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Brain-training games 'do more harm than good' The Times of India Wed, 11 Feb 2009 02:10 AM PST LONDON: If you ignore physical workout and think that brain-training games would hold back the onset of mental decline as you age, do think again, for researchers have claimed that they could do more harm than good. Babies can sharpen women's minds Guardian Unlimited Wed, 11 Feb 2009 01:43 AM PST Gwyneth Paltrow, Kate Winslet and Myleene Klass all claim to have suffered so-called "preg head", the sporadic amnesia and general mental deterioration thought to affect women who are pregnant or have recently given birth. But a 10-year research project into the phenomenon by mental health scientists at the Australian National University in Canberra concludes that "baby brain" syndrome is ... Improving brain processing speed helps memory News-Medical-Net Wed, 11 Feb 2009 01:41 AM PST Mayo Clinic researchers found that healthy, older adults who participated in a computer-based training program to improve the speed and accuracy of brain processing showed twice the improvement in certain aspects of memory, compared to a control group. Brain-training exercises 'don't delay dementia onset' New Kerala Wed, 11 Feb 2009 01:24 AM PST London, Feb 11 : There is no evidence to show that brain-training exercises can delay the onset of dementia in elderly people, says a new study. Man faces assault charges for alleged attack on teens Vancouver Sun Wed, 11 Feb 2009 01:06 AM PST A 19-year-old Maple Ridge man has been charged with four counts of assault in an incident on Nov. 1 in which two teenage boys were knocked unconscious, according to Ridge Meadows RCMP. Both needed hospital treatment. Stefan Lovel Holowaychuk is alleged to have struck two 17-year-old boys at a local skateboard park, leaving one with a serious brain injury. He also allegedly attacked two other ... Top Stories Observer-Reporter Wed, 11 Feb 2009 00:52 AM PST Jorge Ramirez, chief of the intensive care unit at Calderon Hospital where Lusk was taken, said the motocross racer suffered severe brain damage and a possible spinal cord injury. 3-year-old Hereford boy to begin chemo, stem cell treatment Rapid City Journal Wed, 11 Feb 2009 00:51 AM PST 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. Indigenous Indians accused of cannibalism in Brazil People's Daily Wed, 11 Feb 2009 00:50 AM PST Brazilian police charged six Indians of the Kulina tribe for murdering a local farmer and eating parts of his body, local daily O Globo reported Tuesday. Ocelio Alves de Carvalho, 21, was found dead by his relatives on Feb. 3 in Envira, Amazonas state, his body bearing about 60 stab wounds. Several organs, including his heart, brain and liver, were missing. His family had reported him missing ... Scientists Read Minds With Infrared Scan: Optical Brain Imaging Decodes Preference With 80 Percent Accuracy Science Daily Wed, 11 Feb 2009 00:31 AM PST Researchers at Canada's largest children's rehabilitation hospital have developed a technique that uses infrared light brain imaging to decode preference -- with the goal of ultimately opening the world of choice to children who can't speak or move. Health chief under pressure over neurosurgery decision icWales Tue, 10 Feb 2009 23:48 PM PST PRESSURE was last night growing on Health Minister Edwina Hart to reconsider her decision to keep two brain surgery units open in South Wales.

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