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Namedropper The Scranton Times-Tribune Mon, 09 Feb 2009 01:21 AM PST â€" SARAH HOFIUS HALLâ€" TERRY BONIFANTI Students compete for brain smarts Preparation paid off for three Wyoming Area students on Saturday as students from the district placed first, second and third in the Brain Bee. Growth factor that may prevent Alzheimer's spread identified New Kerala Mon, 09 Feb 2009 01:10 AM PST London, Feb 9 : In a study on animals, researchers have found that treatment with a naturally occurring protein called brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) could potentially provide long-lasting protection by slowing, or even stopping, the progression of Alzheimer's disease. 3 TED trends: efficiency, robots, genomics San Francisco Chronicle Mon, 09 Feb 2009 00:25 AM PST Spending a few days at the TED conference simultaneously taxes the brain and inspires the mind. The world's most pressing problems are on constant display, counterbalanced by mind-boggling innovations. It's a marketplace for ideas. A place where issues are... CARLSBAD: Concert to raise money for man battling brain cancer North County Times Mon, 09 Feb 2009 00:17 AM PST CARLSBAD ---- North County will rally around one of its own later this week with a benefit concert for 34-year old surfer and musician Rocky Green, who has brain cancer. Almost 13, Valley seventh-grader battles cancer with a smile Nevada Appeal Mon, 09 Feb 2009 00:03 AM PST Last Feb. 26, right after Elaine Brockhage celebrated her 12th birthday, she was diagnosed with a brain tumor. Boy, 3, To Begin Stem Cell Treatment Yankton Press & Dakotan Sun, 08 Feb 2009 23:34 PM PST SIOUX FALLS (AP) â€" A 3-year-old South Dakota boy whose brain tumor treatment had been in question because of an insurance dispute is set to begin chemotherapy in Minnesota this week. Brain protein may have potential against Alzheimer's China Daily Sun, 08 Feb 2009 22:55 PM PST SUNDAY, Feb. 8 -- A naturally occurring brain protein appears able to slow or stop Alzheimer's disease in recent studies done on animal models. A heads-up book for teens Detroit News Sun, 08 Feb 2009 22:17 PM PST An excellent collection of short stories, "Owning It: Stories About Teens with Disabilities," edited by Donald R. Gallo (Candlewick Press, $17.99), examines issues that most of us prefer to overlook -- teenagers with drinking problems or weight problems, kids in wheelchairs, kids whose Asperger's syndrome launches involuntary rants, kids with crippling migraines, kids with brain injuries.

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