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Playing golf could save a life Lake Geneva Regional News Mon, 15 Jun 2009 13:58 PM PDT June 15, 2009 | 03:35 PM Elkhorn â€" In 1978, 17-year-old Russell Bray collapsed on Elkhorn High School's practice field during football practice. After seven days in a coma, Bray died. The cause of death was a brain aneurysm. Banding together for Mark Jefferson City News Tribune Mon, 15 Jun 2009 13:25 PM PDT Mark Hatcher was in his prime when he was stricken with seizures then two aneurysms, two strokes and a brain cancer diagnosis that has left him unable to function as he once did. The brain game: Mental trainers, psychologists prep for 2010 Olympics Brandon Sun Mon, 15 Jun 2009 13:12 PM PDT Peter Jensen noticed something new on the pool deck while watching Canada's synchronized swim team practise at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Things I learned from my brain tumor Orange County Register Mon, 15 Jun 2009 13:03 PM PDT Frumpy Middle-aged Mom gives us a post-surgery report. Dreyer still critical, in induced coma Sonoma Index-Tribune Mon, 15 Jun 2009 12:10 PM PDT Brad Dreyer, the 20-year-old skateboarder injured in a collision with a motorcycle on Tuesday, May 26, remains in critical condition at Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital, but a Sunday operation to reduce mounting pressure on his brain appears to have been successful according to his father, Jeff Dreyer. Popular Alzheimer's Theory Could Be False Trail redOrbit Mon, 15 Jun 2009 12:08 PM PDT The idea that anti-inflammatory drugs might protect people struggling with dementia from Alzheimer's disease has received a blow with the online release of a study of human brain tissue in Acta Neuropathologica.Researchers with the McKnight Brain Institute of the University of Florida, in collaboration with scientists at the University of Frankfurt, Germany, discovered that inflammation of ... Brain injury support group The Salisbury Post Mon, 15 Jun 2009 12:01 PM PDT Brain injury support There will be a Rowan support group meeting for Traumatic or Acquired Brain Injury, 7-8:30 p.m., June 25, at the Rowan Public Lib ... Living with Aphasia Odessa American Mon, 15 Jun 2009 11:44 AM PDT MIDLAND The Aphasia Center of West Texas has scheduled an open house for 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. June 24 at 5214 Thoason Drive. Aphasia is a condition a person develops after a stroke or brain injury. It impairs language and speech abilities, making ordinary communication difficult. Popular Alzheimer's theory may be false trail PhysOrg Mon, 15 Jun 2009 11:38 AM PDT The idea that anti-inflammatory drugs might protect people struggling with dementia from Alzheimer's disease has received a blow with the online release of a study of human brain tissue in Acta Neuropathologica. Genes that mediate breast cancer metastasis to the brain Nature Mon, 15 Jun 2009 11:32 AM PDT The molecular basis for breast cancer metastasis to the brain is largely unknown. Brain relapse typically occurs years after the removal of a breast tumour, suggesting that disseminated cancer cells must acquire specialized functions to take over this organ. Here we show that breast cancer metastasis to the brain involves mediators of extravasation through non-fenestrated capillaries, ...

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