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Decade in Review: 2000 Worcester Telegram & Gazette Sun, 27 Dec 2009 04:30 AM PST Worcester agrees to pay $400,000 to the family of Cristino W. Hernandez, the bipolar El Salvadoran who died of a brain injury that resulted from police restraint used during his 1993 arrest. NFL to ask its players to donate brains for study Park Hills Daily Journal Sun, 27 Dec 2009 03:23 AM PST The NFL is partnering with Boston University brain researchers who have been critical of the league’s stance on concussions, The Associated Press learned Sunday. NOTABLE NEIGHBOR Nonprofit work just the right fit Arkansas News Bureau Sun, 27 Dec 2009 03:21 AM PST Laurie Marshall says losing her mother, Cheryl Willock, to brain cancer earlier this year gave new meaning to her work as development coordinator for Hope Cancer Resources, formerly H.O.P.E. Inc. (Helping Oncology Patients Excel). Small Changes in Protein Chemistry Play Large Role in Huntington's Disease Kansas City InfoZine Sun, 27 Dec 2009 02:53 AM PST In Huntington's disease, a mutated protein in the body becomes toxic to brain cells. Recent studies have demonstrated that a small region adjacent to the mutated segment plays a major role in the toxicity. APNewsBreak: Chairs of NFL concussion panel resign Park Hills Daily Journal Sun, 27 Dec 2009 02:43 AM PST Commissioner Roger Goodell sent a wide-ranging memo about concussions to NFL teams Tuesday, saying the co-chairmen of the league’s committee on brain injuries have resigned and that he is examining potential rule changes “to reduce head impacts.” Concussions reach into all levels of sports Rochester Democrat and Chronicle Sun, 27 Dec 2009 02:13 AM PST These violent head injuries that disturb brain function might lead to a variety of physical, cognitive and emotional problems.

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