Someone very close to me is also suffering from the problem of memory loss. Slowly but surely her brain cells died over the years.... Here is a blog post by Dr. Sanjay Gupta - the CNN medical correspondent - with a story that is very interesting! I remember one time when I was a resident in neurosurgery at the University of Michigan, and I was called to provide a consultation on a gentleman in his mid 40's who was destitute and diagnosed with a mental disorder. When I examined him, it became clear that he had no memory whatsoever. He could not even remember me when I said "hello" and then returned five minutes later. He had no short-term memory and had absolutely no long-term memory either. In short, he had no past, present or future. He was complaining of headaches though, so we ordered an MRI scan of his brain. What we found blew us away. Read more