our professors used to say, how do you know unless you look?

And then in 1975, I got out of the army, finished college, went to medical school. And when I was a second year medical student, my wife tried to kill herself. And I took her to see a wonderful psychiatrist. And I came to realize if he helped her, it wouldn't just help her. It would help me. It would help our kids. It would ultimately help our grandkids because they would be shaped

And then in 1975, I got out of the army, finished college, went to medical school. And when I was a second year medical student, my wife tried to kill herself. And I took her to see a wonderful psychiatrist. And I came to realize if he helped her, it wouldn't just help her. It would help me. It would help our kids. It would ultimately help our grandkids because they would be shaped

And then in 1975, I got out of the army, finished college, went to medical school. And when I was a second year medical student, my wife tried to kill herself. And I took her to see a wonderful psychiatrist. And I came to realize if he helped her, it wouldn't just help her. It would help me. It would help our kids. It would ultimately help our grandkids because they would be shaped

by someone who was happier and more stable. But I fell in love with the only medical specialty that never looks at the organ it treats. And I knew it was wrong and I knew it had to change. And so for the last 35 years at Amen Clinics, I have 11 clinics around the United States, We've been looking at the brain with a study called brain spec imaging, and it looks at blood flow and activity.