Stress management
Mayo Clinic Fri, 31 Jul 2009 01:37 AM PDT
Stress is a normal psychological and physical reaction to the demands of life. Your brain comes hard-wired with an alarm system for your protection. When your brain perceives a threat, your body releases a burst of hormones to fuel your fight-or-flight response. |
'Silent' strokes don't leave any outward symptoms
New Kerala Fri, 31 Jul 2009 01:18 AM PDT
Sydney, July 31 : Beware of the 'silent' stroke that doesn't leave any outward symptoms, but causes brain damage. It afflicts people over 60, especially those with high blood pressure. |
Just Expecting A Tasty Food Activates Brain Reward Systems
Science Daily Fri, 31 Jul 2009 00:38 AM PDT
Exposing rats to a context associated with eating chocolate activates a part of the brain's reward system known as the orexin system. The results have implications for the development of new drug treatments for overeating. |
WILMA: Regulators, promoter, boxer settle
Missoulian Fri, 31 Jul 2009 00:29 AM PDT
After nearly four years of litigation, the state of Montana has settled a lawsuit with amateur Missoula boxer Nate “Irish†Riley, who sued the promoters and regulators of a fight at the Wilma that left him brain-damaged. |
Hope fades for Modesto boy
Modesto Bee Fri, 31 Jul 2009 00:03 AM PDT
The 10-year-old Modesto boy shot Tuesday night is brain-dead, authorities said Thursday. The child was being kept alive by life support equipment, said Deputy District Attorney Tom Brennan. |
Rockland Awarded Grant to Increase Brain Health to Seniors
PRWeb via Yahoo! News Fri, 31 Jul 2009 00:00 AM PDT
Brain Fitness computer programs slated to promote mental wellness in seniors. Dr. Karen Oates, Rockland County (NY) Mental Health Association and Adriane Berg, CEO of Generation Bold, design Brain Fitness program for seniors under the auspices of Harriet Cornell's Project Tomorrow Program, through a grant from the New York State Department of Aging. |
NEW VIDEO:
ABC 15 Phoenix Thu, 30 Jul 2009 23:45 PM PDT
SCOTTSDALE, AZ -- When Cori Bachler found out that her friend's mother had brain cancer, she did what she always does, try to help. The 11-year-old Scottsdale resident decided to start a lemonade stand with the help of some of her friends from Desert Shadows Elementary School. |
Brain injury center gets funds
The Montana Standard Thu, 30 Jul 2009 23:41 PM PDT
A Whitehall center for people with brain injuries has received a $450,000 loan and a $14,000 grant in federal stimulus money, according to a news release. |
A fighting chance
Tri-Lakes Tribune Thu, 30 Jul 2009 22:52 PM PDT
Bryan Grossman Maria Broyles knows how to fight. The 11-year-old Classical Academy sixth-grader has been fighting in one form or another since she was 7. It was then she was diagnosed with neurofibromatosis type 2, a disease that can lead to tumors, seizures and lesions on the brain. |
Fla. hospital defends secretly deporting patient
Journal Inquirer Thu, 30 Jul 2009 22:49 PM PDT
STUART, Fla. â€" All sides agree on one thing in the strange case of a South Florida hospital that secretly repatriated a seriously brain injured patient back to Guatemala. |
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