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Dyslexia linked to brain differences
UPI Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:08 PM PDT
EDINBURGH, Scotland, June 30 (UPI) -- Scottish researchers say they found right hemisphere differences in the brains of those with dyslexia.

Brain injury program list nears 200
Sooke News Mirror Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:13 PM PDT
When 26-year-old Shannon Wiley was moved from Victoria General Hospital’s neurological rehabilitation ward to a care ward full of seniors waiting for assisted living placement, her heart sank.

Ilchi Lee, World-Renowned Brain Educator, Brings 'Vibrate Your Brain to Life' to London
PRWeb Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:06 PM PDT
Founder of the Brain Wave vibration method, award-winning author and president of the International Brain Education Association, Lee's provocative, highly interactive presentation comes to London this month. Learn how to harness gentle, rhythmic shaking and access a higher plane of human consciousness. (PRWeb Jun 30, 2009) Read the full story at ...

Sister Helps Raise Funds for Brother in Need
KFYR-TV Bismarck Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:57 PM PDT
Over at the Kensington this afternoon, a benefit was held for Jayce Kringen, a 7 year-old who is fighting against brain cancer. Jayce is currently in Rochester, Minnesota, where he is undergoing treatment.

Ruling bars lawsuit in Iraq fuel convoy injury - Army News, news from Iraq, - Army Times
Army Times Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:56 PM PDT
ATLANTA â€" The wife of a soldier incapacitated by a brain injury in a wreck during a fuel convoy in Iraq cannot sue the civilian contractor delivering the fuel, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday.

In brain health, Nevada ranks middle of pack
Las Vegas Sun Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:29 PM PDT
In brain health, Nevada ranks in the middle of the pack of 50 states and the District of Columbia, a new index said.

Remembering Hillsborough County Elections Supervisor Phyllis Busansky
Creative Loafing Tampa Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:08 PM PDT
And wondering who runs the Elections Office next.... By Wayne Garcia Faaaabulous!: Phyllis Busansky in 2006, during her unsuccessful bid for the U.S. Congress, on the campaign trail with Sen. John Kerry. It's funny the things you remember -- and don't remember -- about your friends when they die. I spent much of an afternoon last week searching my brain for a tiny detail about Phyllis Busansky ...

Court Rules Soldier's Wife Can't Sue
Georgia Public Broadcasting News Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:36 PM PDT
A federal appeals court says the wife of a U.S. soldier incapacitated by brain injury in a wreck during a fuel convoy in Iraq cannot sue the civilian contractor delivering the fuel. Sgt. Keith Carmichael, of Atlanta, was a gunner assigned to ride in a tanker truck operated by Kellogg, Brown & Root during the 2004 convoy. He was thrown and pinned beneath the truck when the civilian driver failed ...

Imaging study shows decrease in empathic responses to outsiders
PhysOrg Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:18 PM PDT
An observer feels more empathy for someone in pain when that person is in the same social group, according to new research in the July 1 issue of The Journal of Neuroscience. The study shows that perceiving others in pain activates a part of the brain associated with empathy and emotion more if the observer and the observed are the same race. The findings may show that unconscious prejudices ...




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