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New brain imaging method shows promise for epilepsy PhysOrg Thu, 21 May 2009 13:52 PM PDT With 25 percent of his brain already gone, Clint Galster sat alone in a vaultlike room as doctors tried to figure out whether even more brain tissue could be taken out. Olivia comes home Marco Eagle Thu, 21 May 2009 13:39 PM PDT Family surprised by girl’s early release after brain surgery Former Lawrence Tech president dead at 67 Detroit Free Press Thu, 21 May 2009 13:36 PM PDT Charles M. Chambers, the man who served as president of Lawrence Technological University from 1993 to 2006, died Wednesday. Chambers, who was 67, died near his home in Alexandria, Va., where he had been battling a brain tumor in recent months. North West Evening Mail North-West Evening Mail Thu, 21 May 2009 13:36 PM PDT A west Cumbrian couple are keeping watch over their son in a Spanish hospital after he fell ill with a serious brain infection while on holiday. Kirsty Matthews and David Dickinson, of Buttermere Avenue, Whitehaven, are anxiously waiting for news following a brain scan on two-year-old Danny. Automated analysis of MR images may identify early Alzheimers disease EurekAlert! Thu, 21 May 2009 13:36 PM PDT Analyzing MRI studies of the brain with software developed at the Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging at Massachusetts General Hospital may allow diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease and of mild cognitive impairment, a lesser form of dementia that precedes the development of Alzheimer's by several years. Vitamin D Helps Maintain Healthy Brain Function redOrbit Thu, 21 May 2009 13:10 PM PDT Vitamin D, which comes from exposure to sunlight and from oily fish, is linked to higher mental stability as older people progress in age, according to a new report.David Lee and colleagues at the University of Manchester studied more than 3,000 European men aged 40-79.They found that men who had higher levels of vitamin D performed better on memory and information processing tests. Surgery bills force Bayside couple to sell Xmas house YourNabe.com Thu, 21 May 2009 12:34 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. Discovery reveals new tick virus can be fatal The Inquirer and Mirror Thu, 21 May 2009 10:17 AM PDT Local doctors and researchers are on the alert for a long-suspected but newly confirmed danger that can be fatal presented by deer ticks following a May 14 report in the New England Journal of Medicine of a 62-year-old Long Island man who died of a brain inflammation disease called meningoencephalitis from the rare deer tick virus. Begley: How Placebos Really Work Newsweek Thu, 21 May 2009 10:13 AM PDT This is your brain on a placebo.

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