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How seniors can avoid falling Lake County News-Sun Mon, 26 Apr 2010 02:01 AM PDT If you are of the baby boomer generation, surely you remember watching actor Robert Culp sculpt his role as secret agent Kelly Robinson in the ground-breaking 1960s international espionage television series " I Spy ."Sadly, the 79-year-old actor recently passed from a traumatic brain injury after falling on a sidewalk near his Hollywood home. Culp's accident serves as a crucial reminder that ... Uncontrolled brain activity linked to epilepsy New Kerala Mon, 26 Apr 2010 01:23 AM PDT London, April 26 : An American study has shed new light on the mechanism behind epilepsy attacks in the brain. Pig vaccine could curb spread of fatal brain disease AlertNet Mon, 26 Apr 2010 01:19 AM PDT Source: SciDev.Net [YAOUNDÉ] Researchers in Cameroon have reported success with a vaccine that rids pigs of a parasite that can cause a potentially fatal brain disease in humans. The parasite Taenia solium known as ... Poison's Bret Michaels 'critical' BBC News Mon, 26 Apr 2010 00:41 AM PDT Poison singer Bret Michaels remains in a critical condition in hospital after being diagnosed with a brain haemorrhage, his publicist says. FTO gene variant is associated with obesity, brain tissue loss The Daily Bruin Mon, 26 Apr 2010 00:29 AM PDT A gene variant present in about 50 percent of the global population that is known to contribute to obesity is now believed to be associated with yet another dire effect: significant brain tissue loss. Study: Online games don't improve cognitive function, manufacturers disagree Louisville Courier-Journal Mon, 26 Apr 2010 00:27 AM PDT Computer brain games may not offer the big mental boost many were hoping for, new research suggests, but brain scientists and brain-game experts don't all agree on the findings. National Brain Tumor Society plans 16th annual Bay Area Brain Tumor Walk May 1 Lake County News Sun, 25 Apr 2010 23:47 PM PDT SAN FRANCISCO â€" Personal stories last year of Senator Kennedy and American Idol winner David Cook’s brother have been heard around the nation. It’s time to give a voice to the people in your community who have lost a loved one and need help today. Byram director of planning dies The Township Journal Sun, 25 Apr 2010 23:29 PM PDT BYRAM Director of Planning Christopher George Hellwig died Friday, April 16, after a long battle with cancer which took the form of an inoperable brain tumor. Hellwig, who began his employment with Byram in July of 2005, was a resident of Pisctaway. Patricia Ann Branstiter Lexington Clipper-Herald Sun, 25 Apr 2010 23:25 PM PDT Patricia Ann Branstiter, 67, of Lexington, died from brain cancer on Wednesday, April 21, 2010, at her home in Lexington surrounded by family and friends. Affidavit: Passenger in Suffield car crash suffered traumatic brain injury Journal Inquirer Sun, 25 Apr 2010 22:38 PM PDT High speeds and snowy conditions contributed to a January car crash in Suffield that left one of the car’s occupants hospitalized with a traumatic brain injury, according to an affidavit supporting the driver’s arrest, which was filed in Enfield Superior Court.

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