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Healthy Families, Healthy Homes: Stroke Prevention KQCD-TV Dickinson Mon, 18 May 2009 17:40 PM PDT You can feel perfectly healthy one day, and the next, you suffer a stroke. A stroke occurs when a blood clot blocks an artery or a blood vessel breaks interrupting blood flow to an area of the brain. When either of these things happen, brain cells begin to die and brain damage occurs. Games for Health Conference Announces First Cognitive Health Track Powered by SharpBrains redOrbit Mon, 18 May 2009 17:09 PM PDT Featured June 11-12 at the 5th Annual Games for Health Conference PORTLAND, Maine, May 18 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Games for Health Project, organizers of the 5th Annual Games for Health Conference, today announced its first Cognitive Health Track powered by SharpBrains, a leading market research company focused on the brain fitness and the cognitive health market. HealthWatch: Promising New Brain Cancer Vaccine WCBS-TV New York Mon, 18 May 2009 16:28 PM PDT Brain cancer is one of the deadliest forms of the disease, and is difficult to treat. Now, an experimental vaccine is offering a glimmer of hope that it may prevent the recurrence of tumors, and extend patients' lives. Doctors are trying to find out if an experimental vaccine could be that new technique. The vaccine works in a unique way: once injected, the drug puts a tag on cancer cells, like ... TEENAGER HIT WITH HOCKEY STICK Western Advocate Mon, 18 May 2009 15:51 PM PDT TEENAGE hockey talent Emily Brady was yesterday preparing for possible surgery to relieve bleeding on the brain after she was accidentally hit in the temple during a hockey game on Friday night. Emily, 17, was competing in the boys’ hockey competition when she ran into a tackle and was hit in the left side of the temple in what witnesses called as a “freaky accident”. Special Protein Helps TO Maintain An Efficient Brain redOrbit Mon, 18 May 2009 15:47 PM PDT The instruction manual for maintaining an efficient brain may soon include a section on synaptotagmin-IV (Syt-IV), a protein known to influence learning and memory, thanks to a study by University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers.The study showed that Syt-IV keeps the strength of synapses â€" connections between nerve cells where communication occurs â€" within a useful range of neither too strong ... Patients in St. Jude Medical Deep Brain Stimulation for Depression Pilot Study Demonstrate Sustained Improvement in ... Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance Mon, 18 May 2009 15:00 PM PDT ST. PAUL, Minn.----According to the latest data in a clinical study supported by St. Jude Medical, Inc. , deep brain stimulation therapy for depression may provide sustainable improvement in depression symptoms among patients with major depressive disorder. Scientists in schizophrenia breakthrough AAP via Yahoo!7 News Mon, 18 May 2009 14:57 PM PDT Australian scientists have identified a "deficit" in the brain's make-up shared by many people with schizophrenia. Biological Link Established Between Tumors and Depression Newswise Mon, 18 May 2009 14:37 PM PDT In a study that could help explain the connections between depression and cancer, researchers have used an animal model to find, for the first time, a biological link between tumors and negative mood changes. The team determined that substances associated with depression are produced in increased quantities by tumors and are transmitted to the brain. Scientists discover neurons that 'mirror' the attention of others PhysOrg Mon, 18 May 2009 14:33 PM PDT Whether a monkey is looking to the left or merely watching another monkey looking that way, the same neurons in his brain are firing, according to researchers at the Duke University Medical Center. Help Zlata! St. Petersburg Times Mon, 18 May 2009 14:29 PM PDT A donation campaign in support of two-year-old Zlata Chernoknizhnaya. At the end of 2006 it was discovered that Zlata was suffering from a malignant brain tumor. For a year and a half the girl underwent chemotherapy in hospital. But the tumor continued to grow.

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