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Martek Biosciences and the National Center for Creative Aging Introduce New Brain Health Awareness Campaign ... PRWeb Thu, 27 May 2010 10:12 AM PDT Martek Biosciences (NASDAQ: MATK), in partnership with the National Center for Creative Aging today introduced “Beautiful Minds: Finding Your Lifelong Potential,” an educational campaign designed to inspire baby boomers to be proactive about brain health. (PRWeb May 27, 2010) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/Martek-Biosciences/Beautiful-Minds/prweb4059094 ... Foul ball injury leads to brain surgery WIVB Buffalo Thu, 27 May 2010 10:12 AM PDT A southern tier fourth grader is home, recovering from emergency brain surgery, the result of a hit in the head by a foul ball. Longtime local Kevin Green killed in skiing accident Telluride Daily Planet Thu, 27 May 2010 10:12 AM PDT Kevin Green, an iconoclastic Tellurider and one of the region’s pioneering skiers, was killed Monday afternoon on the ski area when he collided with a rope. The fall, or the collision, fractured Green’s skull near the base of his brain and killed him instantly, according to San Miguel County Coroner Bob Dempsey. Rock Hill baby bleeding on brain, teenage father charged The Rock Hill Herald Thu, 27 May 2010 09:21 AM PDT An injured baby boy's father faces child abuse charges after the bruised infant with bleeding on his brain was taken to a Rock Hill hospital. Pratt brain cancer study to be discussed Journal Inquirer Thu, 27 May 2010 09:18 AM PDT Survivors of Pratt & Whitney workers who died from brain tumors that family members suspect may have been related to exposure to toxins on the job will meet on June 3 in Rocky Hill to hear the findings of the second part of a Pratt-funded study. Supplement May Prevent Alcohol-related Brain, Skull Defects redOrbit Thu, 27 May 2010 09:14 AM PDT Image Caption: The dietary supplement CDP-choline, sold as a brain-boosting agent and under study for stroke and traumatic brain injury, may block skull and brain damage that can result from alcohol consumption early in pregnancy, Medical College of Georgia researchers Drs. Erhard Bieberich and Guanghu Wang report. Credit: Phil Jones, Medical College of Georgia campus photographer Tiny Blood Vessels In The Brain Spit To Survive redOrbit Thu, 27 May 2010 09:14 AM PDT Study reveals unique way capillaries clear blockages and how process slows in aging brainSpitting can be a good thing when it comes to blood vessels.Scientists at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine have discovered capillaries have a unique method of expelling debris, such as blood clots, cholesterol or calcium plaque, that blocks the flow of essential nutrients to brain cells. Modified Measles Virus Shows Potential For Treating Childhood Brain Tumors redOrbit Thu, 27 May 2010 09:13 AM PDT The use of modified measles virus may represent a new treatment for a childhood brain tumor known as medulloblastoma, according to a new study appearing in Neuro-Oncology.Medulloblastoma is the most common malignant central nervous system tumor of childhood, accounting for about 20 percent of pediatric brain tumors. Brain Volume Changes Following Weight Gain In Adults With Anorexia redOrbit Thu, 27 May 2010 09:13 AM PDT A team of American psychologists and neuroscientists have found that adult brain volume, which can be reduced by Anorexia Nervosa, can be regained. Brain might hold clues addiction, relapse Hutchinson News Thu, 27 May 2010 08:32 AM PDT WASHINGTON - Could a once-a-month alcoholism shot keep some of the highest-risk heroin addicts from ...

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