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Genes Linked to Spread of Breast Cancer HealthCentral Wed, 06 May 2009 18:06 PM PDT Study identifies three genetic ties to brain metastasis. Ballesteros: Tumor made him suffer ’like a dog’ The Oakland Press Wed, 06 May 2009 18:05 PM PDT MADRID (AP) â€" Seve Ballesteros says he feels fine but “suffered like a dog” while recovering from four surgeries to remove a cancerous brain tumor. Autistic kids 'have enlarged amygdala' (AAP) Yahoo!7 World News Wed, 06 May 2009 18:02 PM PDT Young children with autism appear more likely to have enlarged amygdala - the part of the brain associated with registering faces, according to a study. FDA Approves Fanapt to Treat Schizophrenia U. S. Food and Drug Administration Wed, 06 May 2009 17:54 PM PDT The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Fanapt tablets (iloperidone) to treat adults with schizophrenia, a chronic, severe and disabling brain disorder. "Schizophrenia can be a devastating illness requiring lifelong treatment and therapy," said Thomas Laughren, M.D., director of the Division of Psychiatry Products in the FDAs Center for Drug Evaluation and Research. "Medications for ... Three genes play a role in breast cancer's spread to the brain News-Medical-Net Wed, 06 May 2009 17:48 PM PDT New research led by investigators at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) identifies three genes that specifically mediate the metastasis, or spread, of breast cancer to the brain and illuminates the mechanisms by which this spread occurs. The study was published online today in Nature. US backs new diabetes drug Otago Daily Times Wed, 06 May 2009 17:33 PM PDT People with Type 2 diabetes may soon get a very different treatment approach: A drug that helps control blood sugar via the brain - an idea sparked, surprisingly, by the metabolism of migrating birds. Gene allows cancer to enter brain BBC News Wed, 06 May 2009 17:10 PM PDT A gene that allows cancer to spread into the brain has been pinpointed by US scientists. World's largest DNA scan for autism uncovers new gene variant for disorder UC Newsroom Wed, 06 May 2009 16:53 PM PDT Gene most active in brain regions critical to language, social behavior. Seve says he’s 90% recovered from tumour The Star Wed, 06 May 2009 16:37 PM PDT MADRID: Seve Ballesteros is “already 90%” recovered from surgery to remove a cancerous brain tumour, he said in a radio interview late on Tuesday. Englishman wakes up an Irishman after brain surgery Irish Central Wed, 06 May 2009 16:32 PM PDT When Englishman Chris Gregory went for a brain operation, he knew it would be a life altering event. But he could never have imagined that it would be a nationality-altering: when Gregory woke up, he stunned doctors, nurses and his wife when he started speaking with a strong Dublin accent, and singing “Danny Boy.”

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