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Traumatic brain injury leaves an often-invisible, life-altering wound Washington Post Sun, 03 Oct 2010 01:06 AM PDT The doctor begins with an apology because the questions are rudimentary, almost insultingly so. But Robert Warren, fresh off the battlefield in Afghanistan and a surgeon's table, doesn't seem to mind. Brain Injury - Health - Trauma and Injuries - Neurological Disorders - Conditions and Diseases Teen Girls’ Fat Surgery May Raise Birth Defect Risk, Study Says BusinessWeek Sun, 03 Oct 2010 00:55 AM PDT Teenage girls who’ve undergone obesity surgery may not absorb enough of a vitamin needed to have healthy babies, raising the risk of bearing children with spine and brain birth defects, a study suggests. JOE SESTAK Times Leader Sun, 03 Oct 2010 00:17 AM PDT At 4 years old, my daughter Alex received a devastating diagnosis: aggressive brain cancer. But together, my wife, daughter and I fought hard, and Alex beat this terrible illness. Thanks to high-quality health coverage I received as an officer in the Navy, we always had access to the best treatment. Cassidy: Brain cancer prognosis adds urgency to book project San Jose Mercury News Sun, 03 Oct 2010 00:17 AM PDT Gordon Murray had been thinking for years about writing a book to help individual investors navigate the shark infested waters of Wall Street. When doctors told him his brain cancer had taken a turn for the worse, his friend Dan Goldie convinced him the time was now or never. And then they wrote the book together. Wife of Singapore founder Lee Kuan Yew dies at 89 Asian Correspondent Sat, 02 Oct 2010 22:42 PM PDT Kwa Geok Choo, the wife of Singapore's founding father, Lee Kuan Yew, who described her as his "tower of strength," and mother of the city-state's current prime minister, died Saturday. She was 89. Kwa suffered a stroke and brain hemorrhage in 2008 and had been bedridden and unable to speak since then. Kwa "passed away peacefully at home," the Prime Minister's Office said in a statement. It did ... 5-year-old Trevor Vachter is ‘Re-learning everything,’ after horrendous car crash The Idaho Statesman Sat, 02 Oct 2010 22:28 PM PDT Trevor Vachter of Kuna suffered a severe brain injury in a February car crash in Pocatello. Eight months later, with help from his family and others, he’s relearning everything.

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