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TV damages child speech learning Adelaide Now Mon, 01 Jun 2009 17:30 PM PDT HAVING the television on constantly in a household with infants and toddlers is bad for brain and language development, a US study claims. TV cuts babies' speech capacity: study Herald Sun Mon, 01 Jun 2009 16:52 PM PDT HaAVING the television on constantly in a household with infants and toddlers is bad for brain and language development, a US study claims. Free Brain Scans Offered In New York City WCBS-TV New York Mon, 01 Jun 2009 16:46 PM PDT Most of us have grown accustomed to routinely checking for certain types of cancer through yearly mammograms or colonoscopies. Brain tumors are generally not screen for early on in life, but now a New York City foundation with their "Mobile MRI Unit" is aiming to change that. Vaccine for Brain Cancer? Extra TV Mon, 01 Jun 2009 16:38 PM PDT Brain cancer is a deadly diagnosis, but there may be hope for stopping this disease using a radical new vaccine that targets tumors. Rabies preventable Ellwood City Ledger Mon, 01 Jun 2009 16:37 PM PDT THE DISEASE Rabies is a virus transmitted by the saliva of an infected animal, which enters the central nervous system and causes a brain infection. PREVENTION The Pennsylvania Game Commission cautions against getting too close to wild, stray or unfamiliar animals. Report: 25,000 New Yorkers Have Brain Tumors WCCO Minneapolis - St. Paul Mon, 01 Jun 2009 16:36 PM PDT Most of us have grown accustomed to routinely checking for certain types of cancer through yearly mammograms or colonoscopies. Brain tumors are generally not screened early on in life, but now a New York City foundation with their "Mobile MRI Unit" is aiming to change that, CBS station WCBS-TV reported. Constant TV is bad for babies: study TODAYonline Mon, 01 Jun 2009 16:33 PM PDT Having the television on constantly in a household with infants and toddlers is bad for brain and language development because it reduces the number of words the kids hear and say, a study showed Monday. Rapamycin epilepsy-prevention effect may be widely applicable News-Medical-Net Mon, 01 Jun 2009 15:55 PM PDT 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. Aging: Menopause Slows the Brain, Temporarily New York Times Mon, 01 Jun 2009 15:32 PM PDT The memory lapses that women report to suffer from during menopause may be reality, says a new study. Glioblastoma may originate in neural stem cells News-Medical-Net Mon, 01 Jun 2009 15:25 PM PDT 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. The study, conducted in mice that mimic human cancer, points the way to more effective future treatments and a way to screen for the disease early.

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