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1 in 5 Texas foster children on psychotropics News 8 Austin Tue, 26 Oct 2010 09:34 AM PDT Earlier this year, we took an in-depth look at the state's foster care system. News 8 continues our effort to shed light on child welfare by turning our attention to how psychotropic drugs come into play. Those are powerful medications that change brain function. Child Protective Services is fighting an on-going battle to limit their use in foster children. Slow progression of dementia with b-complex vitamins PhysOrg Tue, 26 Oct 2010 09:20 AM PDT Large doses of B-complex vitamins could reduce the rate of brain shrinkage by half in elderly people with memory problems and slow the progression of dementia. Scans Show How Hormone Levels Affect Female Brain HealthDay via Yahoo! News Tue, 26 Oct 2010 09:03 AM PDT TUESDAY, Oct. 26 (HealthDay News) -- Hormone levels at certain phases of the menstrual cycle affect women's emotional responses, finds a new study. Informational Presentation Scheduled on Nov. 3 for New Brain Balance Center of Cincinnati PitchEngine Tue, 26 Oct 2010 08:20 AM PDT CINCINNATIThe new Brain Balance Center of Cincinnati http://www.brainbalancecenters.com/center-locator/ announces another upcoming seminar introducing parents to an alternative method for working with children suffering from neurobehavioral disordersthe Brain Balance Program.The free informational session will be on Wednesday, Nov. 3 from 7-8 p.m. at the Towers of ... 'Possible Key to Alzheimer Medication' redOrbit Tue, 26 Oct 2010 08:16 AM PDT LEIDEN, Netherlands , October 26, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Dutch researchers have discovered a possible key which might result in a medicine for Alzheimer's disease. "We have found brain cells which become extra active at a time when there are still no visible symptoms of the disease. Nevertheless, people are already ill", says brain researcher Dick Swaab . "It would be fantastic if we could ... IBM Analytics Helps Medical Researchers Detect Complication In Stroke Patients redOrbit Tue, 26 Oct 2010 08:16 AM PDT LAS VEGAS, Oct. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- IBM (NYSE: IBM ) today announced a new project in which researchers at Columbia University Medical Center will utilize IBM's streaming analytics technology to potentially detect severe complications in brain injured patients up to 48 hours earlier than traditional methods. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20090416/IBMLOGO[[[SHIFTIN ... Falling in Love Is 'More Scientific Than You Think' US News & World Report Tue, 26 Oct 2010 08:14 AM PDT Love elicits the same euphoric feeling as using cocaine, and affects intellectual areas of the brain. Low female desire: All in the mind? Salon.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 08:06 AM PDT A study finds brain differences in women with weak sex drives and supports drug companies' search for "pink Viagra" Carlow footballer Curran recovering after assault GAA Football & Hurling Tue, 26 Oct 2010 08:05 AM PDT Carlow and Eire Og football star Alan Curran is said to have made a miraculous recovery from a horrific brain injury he sustained outside a bar in the early hours of Sunday morning. Heavy smoking in middle age doubles risk of Alzheimer's, report finds WQAD Moline Tue, 26 Oct 2010 07:20 AM PDT In one of the first studies to examine smoking's effect on the brain, those who smoked more than two packs a day in middle age were 114% more likely than nonsmokers to develop dementia later in life. Heavy smoking in middle age more than doubles the risk of Alzheimer's disease and other types of dementia later in life, according to one of the first long-term studies to examine the issue.

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