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Broken Bones, Brain Injury Point to Infant Abuse in Lyons 13WHAM Rochester Tue, 05 May 2009 14:06 PM PDT Lyons, N.Y. - A Lyons couple is being charged with endangering the welfare of a child. Genetics Linked to How Brain 'Frames' Choices HealthDay via Yahoo! News Tue, 05 May 2009 14:03 PM PDT TUESDAY, May 5 (HealthDay News) -- Genetics influence how a person makes a decision based on whether their options are presented to them in a positive or negative way (framing effect) -- such as being told there is an 80 percent chance of surviving or a 20 percent chance of dying during an operation, U.K. researchers report. VA Benefits for Brain Injuries, Burn Scars Could Rise The Base Tue, 05 May 2009 13:07 PM PDT The changes could mean that service members who suffer from either injury could receive higher disability compensation than previously allowed. It also means that veterans with preexisting conditions could see their compensation rise as well. Roughly 22,000 veterans suffer from some form of brain injury, including 5,800 who served in Iraq and Afghanistan. Details of the change were published in ... Jupiter Man Accused Of Smacking 6-Week-Old WPBF Palm Beach Tue, 05 May 2009 12:57 PM PDT A Jupiter man is accused of smacking his 6-week-old son so often that it caused bleeding to the boy's brain, the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office says. Investigating a sometimes-faulty protein's role in brain links PhysOrg Tue, 05 May 2009 12:30 PM PDT (PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at MIT's Picower Institute for Learning and Memory have shed light on how a protein implicated in cognitive disorders maintains and regulates brain cell structures that are key to learning and memory. Delivering Chemo Directly Into Brain Tumors Shows Promise MedicineNet.com Tue, 05 May 2009 12:20 PM PDT Title: Delivering Chemo Directly Into Brain Tumors Shows Promise Category: Health News Created: 5/5/2009 2:00:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 5/5/2009 Brain Anatomy Could Point to Autism MedicineNet.com Tue, 05 May 2009 12:20 PM PDT Title: Brain Anatomy Could Point to Autism Category: Health News Created: 5/5/2009 2:00:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 5/5/2009 BMSN submits Army proposal UPI Tue, 05 May 2009 12:15 PM PDT SAN DIEGO, May 5 (UPI) -- Bio-Matrix Scientific Group has submitted a proposal to the U.S. Army in a move to gain funding approval for traumatic brain injury treatment research. Stanford Issues Findings from Cognitive and Brain Experts Urging Consumer Caution on Memory Fitness Products PR Newswire via Yahoo! News Tue, 05 May 2009 11:17 AM PDT Tips for navigating the marketplace of memory aids Depression does 'make your brown eyes blue' PhysOrg Tue, 05 May 2009 11:15 AM PDT It's more than just feeling bad. Clinical depression affects the way we process information in the brain, negatively affecting memory, attention span, and the brain's ability to learn new things. Now Tel Aviv University research has provided scientific proof that depression changes our visual perception as well.

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