‘I Got Caught!’
The Fairfield Ledger Thu, 25 Feb 2010 13:52 PM PST
Chad Thomas of Voice for Injury Prevention demonstrates to Lincoln Elementary School students the way to properly protect their heads with a bicycle helmet, using a real melon to show how it’s done. The program, entitled “I Got Caught!†educates young Iowans about injury prevention. The program emphasizes safety activities which can prevent a brain or spinal cord injury. In addition to educating ... |
Strokes In Children Increasing
KDKA Pittsburgh Thu, 25 Feb 2010 13:38 PM PST
A stroke is when part of the brain loses its blood supply and stops functioning. There have been predictable patterns for who gets stroke depending on age, but findings being presented at an international stroke conference are challenging that. |
Update: Man Killed By Falling Tree In Central Park
Gothamist Thu, 25 Feb 2010 13:34 PM PST
from "Oliver 62"'s flickr [ UPDATE BELOW ]: A man was killed "after a tree fell on top of him" in Central Park near the corner of East 69th Street and Fifth Avenue, according to police scanner reports. The victim was found dead at some time before 3:35 pm, and police and emergency workers have been dispatched to the scene. Last year, a man suffered brain damage and spinal injuries after a large ... |
NFL combine puts more emphasis on concussions
AP via Yahoo! Sports Thu, 25 Feb 2010 13:02 PM PST
The focus on head injuries in pro football is turning to this year's potential draft picks. For the first time, all 329 invited players at this week's NFL scouting combine will be given a baseline brain activity exam -- called the ImPACT test -- and will likely face more grilling than previous classes did about their concussion histories. |
You Can Reduce BPA Exposure
NewsInferno Thu, 25 Feb 2010 13:00 PM PST
Bisphenol aâ€"commonly known as BPAâ€"was developed in the 1930s as an estrogenic mimicker and is used in the industrial manufacture of plastics. Countless established and emerging reports continue to confirm that the ubiquitous chemical appears to cause significant disruption to the body’s endocrine system and has been linked to cardiovascular disease, intestinal problems, and brain [...] |
Notch-Blocking Drugs Kill Brain Cancer Stem Cells, Yet Multiple Therapies May be Needed
Newswise Thu, 25 Feb 2010 12:45 PM PST
Working with mice, Johns Hopkins scientists who tested drugs intended to halt growth of brain cancer stem cells - a small population of cells within tumors that perpetuate cancer growth - conclude that blocking these cells may be somewhat effective, but more than one targeted drug attack may be needed to get the job done. |
Why Symptoms of Schizophrenia Emerge in Young Adulthood
Newswise Thu, 25 Feb 2010 12:44 PM PST
In reports of two new studies, researchers led by Johns Hopkins say they have identified the mechanisms rooted in two anatomical brain abnormalities that may explain the onset of schizophrenia and the reason symptoms don't develop until young adulthood. Both types of anatomical glitches are influenced by a gene known as DISC1, whose mutant form was first identified in a Scottish family with a ... |
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