Syracuse playing bowl for punter
Albany Times Union Wed, 29 Dec 2010 21:46 PM PST
A half-dozen husky Syracuse football players in gray sweatsuits strolled into a ballroom at the Grand Hyatt late Tuesday afternoon for a news conference. Rob Long, a senior from Downingtown, Pa., averaged 44 yards a punt this season, but he will not play in the Pinstripe Bowl at Yankee Stadium against Kansas State on Thursday because he had a brain tumor removed Dec. 14. Syracuse (7-5) is ... |
New findings show that general anesthesia is a reversible coma
News-Medical-Net Wed, 29 Dec 2010 21:23 PM PST
The brain under general anesthesia isn't "asleep" as surgery patients are often told -- it is placed into a state that is a reversible coma, according to three neuroscientists who have published an extensive review of general anesthesia, sleep and coma, in the Dec. 30 issue of The New England Journal of Medicine. |
Engineer, mentor James Hung dies
Knoxville News Sentinel Wed, 29 Dec 2010 21:00 PM PST
James Hung, a retired electrical engineering professor at the University of Tennessee who consulted on the "moon buggy" project for NASA and whose inspired students include the co-founder of Garmin, died Monday at his Knoxville home of brain cancer. He was 81. |
Mediterranean diet tied to slower mental decline
AsiaOne Wed, 29 Dec 2010 20:41 PM PST
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People who eat and drink like the Greeks may think a little more clearly into old age, hints a new study. The findings add to a handful of evidence that a Mediterranean-style diet may be as good for the brain as it is for the rest of the body. |
Boy with Half of Brain Disconnected - Seven Months Later
WOWT Omaha Wed, 29 Dec 2010 20:28 PM PST
In May of this year, we first brought you the remarkable story about the McDonald twins, Aaron and Conor. Several weeks after their birth, doctors discovered Aaron's brain was malformed. To fix it, half of his brain was disconnected. So how are they now, more than a half year later? |
Thousands attend Cohen’s funeral in Tel Aviv
The Malaysian Insider Wed, 29 Dec 2010 19:58 PM PST
TEL AVIV, Dec 30 â€" Thousands of mourners joined former Liverpool and Israel defender Avi Cohen’s funeral procession yesterday after he died from injuries sustained in a road accident in Tel Aviv last week. Cohen, who was 54, was thrown from his motorcycle after a collision with a car on December 20. Doctors declared him brain dead on Tuesday. He ... |
Coma and general anesthesia demonstrate important similarities
Science Daily Wed, 29 Dec 2010 19:24 PM PST
The brain under general anesthesia isn't "asleep" as surgery patients are often told -- it is placed into a state that is a reversible coma, according to three neuroscientists who have recently published an extensive review of general anesthesia, sleep and coma. This insight and others reported in their review article could eventually lead to new approaches to general anesthesia and improved ... |
Trial set in child abuse case
Nevada Appeal Wed, 29 Dec 2010 18:13 PM PST
An April trial date has been set for a Carson City stepfather accused of injuring his 3-year-old stepdaughter, leaving the child with permanent brain damage. |
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