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Traumatic Brain Injury Haunts Children For Years With Variety Of Functional Problems Science Daily Mon, 11 May 2009 17:27 PM PDT Children who suffer traumatic brain injuries can experience lasting or late-appearing neuropsychological problems, highlighting the need for careful watching over time, according to two new studies. Help Zlata! St. Petersburg Times Mon, 11 May 2009 16:14 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. Computer helps boy with autism learn to speak WRAL.com Raleigh Mon, 11 May 2009 16:08 PM PDT Autism is a brain development disorder that usually manifests itself by age 3. It is characterized by verbal, social and emotional impairments that rob children of words and often render them incapable of interacting with others. Tourette's syndrome brain changes found UPI Mon, 11 May 2009 16:04 PM PDT HANOVER, Germany, May 11 (UPI) -- German medical scientists say they used a new imaging technology to discover changes in Tourette's syndrome patients' brain structure. Clash of the Kennedys Independent Mon, 11 May 2009 16:01 PM PDT Ted Kennedy, still grizzled but looking fitter than you might expect one year after his brain cancer diagnosis, is back on Capitol Hill and preparing for his last big policy battle: giving wind to Barack Obama's healthcare reform package. He is still the Lion of the Senate, it seems. It would be beyond rude, therefore, to discuss who will take the seat he has held since 1964 when he is gone. ... Cancer Patient Meets Olympic Gold Medalist First Coast News Mon, 11 May 2009 15:47 PM PDT ORANGE PARK, FL -- A young girl with brain cancer got to meet the man who inspires her as a swimmer, Michael Phelps. Stroke: 7 Signs You Could Be at Risk of a Brain Attack US News & World Report Mon, 11 May 2009 15:43 PM PDT You can prevent stroke, the third-leading cause of death and top cause of adult disability in the U.S. UPI NewsTrack Health and Science News UPI Mon, 11 May 2009 15:18 PM PDT Atlantis begins its 11-day Hubble mission … Avastin approved for brain cancer therapy … Neutron star crusts: Stronger than steel … Study: Drug-eluting stents more effective ... Health/Science news from UPI. Ellen Gray: Why do stars of medical dramas keep seeing things? Philadelphia Daily News Mon, 11 May 2009 15:00 PM PDT Ellen Gray: On "House," the problem seems not to have been a brain tumor but House's longtime addiction to Vicodin. That the storyline gave producers a chance to bring back Dr. Amber Volakis - a character who was first fired, then killed off but keeps on ticking - was a bonus. As for that final scene between House and Cuddy, I'm just hoping that wasn't a hallucination, too. Lincoln man gets 4-5 years for assault of infant daughter Lincoln Journal Star Mon, 11 May 2009 14:54 PM PDT A district judge sentenced a 25-year-old Lincoln man to four to five years in prison Monday for causing bleeding on his infant daughter’s brain. Brandon Weir declined to say anything before his sentencing Monday on a first-degree assault charge, to which he pleaded no contest last month.

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