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Residents in The Acreage wonder if cancer cases are related Sun-Sentinel Thu, 18 Jun 2009 17:56 PM PDT Two days before a surgeon removed 5-year-old Garrett Dunsford's brain tumor, he removed a tumor from 16-year-old Kristina DeCarlo's brain. Obituary: George Zissimos, 77, passes away Sierra Sun Thu, 18 Jun 2009 17:48 PM PDT George Zissimos went home to his Lord on June 13, 2009. He died from complications of brain cancer while at home in Truckee. Ritalin backed for mental boost Channel 4 Thu, 18 Jun 2009 17:42 PM PDT Healthy people should be able to take the controversial drug used to calm hyperactive children to boost their own brain power, a medical expert has argued. Ritalin backed as brain-booster BBC News Thu, 18 Jun 2009 17:33 PM PDT Healthy people should be able to take the anti-hyperactivity drug Ritalin to boost their brain power, a UK ethicist says. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy increasingly popular option for autism KAIT Jonesboro Thu, 18 Jun 2009 17:12 PM PDT A therapy, which may help autistic children and adults with brain injuries, is now available at a facility not associated with any local hospital.  Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is thought to increase blood flow to some parts of the brain.  Individuals with autism typically lack blood flow to some parts of the brain. Therapists find that music can heal The Canton Repository Thu, 18 Jun 2009 17:10 PM PDT Music therapy proves useful with older patients, as well as with adults who have suffered traumatic brain injuries and with special-needs children. Peak Achievement Training® to Introduce New Neurovideofeedback™ System for Training Happiness at First World Congress ... PRWeb Thu, 18 Jun 2009 16:53 PM PDT The Peak BrainHappiness Trainer™ is a new product that can help people achieve excited or calm happiness whenever they want through brainwave biofeedback training. Peak Achievement's founder, Dr. Jon Cowan, will be demonstrating how the Peak BrainHappiness Trainer can train the brain to achieve positive feelings, particularly excited happiness, on Thursday evening, Friday, and Saturday. Of ... Obesity may reduce brain gray matter in postmenopausal women News-Medical-Net Thu, 18 Jun 2009 16:42 PM PDT Results from a small study of postmenopausal women suggest that obesity might relate to a reduced volume of gray matter in the brain. However, whether the results have relevance in a woman's day-to-day life is unclear. Give Ritalin to healthy people to boost their brain power, says medical expert Daily Mail: World News Thu, 18 Jun 2009 16:24 PM PDT Professor John Harris argues that Ritalin, which is prescribed for hyperactivity in the young, is safe and offers 'significant advantages' to the healthy. Students 'should be able to take brain boosting drugs' Daily Telegraph Thu, 18 Jun 2009 16:19 PM PDT Students should be able to take brain boosting drugs like Ritalin to get better exam results an expert has said.

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