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ECU Notes: Effort spreads word about aphasia The Daily Reflector Mon, 30 Nov 2009 06:04 AM PST ECU has partnered with the Greenville Fire-Rescue Department to get the word out about aphasia, which is difficulty or loss in communication usually created by stroke or brain injury. Probe into attacked baby's death BBC News Mon, 30 Nov 2009 06:03 AM PST The death of a boy who suffered brain injuries in an attack at a Huddersfield hospital when he was just days old is investigated by police. Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Initiates Phase III Trial with Florbetaben PET Tracer for Imaging of Cerebral beta ... PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance Mon, 30 Nov 2009 06:00 AM PST Today at the 95th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America , Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc. announced the enrollment of the first patient in an international Phase III clinical trial to evaluate the efficacy and safety of florbetaben PET imaging in the detection of beta-Amyloid plaques in the brain, which are a pathological hallmark of Alzheimer ... Bonita motorcyclist in a coma after morning accident Naples Daily News Mon, 30 Nov 2009 05:28 AM PST A fitness director from Bonita is in intensive care after an early morning motorcycle crash. Florida Highway Patrol said Joey Kundtz, 35, lost control and hit the median on US-41 near San Carlos Boulevard just after 2:00 a.m. Sunday.His family tells us that he is in a coma with extensive brain swelling. Kundtz is the fitness director at the Commons Club in the Brooks Community in Bonita Springs ... Merced boy honored for amazing tale of survival Merced Sun-Star Mon, 30 Nov 2009 05:26 AM PST ATWATER -- This is the story of a little boy who should have died but didn't.On April 8, 2005, 3-year-old Atticus Villanueva was run over by a truck as he wandered onto Gerard Avenue. His skull was fractured in several places, and he sustained massive brain trauma. As his little body lay in the road, blood poured out of his ears, nose and mouth.Now, more than four years later and after a long ... Alzheimer's from A to Z The Record and Herald News Mon, 30 Nov 2009 05:09 AM PST Today marks the end of Alzheimer's Awareness Month, which brings to light the progressive and fatal brain disease named for German doctor Alois Alzheimer. New Brain Connections Form Rapidly During Motor Learning Medical News Today Mon, 30 Nov 2009 04:29 AM PST New connections begin to form between brain cells almost immediately as animals learn a new task, according to a study published this week in Nature. Led by researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, the study involved detailed observations of the rewiring processes that take place in the brain during motor learning. Federal jury to hear Garland Co. jail case Pine Bluff Commercial Mon, 30 Nov 2009 04:28 AM PST A federal jury is set to hear a case involving a 22-year-old Iraq War veteran who suffered severe brain damage after slipping into a coma in the Garland County jail in 2007. Boozing mothers are damaging their babies Sarnia Observer Mon, 30 Nov 2009 04:19 AM PST Alcohol consumption during pregnancy can impact the brain, yet 30 per cent of pregnant women still drink, says a leading expert on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome.[...] Soldier rebuilding memory, life The Fort Collins Coloradoan Mon, 30 Nov 2009 04:13 AM PST Adam Paul hopes to tap into the power of his brain to help rebuild his life.

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