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New York looks for stricter concussion guidelines WSYR 9 Syracuse Thu, 28 Jan 2010 14:02 PM PST Dewitt (WSYR-TV) - There are two pieces of legislation being considered in New York right now dealing with student athletes and brain injuries. The legislation in the Assembly requires school districts to establish and implement guidelines regarding concussions. The legislation in the Senate would require mandatory training for coaches on recognizing brain injury, as well as outline what ... Some Childhood Cancer Survivors Face More Challenges at School HealthDay via Yahoo! News Thu, 28 Jan 2010 13:03 PM PST THURSDAY, Jan. 28 (HealthDay News) -- Survivors of childhood brain cancer or other central nervous system cancers, or leukemia, are less successful in school than their peers, a new study has found. Weight-loss pill using leptin in the works UPI Thu, 28 Jan 2010 12:54 PM PST MONTREAL, Jan. 28 (UPI) -- Researchers at the University of Montreal say they are developing a pill composed of leptin -- the protein that tells the brain to stop eating. Mayo reseachers develop possible “game changing” advance to deep brain stimulation MedCity News Thu, 28 Jan 2010 12:37 PM PST Dr. Kendall Lee, Mayo Clinic ROCHESTER, Minnesota--The pacemaker and implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICD) revolutionized heart medicine (and gave birth to a multi-billion dollar global industry) by successfully blending detection and therapy into one "smart" device. The technology notices a faulty heart beat and automatically delivers an electric shock to correct it. Now researchers at ... Alzheimer's disease imaged long before symptoms appear Science Daily Thu, 28 Jan 2010 12:20 PM PST Researchers 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. A brain divided Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Thu, 28 Jan 2010 12:10 PM PST Barack Obama tiptoed Wednesday night along the seam that bifurcates the Democratic Party's brain. The seam separates that brain's John Quincy Adams lobe from its Sigmund Freud lobe. Study Offers Evidence that Spongiform Brain Diseases are Caused by Aberrant Protein Newswise Thu, 28 Jan 2010 11:47 AM PST Scientists have determined how a normal protein can be converted into a prion, an infectious agent that causes fatal brain diseases in humans and mammals. Vail Valley: Nutrition plays role in learning, memory Vail Daily Thu, 28 Jan 2010 11:45 AM PST VAIL VALLEY, Colorado - Does your child exhibit impulsive behaviors, a quick temper or difficulty waiting their turn? Have you noticed a decline in your ability to remember? Our livelihood is in our brains. Most of us take care of ourselves by eating healthy and exercising. Learn how to take care of your brain and prevent the degeneration often associated with "aging" during functional medicine ... Uncorrelated activity in the brain EurekAlert! Thu, 28 Jan 2010 11:26 AM PST Interconnected networks of neurons process information and give rise to perception by communicating with one another via small electrical impulses known as action potentials. In the past, scientists believed that adjacent neurons synchronized their action potentials. However, researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics in Germany said in a ... South African flanker Kruger dies aged 39 CNN Thu, 28 Jan 2010 11:23 AM PST Former South African rugby World Cup winner Ruben Kruger has passed away following a long battle with brain cancer.

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