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Doctor uses drill to save life | Offbeat | Ipswich Queensland Times Queensland Times Tue, 19 May 2009 17:59 PM PDT THE father of a boy whose life was saved by a country doctor using a household drill to bore into his brain to relieve the pressure of internal bleeding says the experience was "surreal". Kennedy's office denies health report Cape Cod Times Tue, 19 May 2009 17:25 PM PDT BOSTON U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedys office says a report that the Massachusetts Democrats brain tumor has gone into remission and he is returning to the Senate full time next month is unfounded. Discovery of proteins underlying devastating brain diseases News-Medical-Net Tue, 19 May 2009 17:22 PM PDT Scientists at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute have discovered a set of brain proteins responsible for some of the most common and devastating brain diseases. UnMASCing diseases of the brain EurekAlert! Tue, 19 May 2009 16:29 PM PDT ( Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute ) This release announces the discovery of a set of brain proteins that underlie some of the most devastating brain diseases including epilepsy, depression, schizophrenia, bipolar disease, mental retardation and neurodegenerative diseases including Alzheimer's and Huntington's diseases. The researchers developed new methods to explore many proteins within the ... Scientists discover area of brain that makes a 'people person' EurekAlert! Tue, 19 May 2009 16:28 PM PDT Cambridge University researchers have discovered that whether someone is a "people person" may depend on the structure of their brain: the greater the concentration of brain tissue in certain parts of the brain, the more likely they are to be a warm, sentimental person. Warner Robbins teen scientist's experiment may help fight cancer Atlanta Journal-Constitution Tue, 19 May 2009 16:28 PM PDT A pushy teacher and an endangered Georgia plant led a once-reluctant teen science fair contestant to help discover a possible new treatment for brain cancer. Napa Police Dispatcher Faked Her Cancer, Got Donations From Friends SFist Tue, 19 May 2009 16:11 PM PDT A crazy story just surfaced from the Napa Valley Register about Dannille Vanderpool, a police dispatcher who claimed to have both ovarian and brain cancer and subsequently scammed her way into free childcare, a home renovation, fundraisers , cash donations, and free time off from work. She shaved her head and wrote of her struggles with cancer on MySpace, apparently seeking public sympathy of ... Chuck Olmstead’s family: We want people to know more about brain aneurysms WHAS TV11 Louisville Tue, 19 May 2009 16:10 PM PDT (WHAS11) - "We met when we were 13 -- believe it or not," Candy Olmstead tells WHAS11’s Melissa Swan. Look Good Feel Better WYTV Youngstown Tue, 19 May 2009 15:55 PM PDT Karen Perry of Youngstown is fighting cancer.  She's been through chemo and most recently, after her doctor discovered the cancer spread to her brain she went through radiation. And like the 10 million Americans living with a form of the disease, she has plenty on her plate both emotionally and physically. Karen says, "Because I've lost a lot of weight from it, I don't like to wear my wig." But ... GP uses drill to save boy Perth Now Tue, 19 May 2009 15:52 PM PDT A COUNTRY doctor has saved the life of a dying 12-year-old boy by using a household drill to bore into his brain after the boy had a bike accident.

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