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Parents to sue NYC after dead son's brain spotted during mortuary field trip Daily Mail Sun, 03 Oct 2010 04:41 AM PDT Andre and Korisha Shipley say they had no idea their son Jesse's brain was removed until some of the teen's classmates spotted it floating in a jar on a field trip. The slippery slope to obesity New Scientist Sun, 03 Oct 2010 04:10 AM PDT Reward centres in the brain become less responsive as people gain weight causing them to eat more, reducing the reward response still further Brain Tumor Won't Stop Charlatan From Touring? antiMUSIC Sun, 03 Oct 2010 03:32 AM PDT A top story from this week. Tim Burgess said that Jon Brookes might return to the tour as early as November. Parkinson's Disease: Excess Of Special Protein Identified As Key To Symptoms And Possible New Target For Treatment ... Medical News Today Sun, 03 Oct 2010 03:09 AM PDT Johns Hopkins scientists have discovered that the over-activation of a single protein may shut down the brain-protecting effects of a molecule and facilitate the most common form of Parkinson's disease. The finding of this mechanism could lead to important new targets for drugs already known to inhibit it, thus controlling symptoms of the disorder, which affects about 1 million older Americans ... Researchers Discover Genetic Changes That Make Some Forms Of Brain Cancer More Aggressive Than Others Medical News Today Sun, 03 Oct 2010 03:08 AM PDT A multi-institutional team led by investigators from Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center has published a study that provides new insight into genetic changes that make some forms of glioblastoma, the most common type of primary brain cancer, more aggressive than others and explains why they may not respond to certain therapies. The research was led by senior author Eric C. Holland, MD, PhD ... Traumatic brain injury: Hidden yet life-altering Washington Post Sun, 03 Oct 2010 02:34 AM PDT After nearly a decade in which U.S. troops have faced brain-rattling blasts, the military struggles to come to terms with an often-invisible wound. United States - Health - Trauma and Injuries - Neurological Disorders - Conditions and Diseases

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