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Tennessee Rehabilitation Center students reach milestone
Daily News Journal Fri, 28 Aug 2009 13:52 PM PDT
SMYRNA â€" Dozens of young men and women with significant disabilities, including traumatic brain injury, mental retardation and blindness, accepted their graduation certificates from the Tennessee Rehabilitation Center (TRC) in Smyrna today. All of the students are determined to improve their lives and enter or return to the workforce.

INTERACTIVE: Kennedy tribute slideshow
Greeley Tribune Fri, 28 Aug 2009 13:50 PM PDT
This audio slideshow is a tribute to Massachusetts Sen. Edward M. Kennedy. He died Aug. 25 at age 77, after battling a brain tumor. For nearly a half-century in the Senate, Kennedy was a dominant voice on health care, civil rights, war and peace,...

Brain May Use Its 'Mind's Eye' to Control Chaos
MedicineNet.com Fri, 28 Aug 2009 13:28 PM PDT
Title: Brain May Use Its 'Mind's Eye' to Control Chaos Category: Health News Created: 8/28/2009 8:10:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 8/28/2009

Brain Can Cope With Emotions of Psoriasis
MedicineNet.com Fri, 28 Aug 2009 13:27 PM PDT
Title: Brain Can Cope With Emotions of Psoriasis Category: Health News Created: 8/28/2009 Last Editorial Review: 8/28/2009

Scientists Construct 'Off Switch' For Parkinson Therapy
Science Daily Fri, 28 Aug 2009 13:21 PM PDT
Addressing safety concerns related to potential gene therapies for Parkinson's disease, researchers at the have constructed a gene transfer therapy that can be inhibited with a common antibiotic. Experiments in rats show that the gene therapy product can be completely shut off, indicating for the first time that genes that have been irrevocably delivered to the brain to treat Parkinson's can be ...

Scans Shed New Light on Concussions
Health Scout Fri, 28 Aug 2009 13:14 PM PDT
Technology helps detect hidden brain damage, study shows.

Weighing Hope and Reality in Kennedy’s Cancer Battle
New York Times Fri, 28 Aug 2009 13:10 PM PDT
When Senator Edward M. Kennedy learned he had brain cancer last year, he became one of the millions whose fate was not much changed by the cancer war.

New website shows your risk of death in a year
Geek.com Fri, 28 Aug 2009 12:31 PM PDT
Well, here’s a website that is sure to make you a little depressed. A new website allows you to see your risk of dying over the next year. The website, DeathRiskRankings.com, is the brain child of the Center for the Study and Improvement of Regulation at Carnegie Mellon University. Risk rankings are available for up [...]

Wendy Damonte's Health Watch Reports More>>
KTVN Reno Fri, 28 Aug 2009 11:34 AM PDT
FRIDAY, Aug. 28 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers say they've discovered a new way to detect evidence of brain damage after concussions, potentially paving the way toward more effective treatments for head injuries.

Remembering Sen. Edward Kennedy
Minnesota Public Radio Fri, 28 Aug 2009 11:34 AM PDT
Thousands of people are paying their final respects to Sen. Edward Kennedy, who died this week after a battle with brain cancer. We look back at Sen. Kennedy's life and career.




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