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PENN Medicine News: Penn Research Team Tests Bedside Monitoring of Brain Blood Flow and Metabolism in Stroke Victims University of Pennsylvania Health System Tue, 03 Mar 2009 09:48 AM PST PHILADELPHIA â€" A University of Pennsylvania team has completed the first successful demonstration of a noninvasive optical device to monitor cerebral blood flow in patients with acute stroke, a leading cause of disability and death. Promising Target To Treat Chronic Abdominal Pain Medical News Today Tue, 03 Mar 2009 09:16 AM PST High levels of a protein linked to the way pain signals are sent to the brain led to a decrease in abdominal pain in a recent study in mice. Researchers say the finding suggests the protein might someday serve as the basis of new treatments for chronic pain associated with a number of bowel disorders. Ottawa woman unconscious after attack in Barbados CTV.ca Tue, 03 Mar 2009 08:56 AM PST An Ottawa woman is in intensive care with serious brain injuries after she was brutally attacked while on vacation in Barbados. UCI scientists to study brain region linked to autism, schizophrenia EurekAlert! Tue, 03 Mar 2009 08:41 AM PST ( University of California - Irvine ) UC Irvine neuroscientists have received $2 million to study a brain region associated with language abilities. Study findings could lead to clinical research and treatment of developmental and psychiatric disorders from schizophrenia to autism. Improved Understanding Of The Workings Of The Frontal Lobe Medical News Today Tue, 03 Mar 2009 08:17 AM PST A Brown University study of stroke victims has produced evidence that the frontal lobe of the human brain controls decision-making along a continuum from abstract to concrete, from front to back. Abstract actions can be controlled at an abstract level, such as deciding to make a sandwich, or at more concrete and specific levels, such as choosing a sequence of movements that make the sandwich. Family nights will benefit 6-year-old cancer patient MLive.com Tue, 03 Mar 2009 08:04 AM PST Friends and family of 6-year-old Ryan TerHaar have organized a fundraiser to help pay medical costs incurred because of surgery for a brain tumor. Ryan, the son of Todd and Mindy Ter Haar, of Jenison, was diagnosed last month with choroid plexus carcinoma, a malignant brain tumor. Sex Is In The Brain, Whether It Be Lack Of Sexual Interest Or Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder Science Daily Tue, 03 Mar 2009 07:26 AM PST More than 40 percent of women ages 18-59 experience sexual dysfunction, with lack of sexual interest -- hypoactive sexual desire disorder, or HSDD -- being the most commonly reported complaint, according to medical researchers. While some question the validity of this diagnosis, a multidisciplinary team from the Stanford University School of Medicine is devoted to objective investigation of such ... As she sets her affairs in order brave Jade is told cancer has spread Hello! Tue, 03 Mar 2009 06:49 AM PST 3 MARCH 2009 Jade Goody is recovering in hospital following a successful hour-long operation on Monday evening during which surgeons discovered the cancer has spread to her brain. As she sets her affairs in order brave Jade is told cancer has spread hellomagazine.com via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News Tue, 03 Mar 2009 06:44 AM PST Jade Goody is recovering in hospital following a successful hour-long operation on Monday evening during which surgeons discovered the cancer has spread to her brain. Srinivasan Pillay: The Science of Visualization: Maximizing Your Brain's Potential During The Recession HuffingtonPost Tue, 03 Mar 2009 06:24 AM PST At times like these, we may hear advice columnists tell us to "visualize success" or to "imagine our greatest possibilities." While this is inspiring, is there actually a science behind this?

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