Dreyer still critical, in induced coma
Sonoma Index-Tribune Mon, 08 Jun 2009 18:01 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. |
Cancer victim’s family walking for miracles this Saturday
Scottsbluff Star-Herald Mon, 08 Jun 2009 17:35 PM PDT
Many from the area still remember the plight of little Gage Edwards, the 8-year old son of Heather and Justin Edwards of Berea, who fought a long battle with choroid plexus carcinoma, a brain and spinal cancer, before succumbing to the disease on June 12, 2005. |
Health & You
The New Straits Times Mon, 08 Jun 2009 17:23 PM PDT
Q: I AM a 37-year-old male. I was recently diagnosed (through extensive tests) with Redundant Anterior Mitral Valve Leaflets (Mitral Valve Prolapse) and Sick Sinus Syndrome, Cervical Spondylosis (Degenerative), L5S1 Slipped Disc (also Degenerative), Hiatus Hernia with diverticulums (but no pylori), Pineal Brain Cyst and Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia. I believe that one single disease is ... |
Brain Boot Camp Helps Keep Memory In Shape
WCCO Minneapolis - St. Paul Mon, 08 Jun 2009 16:41 PM PDT
Studies have boasted long about the benefits of physical fitness, but what about a book camp for your brain? Early Show national correspondent Hattie Kauffman takes a closer look at the growing trend of workouts to stretch your mind at gyms for the brain. |
Fatal Brain Disease At Work Well Before Symptoms Appear
Science Daily Mon, 08 Jun 2009 16:21 PM PDT
Scientists have discovered why a paralyzing brain disorder speeds along more rapidly in some patients than others -- a finding that may finally give researchers an entry point toward an effective treatment for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, often referred to as ALS or Lou Gehrig's disease. |
Students gear up for challenge
The Star Mon, 08 Jun 2009 15:56 PM PDT
TEAMS from eight secondary schools in the Petaling area will be taking part in a sports day of a different kind â€" one that involves both the brain and brawn â€" with the launch of the Lean Inter-School Challenge at the Sunway Medical Centre in Petaling Jaya recently. |
Woman walks 700 miles for a little known brain disease
14 WFIE Evansville Mon, 08 Jun 2009 15:29 PM PDT
A speech therapist in Jefferson County Public Schools is literally taking a hike this summer. She's putting on her sneakers and walking 700 miles to raise awareness of a horrible disease. |
Creative Problem Solving Enhanced by REM Sleep
Newswise Mon, 08 Jun 2009 14:47 PM PDT
Research led by a leading expert on the positive benefits of napping at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine suggests that Rapid Eye Movement (REM) sleep enhances creative problem-solving. The findings may have important implications for how sleep, specifically REM sleep, fosters the formation of associative networks in the brain. |
Scientists uncover a novel mechanism controlling tumor growth in the brain
PhysOrg Mon, 08 Jun 2009 14:39 PM PDT
As survival rates among some patients with cancer continue to rise, so does the spread of these cancers to the brain - as much as 40 percent of all diagnosed brain cancers are considered metastatic, having spread from a primary cancer elsewhere in the body. |
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