Pepper Spray Training Sends Jail Guard Into Coma
WPXI Pittsburgh Wed, 03 Feb 2010 10:07 AM PST
A 42-year-old Washington County corrections officer is in a coma following brain surgery after she was exposed to pepper spray during a training session on Monday. |
Chemical imbalance may explain crib death: study
CTV Toronto Wed, 03 Feb 2010 09:53 AM PST
An imbalance of the chemical serotonin in a baby's brain may be behind sudden infant death syndrome, the exact cause of which has eluded scientists for decades, new research suggests. |
Locals donate life
Kern Valley Sun Wed, 03 Feb 2010 09:20 AM PST
Meagan NolaskoSpecial to the Sun For Kristine Clemmons, of Lake Isabella, organ donation is not just some vague, abstract concept. She has lived it. Her son, Trevor Frisch, was just three days old when he became an organ donor on April 16, 1998; he was born brain-dead. |
National Athletic Trainerâs Association spearheads summit
Kern Valley Sun Wed, 03 Feb 2010 09:13 AM PST
Press Release WHY: There is a youth sports safety crisis in Americaâ€"recent studies point to a prolific increase in catastrophic injuries despite our collective best efforts to prevent and treat them. Brain injury, devastating heat illness and sudden cardiac arrest are just a few of the serious conditions suffered by children on the playing field today. There were at least 115 sport-related ... |
Raffle to benefit Mitchell family
The Sentinel Wed, 03 Feb 2010 08:41 AM PST
A flat-screen television will be raffled off Saturday at the York Springs Fire Co., with proceeds to benefit 5-year-old Carly Mitchell of Mt. Holly Springs, who is battling a rare and inoperable brain tumor. |
PATH To Pay FDA $480,000 To Speed Creation Of Pneumococcal Vaccine For Developing World
Medical News Today Wed, 03 Feb 2010 08:26 AM PST
The FDA on Monday said it's entering into a collaboration with the nonprofit group PATH "to speed creation of a pneumococcal vaccine for children in developing nations," United Press International reports (2/1). "The bacteria, Streptococcus pneumoniae, can cause fatal infections of the ear, lungs, blood and brain; worldwide, it kills almost one million children a year," the New York Times writes ... |
Researchers Link SIDS And Serotonin Levels
redOrbit Wed, 03 Feb 2010 08:16 AM PST
NIH-funded study finds abnormalities in brain region that regulates breathing, sleepThe brains of infants who die of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) produce low levels of serotonin, a brain chemical that conveys messages between cells and plays a vital role in regulating breathing, heart rate, and sleep, reported researchers funded by the National Institutes of Health.SIDS is the death of an ... |
Three Brain Diseases Linked By Toxic Form Of Same Neural Protein
redOrbit Wed, 03 Feb 2010 08:16 AM PST
Image Caption: The toxic form of Elk-1 is present in plaque found in brain tissue from an Alzheimer disease patient (red asterisk). A neuronal process of a dying neuron is denoted by the red arrow. Credit: James Eberwine, PhD, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine |
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