Partnership for Dignity
Kitchen and Bath Business Sat, 27 Jun 2009 21:28 PM PDT
ALS is a cruel illness. Also known as Lou Gehrig's Disease, it attacks the nerve cells in its victim's brain stem and spinal cord, taking one motor function at a time until the person, though fully cognizant, cannot move, eat, speak or even breathe on their own. |
On the road again
The Daily Progress Sat, 27 Jun 2009 21:21 PM PDT
The 20-year-old, training for a triathlon, had broken every bone in his face and suffered brain injury on Nov. 2, when he lost control of his bike and smashed, face-first, into a car going 40 miles an hour. |
Friends of hope daycamp
KXII Sherman Sat, 27 Jun 2009 20:43 PM PDT
SHERMAN TX-- "Brain injury is five times more prevalent than cerebral palsy, spinal bifida, spinal cord injury, HIV and breast cancer all put together.รข€ said Barbara Booth, an organizer of the Friends of hope camp. |
New Gene Discovery Links Obesity To The Brain
Science Daily Sat, 27 Jun 2009 20:19 PM PDT
A variation in a gene that is active in the central nervous system is associated with increased risk for obesity, according to a new study. The research adds to evidence that genes influence appetite and that the brain plays a key role in obesity. |
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