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Research questions standard protocol for treating traumatic brain injury
News-Medical-Net Wed, 03 Jun 2009 13:52 PM PDT
Traumatic brain injury - not heart disease, stroke or cancer - is the number one cause of death and disability in people under 45. Each year, some 1.5 million Americans, including soldiers, athletes, the elderly and children, sustain head injuries, and nearly half of them will be hospitalized and treated in an emergency room or intensive care unit.

University of Cincinnati study finds needle biopsies safe in 'eloquent' areas of brain
EurekAlert! Wed, 03 Jun 2009 13:28 PM PDT
( University of Cincinnati Academic Health Center ) Specialists at the Brain Tumor Center at the University of Cincinnati Neuroscience Institute have concluded that performing a stereotactic needle biopsy in an area of the brain associated with language or other important functions carries no greater risk than a similar biopsy in a less critical area of the brain.

Brain irradiation in lung cancer
EurekAlert! Wed, 03 Jun 2009 13:28 PM PDT
( Medical College of Wisconsin ) A national Radiation Therapy Oncology Group study led by a Medical College of Wisconsin Cancer Center physician at Froedtert Hospital in Milwaukee has found that a course of radiation therapy to the brain after treatment for locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer reduced the risk of metastases to the brain within the first year after treatment. The study was ...

Ted Johnson Champions Memory Ride for Alzheimer's Research
Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance Wed, 03 Jun 2009 12:53 PM PDT
Patriots' star Ted Johnson will join hundreds of cyclists for Memory Ride on Saturday, July 25. The three-time Super Bowl champion has been in the limelight recently with news that he will donate his brain to science.

Executive director of SPJ, Terry Harper, dies at 45
The Indianapolis Star Wed, 03 Jun 2009 11:30 AM PDT
Terry Harper, the longtime executive director of the Society for Professional Journalists, died Tuesday. Harper, Indianapolis, had battled brain cancer and recently relinquished his responsibilities at SPJ because of his illness. He was 45.

Could Standard Treatment for Traumatic Brain Injury be Wrong?
Newswise Wed, 03 Jun 2009 10:33 AM PDT
The Brain Injury Research Center (BIRC) in the UCLA Department of Neurosurgery has been awarded a $4.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to research new ways to heal the brain after a traumatic brain injury, or TBI. Specifically, researchers will be looking at how to best feed the brain the nutrients it needs to optimize recovery.

How to unleash your brain's inner genius
New Scientist Wed, 03 Jun 2009 10:13 AM PDT
Savants have phenomenal talents in music, art and mathematics, but their brains are not fundamentally different from the rest of society รข€" can we all develop similar abilities?




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