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Skiing: Albrecht suffers no permanent damage after crash Honolulu Advertiser Fri, 13 Feb 2009 05:58 AM PST INNSBRUCK, Austria â€" Swiss skier Daniel Albrecht will suffer no permanent damage to his health from brain and lung injuries following his downhill training crash last month, doctors said Friday. UT Southwestern Performs First Local Implant In Deep Brain Stimulation Study For Depression Medical News Today Fri, 13 Feb 2009 05:25 AM PST UT Southwestern Medical Center neurological surgeons have begun implanting patients as part of a clinical study that is investigating whether deep brain stimulation (DBS) therapy may help people who suffer from major depressive disorder, a severe form of depression. Skip the Robotics: Paralyzed Limbs Come to Life with New Connection to Brain Scientific American Fri, 13 Feb 2009 05:20 AM PST Scientists have forged a promising avenue in the quest to restore mobility to patients paralyzed by disease or injury. Researchers at the University of Washington devised a way to reroute signals from the brain’s motor cortex to trigger hand movement directly. For the past decade researchers have focused on “listening to” and decod­ing the specific brain signals that trigger muscle movement, ... Passive smoking linked to dementia ITV.com Fri, 13 Feb 2009 05:19 AM PST Passive smoking has been linked to an increased risk of dementia. Researchers found that second-hand smoke can cause damage to the way the brain works, making the onset of dementia more likely. Albrecht suffers no permanent damage after crash Fort Worth Star-Telegram Fri, 13 Feb 2009 05:18 AM PST Swiss skier Daniel Albrecht will suffer no permanent damage to his health from brain and lung injuries following his downhill training crash last month, doctors said Friday. Albrecht woke up from an induced coma Thursday, three weeks after badly crashing on the final jump of the Streif course in Kitzbuehel, Austria. "We are very pleased about his condition," neurologist Bettina Pfausler at the ... John Walter Jakway II Hibbing Daily Tribune Fri, 13 Feb 2009 04:11 AM PST John Walter Jakway II, 86, of Edina, Minn., passed away Feb. 11, 2009, with his family by his side, after succumbing to a malignant brain tumor. John was born Aug. 12, 1922, in Minneapolis, and was raised on his family farm near Aurora, Iowa. Using Multiple Senses In Speech Perception Medical News Today Fri, 13 Feb 2009 04:09 AM PST When someone speaks to you, do you see what they are saying? We tend to think of speech as being something we hear, but recent studies suggest that we use a variety of senses for speech perception - that the brain treats speech as something we hear, see and even feel. Study Shows Brain Exercises Improve Memory And Processing Speed Medical News Today Fri, 13 Feb 2009 04:09 AM PST Study results to be published in the April 2009 issue of the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society show that computerized brain exercises can improve memory and lead to faster thinking. Thrill-Seeking Behavior May Be Based In The Brain Medical News Today Fri, 13 Feb 2009 04:08 AM PST Sky diving and base jumping are not for everyone. However, for certain people, the more risk and adrenaline involved in an activity, the better! What draws some people to daredevil behavior while others shy away from it? Psychologists Jane E. Joseph, Xun Liu, Yang Jiang and Thomas H. Collingdale man charged with assaulting 2-year-old Delaware County Times Fri, 13 Feb 2009 03:46 AM PST COLLINGDALE â€" A 2-year-old girl was hospitalized Thursday afternoon with a severe brain injury and her mother’s live-in-boyfriend was later arrested on aggravated assault and related offenses, police said.

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