Ex-chair of NFL brain panel denies link to disease
Park Hills Daily Journal Thu, 28 Jan 2010 09:59 AM PST
DETROIT (AP) â€" Former NFL player Kyle Turley told members of Congress on Monday that while he still had a severe headache, the St. Louis Rams cleared him for full-contact drills four days after a concussion seven years ago. |
Albert Capsouto, pioneering Tribeca restaurateur, 53
The Villager Thu, 28 Jan 2010 09:46 AM PST
Albert Capsouto, pioneering restaurateur and advocate for small businesses, died Jan. 19 at the age of 53, just two months after he was diagnosed with a brain tumor. |
UCLA researchers image earliest signs of Alzheimer's, before symptoms appear
EurekAlert! Thu, 28 Jan 2010 09:42 AM PST
Researchers at UCLA were able to predict a brain's progression to Alzheimer's by measuring subtle changes in brain structure over time, changes that occur long before the symptoms of AD can be seen. With an earlier diagnosis, earlier intervention would be possible. |
Praise for St Albans MP from brain disease victim
St Albans & Harpenden Review Thu, 28 Jan 2010 08:48 AM PST
A ST ALBANS woman who fears she may have been infected with a fatal brain disease through a blood transfusion has praised MP Anne Main for supporting her cause. |
Lowered Educational Attainment Found In Childhood Survivors Of CNS Cancers And Leukemia
Medical News Today Thu, 28 Jan 2010 08:37 AM PST
Childhood cancer survivors who had brain or other central nervous system cancers, or leukemia, achieve lower-than-expected educational success compared with the general public, according to an article published online January 27 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. This study was undertaken because previous studies on educational attainment among childhood cancer survivors were small ... |
Map Of Fear Memory Formation Extended By Brain Scientists
Medical News Today Thu, 28 Jan 2010 08:36 AM PST
Draw a map of the brain when fear and anxiety are involved, and the amygdala - the brain's almond-shaped center for panic and fight-or-flight responses - looms large. But the amygdala doesn't do its job alone. Scientists at Emory University have recently built upon work from others, extending the fear map to part of the brain known as the prelimbic cortex. Researchers led by Kerry Ressler, MD ... |
Huntington's Disease: Discovery Of Mechanism In Brain Cell Injury Offers New Treatment Approaches
Medical News Today Thu, 28 Jan 2010 08:36 AM PST
Scientists at the Brain Research Centre and Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics have uncovered a key cellular mechanism that alters brain cell function in Huntington's disease, and identified a possible treatment for the disease. The results of the study were published online today and will appear in the January 28 edition of the journal Neuron. Huntington's disease is an inherited ... |
State Law Proposed To Protect Athletes With Head Injuries
Hartford Courant Thu, 28 Jan 2010 08:33 AM PST
Democratic state lawmakers are proposing a bill to help protect student athletes from the effects of brain concussions. The tagline for the legislation is: "When in doubt, sit it out." |
Roosevelt May Have Had Brain Tumor When He Met Stalin (Update1)
Bloomberg Thu, 28 Jan 2010 08:11 AM PST
Jan. 28 (Bloomberg) -- Franklin Delano Roosevelt died of a stroke on April 12, 1945, shortly before the end of World War II. A new book, “ FDR’s Deadly Secret ,†makes a persuasive case that Roosevelt’s stroke was caused by a brain tumor that had metastasized from melanoma over his left eyebrow, which he and his doctors worked hard to cover up. |
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