Teen brain dead after football hit
KREM.com Spokane Sun, 27 Sep 2009 22:04 PM PDT
WASHTUCNA, Wash. -- A 16-year-old Valley Christian football player was pronounced brain dead Sunday after suffering serious head injuries playing in a football game. |
Hamilton, Hamill return to the ice for inspiration
Florida Today Sun, 27 Sep 2009 21:48 PM PDT
Scott Hamilton will skate on TV for the first time since battling a brain tumor, joining fellow Olympian and cancer survivor Dorothy Hamill for a special intended to inspire viewers to triumph over illness. |
Universal screening lowers risk of severe jaundice in infants
EurekAlert! Sun, 27 Sep 2009 21:33 PM PDT
( University of California - San Francisco ) Screening all newborns for excessive bilirubin in the blood can significantly decrease the incidence of severe jaundice which, in extreme cases, can lead to seizures and brain damage, according to researchers at UCSF Children's Hospital and Kaiser Permanente's Division of Research in Oakland, Calif. |
Joint Chiefs chairman seeks brain-injury limit
USA Today Sun, 27 Sep 2009 21:25 PM PDT
U.S. servicemembers who suffer up to three mild traumatic brain injuries or concussions during a deployment typically from roadside bombs could be pulled out of combat for the duration of their tour, according to a policy being pushed by Adm. Michael Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. |
Offender with six DUIs gets out on work release
The Kansas City Star Sun, 27 Sep 2009 21:07 PM PDT
WICHITA | Sedgwick County authorities continue to investigate after a clerical error allowed a man who had six DUIs to go to work release when he should have been in jail. Johnny Dore was sentenced to 18 months in jail after a March 2007 accident that left Myrna Haas with broken ribs and a broken shoulder and her husband, Russ, with a brain injury. |
James Wood: The scientific fictions of Richard Powers.
The New Yorker Sun, 27 Sep 2009 21:05 PM PDT
The fiction of Richard Powers sometimes resembles a dying satyrâ€"above the waist is a mind full of serious thought, philosophical reflection, deep exploration of music and science; below, a pair of spindly legs strain to support the great weight of the ambitious brain. Powers thinks, and thinks well . . . |
Tate murderer dies in prison
Jam! Showbiz Sun, 27 Sep 2009 20:49 PM PDT
Actress Sharon Tate's murderer Susan Atkins has died from brain cancer in a California prison, just weeks after she was rejected parole. |
$16m Youth Mental Health Facility Opens
University of Sydney News Sun, 27 Sep 2009 20:34 PM PDT
The Governor of New South Wales has officially opened the $16 million Youth Mental Health building at the University's Brain & Mind Research Institute (BMRI) |
Sharon Tate's murderer dies in prison
3news Sun, 27 Sep 2009 19:38 PM PDT
Sharon Tate's murderer Susan Atkins has died from brain cancer in a California prison, just weeks after she was rejected parole. |
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