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Minimumweight champ Kanemitsu hangs up gloves The Japan Times Tue, 12 May 2009 14:09 PM PDT OSAKA (Kyodo) Japanese minimumweight champion Yuji Kanemitsu on Tuesday announced his retirement from the ring because of health reasons. Kanemitsu knocked out Masatate Tsuji to win the national minimumweight unification bout in Tokyo on March 21 but was hospitalized afterward and the Japan Boxing Commission urged him to retire after he was diagnosed with a brain injury. Read the full story Brain Attack Coalition Adopts New Message for National Stroke Awareness Month National Institutes of Health Tue, 12 May 2009 14:07 PM PDT Bethesda, MD, May 11, 2009â€"In recognition of Stroke Awareness Month in May, a national stroke coalition today announced that its member organizations have adopted a new public education message: "Stroke strikes fast. You should too. Call 9-1-1." BW)(CA-SCIENTIFIC-LEARNING)(SCIL.NASDAQ) Scientific Learning Launches "The New Science of Learning" Webinar Series for ... INO News Tue, 12 May 2009 13:49 PM PDT (AP:OAKLAND, Calif.--) (BUSINESS WIRE) _ May 12, 2009-- K-12 educators are invited to participate in a new webinar series based on the public television special, "The New Science of Learning: Brain Fitness for Kids." For more information on this public television special, please see http://www.brainfitnessforkids.com . Presented by Scientific Learning (NASDAQ:SCIL), "The New Science of ... Green had impulse-control issues, witness says - Army News, news from Iraq, - Army Times Army Times Tue, 12 May 2009 13:45 PM PDT PADUCAH, Ky. â€" An ex-soldier who could be sentenced to death for raping and killing a teenage girl in Iraq has brain damage that can make it difficult to control impulses and process information in chaotic situations, a neurological expert testified Tuesday. Ability to problem solve influenced by your movement News-Medical-Net Tue, 12 May 2009 13:33 PM PDT Swinging their arms helped participants in a new study solve a problem whose solution involved swinging strings, researchers report, demonstrating that the brain can use bodily cues to help understand and solve complex problems NHLBI Stops Enrollment in Study of Concentrated Saline for Patients with Traumatic Brain Injury National Institutes of Health Tue, 12 May 2009 13:22 PM PDT The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health has stopped enrollment into a clinical trial testing the effects of highly concentrated (hypertonic) saline solutions on patients with severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) when given as soon as possible after the injury â€" that is, before the patient arrives at the hospital or emergency room. Scientific Learning Launches "The New Science of Learning" Webinar Series for K-12 Educators Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance Tue, 12 May 2009 13:22 PM PDT OAKLAND, Calif.----K-12 educators are invited to participate in a new webinar series based on the public television special, "The New Science of Learning: Brain Fitness for Kids." For more information on this public television special, please see www.brainfitnessforkids.com. Witness: Ex-soldier Had Impulse Control Issues The Kentucky Post Tue, 12 May 2009 12:31 PM PDT PADUCAH, Ky. (AP) - A neuropsychologist has testified that an ex-soldier facing a possible death sentence for rape and murder in Iraq has brain damage in the areas that control impulses. How to Build a Bigger Brain Newswise Tue, 12 May 2009 12:27 PM PDT UCLA researchers report that certain regions in the brains of long-term meditators were larger than non-meditators. Specifically, meditators showed significantly larger volumes of the hippocampus and areas within the orbito-frontal cortex, the thalamus and the inferior temporal gyrus -- all regions known for regulating emotions. Potassium flow linked with schizophrenia redOrbit Tue, 12 May 2009 12:17 PM PDT A U.S. study has linked a potassium brain channel gene to schizophrenia, suggesting a molecular treatment target for the mental illness. Researchers at the National Institute of Mental Health, led by Dr.

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