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Blind victim describes beating by teens Detroit News Wed, 04 Aug 2010 18:27 PM PDT Macomb County Sheriff officials say they are still searching for the group of young adults and juveniles -- some believed to be 17 and 18 years old -- who robbed Daniel Perron and beat him with his own cane on Tuesday. The beating mirrors that of a May 2008 attack in the same area that left a Plymouth Township man with brain injuries. WFU team makes big brain-tumor discovery Winston-Salem Journal Wed, 04 Aug 2010 18:15 PM PDT Researchers at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center said yesterday that they have had a major breakthrough in how to target and destroy the most malignant and aggressive forms of brain-cancer cells. Brain's reward system helps drive placebo effect MSNBC Wed, 04 Aug 2010 17:42 PM PDT Want to maximize the placebo effect? A good way to do this, according to a new study, is to tell someone they have a decent chance of getting the real treatment instead of a fake pill, but keep them guessing. Honor Flight enthusiast returns to Treasure Coast after miraculous recovery from brain trauma Stuart News Wed, 04 Aug 2010 17:26 PM PDT STUART â€" Eight months ago, Rob Gangi’s doctors said there was a nine out of 10 chance he would not survive, and the one remaining scenario would have him speechless and unable to walk. Three Pasco men charged with attacks, jailed St. Petersburg Times Wed, 04 Aug 2010 17:06 PM PDT Times staff Wednesday, August 4, 2010 MOON LAKE B eating over $100 debt leads to arrest, charges A 26-year-old man is accused of dishing out a severe beating â€" facial fractures, a concussion with bleeding on the brain and a spinal cord fracture â€" because the victim owed another man $100. Richard Allen Scott argued with the victim July 22 about the money, according to a Pasco County Sheriff's ... New brain surgery procedure saves New Orleans man's life WWL-TV, Channel 4 New Orleans Wed, 04 Aug 2010 16:49 PM PDT NEW ORLEANS -- A New Orleans East man has a new chance of living a full life after he had brain surgery in New Orleans that was created in Japan. And only a handful of doctors in the U.S. are experienced in performing this delicate surgical treatment. It was just a couple of weeks ago that My Tran, 42, lay in the O.R. having brain surgery. Now he says he was never scared and feels fine. "OK, OK ... Young tumor victim shows improvement Greenwich Time Wed, 04 Aug 2010 16:16 PM PDT Six-year-old Zoe Anyan, who is fighting a malignant brain tumor, rides atop her cousin Kenney Fernandes' shoulders last month at Silver Sands State Park in Milford. Zoe returned last week from tests at St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital in Memphis.

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