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Bike 4 The Brain: Raising Awareness About Mental Illness The National Sports Review Mon, 01 Jun 2009 14:00 PM PDT Bike 4 the Brain is an annual bicycle event, which takes place just outside of Kansas City, KA, aimed at raising awareness about mental illness. Having participated in benefit rides in the past, I know what a fun and healthy way they are to unite people for a common purpose and help put an end to stigmas that often surround disability or disease. This year’s Bike 4 the Brain event has a little ... 2 Doctors Create Surgery Fund For Less Fortunate CBS 13 Baltimore Mon, 01 Jun 2009 13:55 PM PDT Two dynamic doctors create a fund to help people who can't offered specialized brain or spine surgery. Antibiotic Can Reduce Hospitalization for Rare Brain Disorder, Analysis Shows PhysOrg Mon, 01 Jun 2009 13:36 PM PDT (PhysOrg.com) -- A study analysis by researchers at the University of Cincinnati confirms that the antibiotic rifaximin can reduce hospitalizations of patients with a certain brain disorder caused by liver failure. Drug's epilepsy-prevention effect may be widely applicable EurekAlert! Mon, 01 Jun 2009 13:30 PM PDT ( Washington University School of Medicine ) A drug with potential to prevent epilepsy caused by a genetic condition may also help prevent more common forms of epilepsy caused by brain injury, according to researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. Most Common Brain Cancer Could Originate In Neural Stem Cells redOrbit Mon, 01 Jun 2009 13:09 PM PDT Findings in mice suggest greater hope for targeting brain cancer, but also greater caution in pursuing stem cell treatments for degenerative diseases University of Michigan scientists have found that a deficiency in a key tumor suppressor gene in the brain leads to the most common type of adult brain cancer. Commonly used medications may produce cognitive impairment in seniors News-Medical-Net Mon, 01 Jun 2009 13:04 PM PDT Many drugs commonly prescribed to older adults for a variety of common medical conditions including allergies, hypertension, asthma, and cardiovascular disease appear to negatively affect the aging brain causing immediate but possibly reversible cognitive impairment, including delirium, in older adults according to a clinical review now available online in the Journal of Clinical Interventions ... Mini-Stroke Can Mean Major One Within Hours HealthDay via Yahoo! News Mon, 01 Jun 2009 13:03 PM PDT MONDAY, June 1 (HealthDay News) -- About half the people who have a major stroke soon after a less serious brain event, such as a transient ischemic attack or "mini-stroke," do so within 24 hours of the minor event, a new study finds. Brain damage from a game Deseret News Mon, 01 Jun 2009 12:34 PM PDT One of the upsides of leaving professional ice hockey would be to live a normal life, Keith Primeau said when he retired... CSX Unit Wins Reversal of $5 Million Worker Award (Update2) Bloomberg Mon, 01 Jun 2009 11:25 AM PDT June 1 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. Supreme Court , siding with a CSX Corp. unit and the railroad industry, set aside a $5 million award to a man who said his 33-year career as a company electrician was to blame for his brain damage and asbestosis. Exelixis falls on new data for brain cancer drug INO News Mon, 01 Jun 2009 11:20 AM PDT (AP:NEW YORK) Shares of Exelixis Inc. fell Monday after the company reported new data from a trial of a drug it is developing as a treatment for brain cancer.

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