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Carbon dioxide laser used for delicate brain surgery KING5 Seattle Fri, 22 May 2009 17:57 PM PDT Lasers have been used for surgery for decades, but often are too cumbersome for procedues in the brain. Now, a new device is helping doctors maneuver around fragile parts of the body. Cops seriously hurt on job say city stonewalls aid Atlanta Journal-Constitution Fri, 22 May 2009 17:52 PM PDT They were drawn together, five broken Atlanta cops, in a shared sense of futility and anger. Four are in wheelchairs. One is brain-damaged. All say the city has brutalized them for the past two years by systematically challenging and delaying services and treatments they need to survive. From brain to Twitter Wisconsin State Journal Fri, 22 May 2009 17:50 PM PDT It was the tweet read 'round the world. Vox Populi: "They can make a waterproof watch, why can't they make a waterproof cell phone?" Savannah Morning News Fri, 22 May 2009 17:46 PM PDT "Medicare and Medicaid are government-run health care programs and are total disasters. We are paying taxes on our income and it will be years before many of us become eligible and it is broke. And you guys want the government to take over one-sixth of our economy, which is health care? Are you brain dead?" Van Duzer Foundation to host blood drive benefit June 3 St. Lucie News Tribune Fri, 22 May 2009 16:06 PM PDT Representatives from Florida’s Blood Centers and the mobile bloodmobile will be on hand to accept blood donations from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. on behalf of Gibbs Antoine, a 2-year-old suffering from a brain tumor who requires regular blood transfusions to keep him alive. Injured Girl Allowed To Walk At Graduation Central Florida News 13 Fri, 22 May 2009 15:51 PM PDT A high school senior with a traumatic brain injury will be allowed to walk at graduation. Lejeune Marines at risk for Lyme disease Jacksonville Daily News Fri, 22 May 2009 15:41 PM PDT It took seven years for retired Lt. Col. Dave Tierney to find out what was wrong with him. The fatigue, brain fogs, vision problems and insomnia that plagued him after being stationed at Cherry Point went undiagnosed by more than 30 doctors he said. Surgery bills force Bayside couple to sell Xmas house YourNabe.com Fri, 22 May 2009 14:33 PM PDT A Bayside couple who annually decorates two homes with more than 70,000 Christmas lights and hundreds of ornaments will be forced to scale back their holiday endeavor this year after one of them underwent a brain operation last month, forcing the pair to sell off one of their houses.

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