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Surgery for Mental Ills Offers Both Hope and Risk New York Times Fri, 27 Nov 2009 06:06 AM PST Hundreds have undergone brain surgery for problems like depression, anxiety, even obesity. Tourney, breakfast to honor Madison graduateâs memory Madison Eagle Fri, 27 Nov 2009 05:56 AM PST MADISON â€" A soccer tournament, and a pancake breakfast, have been organized in Madison to help establish a scholarship fund in memory of Ben Wieler, a 2007 alumni of Madison High School who died Sept. 24 in Barcelona, Spain, following complications from brain tumor surgery. UC-San Francisco researchers test cancer 'vaccine' against brain tumor San Jose Mercury News Fri, 27 Nov 2009 05:50 AM PST Scientists hope cells from patient's own tumor will trigger immune response Drug charge doctor had history of suspensions Brisbane Times Fri, 27 Nov 2009 05:29 AM PST A BRAIN surgeon charged with supplying illegal drugs after the body of a young woman was found in his apartment had returned to work at Nepean Hospital only months ago following a previous suspension. Two Molecules That Affect Brain Plasticity In Mice Identified By Stanford Scientists Medical News Today Fri, 27 Nov 2009 04:31 AM PST You wouldn't want a car with no brakes. It turns out that the developing brain needs them, too. Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have identified a set of molecular brakes that stabilize the developing brain's circuitry. Brain's Fear Center Is Equipped With A Built-In Suffocation Sensor Medical News Today Fri, 27 Nov 2009 03:31 AM PST The portion of our brains that is responsible for registering fear and even panic has a built-in chemical sensor that is triggered by a primordial terror - suffocation. How Our Brains Can Fill In The Gaps To Create Continuous Sound Medical News Today Fri, 27 Nov 2009 03:31 AM PST It is relatively common for listeners to "hear" sounds that are not really there. In fact, it is the brain's ability to reconstruct fragmented sounds that allows us to successfully carry on a conversation in a noisy room. Now, a new study helps to explain what happens in the brain that allows us to perceive a physically interrupted sound as being continuous. 'We're all here to do something' Chicago Sun-Times Fri, 27 Nov 2009 03:25 AM PST Some day, scientists might want to examine JoAnn DiNello's brain to figure out what makes her tick.It just doesn't seem possible that a human being could be this kind."She's an angel, an absolute angel," gushes her friend Diane Altier, who lives in DiNello's Darien neighborhood.Earlier this year, DiNello, 67, was inducted into the Illinois Department on Aging's Hall of Fame for community service ... Bake sale aids officer Montrose Daily Press Fri, 27 Nov 2009 03:25 AM PST MONTROSE — Police say that once again, the Montrose community came through for one of their own. Earlier this month, Patrol Officer Kenneth Farrington was rushed to Montrose Memorial Hospital, with what proved to be a brain tumor.

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