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Identical brain injuries bond boys KGO-TV Bay Area Tue, 05 May 2009 18:02 PM PDT Two boys develop a tight bond after going to the hospital with identical injuries. Roche Wins U.S. Approval to Sell Avastin for Brain Cancer Bloomberg Tue, 05 May 2009 17:47 PM PDT May 5 (Bloomberg) -- Roche Holding AG won U.S. approval to sell its cancer medicine Avastin for the deadliest type of brain tumors. The Food and Drug Administration cleared expanded use of Avastin in patients with glioblastoma multiforme , an incurable brain cancer diagnosed in about 10,000 Americans a year, said Roche’s Genentech unit in a statement. Hotcakes and Hoops benefits net almost $1,100 Englewood Herald Tue, 05 May 2009 17:19 PM PDT Despite a couple minor burns and a lot of very sore muscles among volunteers, a pair of May 2 events raised almost $1,100. The money goes to the Englewood Education Foundation and a fund to help police officer Shane and Alena Ellison’s 4-year-old daughter Tayler, who is battling a severe brain tumor. Princess For A Day, Then Off To Meet Ted Nugent CBS4 Miami Tue, 05 May 2009 17:03 PM PDT With a police escort and rock star treatment, Tuesday is the kind of day one South Florida girl will remember forever. Seven-year-old Brianna Curry got to be princess for a day. For her, everyday is a gift. Brianna has a brain tumor. Music the secret of good life Southern Highland News Tue, 05 May 2009 16:37 PM PDT WHEN Shaz’s Secrets storeowner Shaz Laughton was diagnosed with a life threatening brain tumour in 2006, the healing concept of music therapy never entered her mind. Potential molecular target for new schizophrenia treatments News-Medical-Net Tue, 05 May 2009 16:12 PM PDT A study on schizophrenia has implicated machinery that maintains the flow of potassium in cells and revealed a potential molecular target for new treatments. Expression of a previously unknown form of a key such potassium channel was found to be 2.5 fold higher than normal in the brain memory hub of people with the chronic mental illness and linked to a hotspot of genetic variation. News & Star The News and Star Tue, 05 May 2009 15:28 PM PDT The devastated parents of a six-year-old girl are to sue Carlisle’s Cumberland Infirmary after doctors allegedly failed to spot their daughter had a brain tumour. Seve makes first public appearance The Electric New Paper Tue, 05 May 2009 15:12 PM PDT GOLFING great Seve Ballesteros made his first public appearance on Sunday since undergoing four separate surgeries to remove a cancerous brain tumor. Estrogen controls how the brain processes sound PhysOrg Tue, 05 May 2009 15:11 PM PDT Scientists at the University of Rochester have discovered that the hormone estrogen plays a pivotal role in how the brain processes sounds. Walking for hope, walking for a cure myKawartha.com Tue, 05 May 2009 14:55 PM PDT What is Huntington disease? - Huntington disease is a fatal, hereditary brain disorder that causes cells in specific parts of the brain to die. - As the brain cells die, people with Huntington's become less able to control movements, recall recent events, make decisions and control emotions.

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