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The Rookie Season Prince Wraps Up First Pro Season The Kitsap Sun Wed, 23 Sep 2009 18:01 PM PDT So what does a baseball player do once his first season as a professional is over? If you’re Jared Prince, you head to exotic locations such as Pullman. That’s where you’ll find the North Kitsap product, earning the final 12 credits needed for his social science degree. Prince is taking brain-taxing courses such as racquetball and sports psychology. He’ll have his degree in hand as he embarks ... 'Reservoir' for HIV found in brain Northern Star Wed, 23 Sep 2009 17:45 PM PDT AUSTRALIAN scientists have identified another key "reservoir" for HIV - in the brain - posing a new challenge in the search for a way to eradicate the virus from the body. Henrico woman sentenced for daughter’s severe injuries Richmond Times-Dispatch Wed, 23 Sep 2009 17:38 PM PDT A 23-year-old Henrico County woman faces 25 years in prison for inflicting injuries that left one of her twin daughters with permanent brain damage. India Lakesha Scott was sentenced yesterday to 20 years in prison for malicious wounding and five years on two counts of felony child abuse and neglect for the injuries to the girl, who was less than 3 months old when her injuries were discovered at ... Moffitt Cancer Center, American Brain Tumor Association Host Brain Tumor Talks Clearwater Gazette Wed, 23 Sep 2009 17:35 PM PDT TAMPA - Moffitt Cancer Center and the American Brain Tumor Association will host Brain Tumor Talks from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Sept. 29 in the Vincent A. Stabile Research Building, David R. Murphey Conference Room, 12902 Magnolia Drive. The event is free and open to the public. Santa Clara County jury awards $49 million to Pacheco Pass accident victim San Jose Mercury News Wed, 23 Sep 2009 17:03 PM PDT After five-week trial, jury concludes truckers' reckless driving on perilous Pacheco Pass caused tragedy that left plaintiff brain damaged for life. State had already settled for $10 million. Lawyers seek to reverse woman's conviction Macomb Daily Wed, 23 Sep 2009 16:48 PM PDT With new medical opinion available, attorneys are trying to reverse the conviction of woman who is serving a 10-year prison term for causing severe brain damage to her infant nephew by shaking him. Preventing Second Stroke May Stave Off Dementia Forbes Wed, 23 Sep 2009 16:41 PM PDT Not all agree, though, that biggest risk factor is the brain attack itself Kitchen Makeover To Benefit Young Cancer Patients WCPO Cincinnati Wed, 23 Sep 2009 16:37 PM PDT You have a chance to win a dream kitchen and help find a cure for pediatric brain cancer. Boy, 4, Still Fighting After Brain Injury From Baseball News Channel 5 Cleveland Wed, 23 Sep 2009 16:26 PM PDT A 4-year-old Ohio boy in a medically induced coma has a long road to recovery after being struck by a baseball at a minor league game. New Brain Pathway Discovered For Regulating Weight And Bone Mass redOrbit Wed, 23 Sep 2009 16:16 PM PDT Contrary to the prevailing view, the hormone leptin, which is critical for normal food intake and metabolism, appears to regulate bone mass and suppress appetite by acting mainly through serotonin pathways in the brain, according to a recent study published in Cell by Yale School of Medicine researchers and colleagues at Columbia University.

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