Probe: VA lab spent $3M, no veterans tested Temple Daily Telegram Wed, 24 Jun 2009 22:09 PM PDT WASHINGTON - Three years ago, the Department of Veterans Affairs established a laboratory at the University of Texas at Austin with high expectations that it would conduct state-of-the art research into combat-related brain injuries. | MSU professor uses MRIs for childrenâs autism research The State News Wed, 24 Jun 2009 21:18 PM PDT Brain scanning technology is helping an MSU professor study autism, aiding efforts toward MSUâs goal of becoming a national center of autism research. Margaret Semrud-Clikeman, a psychology professor and director of MSUâs Center for Neurodevelopmental Study, uses MRIs to study how the brain processes social situations in children with autism. | Dental Angels aid low-income residents Chattanooga Times Free Press Wed, 24 Jun 2009 21:18 PM PDT When Dr. Elenora Woods heard about a 12-year-old Maryland boy dying because his mother couldn't afford dental care for him and a tooth infection spread to his brain, she wanted to make sure that didn't happen in Tennessee. | 'It's bionics' â" and a lifesaver Orlando Sentinel Wed, 24 Jun 2009 20:37 PM PDT Parkinson's disease left Michel Medina Gonzalez unable to walk, talk or feed himself. But a cutting-edge treatment he received in Orlando helped fix that. M ichel Medina Gonzalez shook violently in his chair inside a patient room at Orlando Regional Medical Center, where he was fitted earlier this month with a brain implant to control his symptoms of Parkinson's disease. | Questions/Answers Inland Valley Daily Bulletin Wed, 24 Jun 2009 20:33 PM PDT Questions and answers on Daily Bulletin stories from readers like you. Drinking during pregnancy can seriously harm a baby's brain, yet thousands of mothers-to-be still do. | Judge: Boy Beaten On Father's Day Brain Dead CBS4 Miami Wed, 24 Jun 2009 20:00 PM PDT A 7-year-old boy who traveled to the state to spend the summer with his father and who, prosecutors say, was severely beaten by him on Father's Day can be removed from life support, a judge ruled Wednesday. Juvenile Court Judge Carol Erskine delivered the ruling after a hearing in which a doctor at UMass Memorial Medical Center testified that the boy, Nathaniel Turner, didn't respond to a number ... | Blood drive to help out teen News 10 Now Syracuse Wed, 24 Jun 2009 19:59 PM PDT Once again, the community is coming forward to help an Onondaga County teenager with a rare type of brain cancer. | Study Uncovers How Tiny Levels of Carbon Monoxide Damage Fetal Brain Newswise Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:27 PM PDT A UCLA study has discovered that chronic exposure during pregnancy to miniscule levels of carbon monoxide damages the cells of the fetal brain, resulting in permanent impairment. The journal BMC (BioMed Central) Neuroscience published the findings June 22 in its online edition. | State Health Dept. reacts to cancer cluster WPTV West Palm Beach Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:16 PM PDT We've started mapping out where people live in the Acreage who are affected by brain tumors now State Health Department officials say they are investigating. | | |
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