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Automated analysis of MR images may identify early Alzheimer`s disease PhysOrg Thu, 21 May 2009 17:22 PM PDT Analyzing MRI studies of the brain with software developed at the Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) 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. In their report that will appear in the journal Brain and has been released online, the ... The Weather Authority KTSM El Paso Thu, 21 May 2009 16:57 PM PDT The bobcat that was captured in Northeast El Paso and euthanized on Tuesday did not have rabies. Testing for rabies requires an animal be killed and its brain examined. MRI analysis software helps identify early Alzheimer’s disease News-Medical-Net Thu, 21 May 2009 16:52 PM PDT Analyzing MRI studies of the brain with software developed at the Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) 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. Novel method stimulates growth of new neurons in adult brain News-Medical-Net Thu, 21 May 2009 16:52 PM PDT University at Buffalo researchers have identified a new mechanism that plays a central role in adult brain stem cell development and prompts brain stem cells to differentiate into neurons. Help Zlata! St. Petersburg Times Thu, 21 May 2009 16:29 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. North West Evening Mail North-West Evening Mail Thu, 21 May 2009 16:21 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. Brain damage didn’t deter him Arab News Thu, 21 May 2009 16:16 PM PDT RIYADH: Wasel Al-Muqrin, a 21-year-old college student, is aspiring to become a librarian, as he is fond of books. Sitting in front of a computer or in the passenger seat of a car, he looks normal. However, when talking to him or watching him move, one realizes he is not as normal as first assumed. Programs help exercise the brain as it ages The Pantagraph Thu, 21 May 2009 15:49 PM PDT DALLAS -- Eighty-seven-year old Dorothy Dagen sat beaming in her very first graduation cap and gown. Hit-and-run victim dies FOX 25 Boston Thu, 21 May 2009 15:26 PM PDT A man who was hit and killed by a car on his way to work has died in the hospital. The Lynn Item reports Michael Zarba, 23, from Lynn, was declared clinically brain dead at Massachusetts General Hospital late Wednesday night.

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