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Non-invasive testing, earlier surgery can stop seizures in tuberous sclerosis complex PhysOrg Fri, 29 Jan 2010 09:23 AM PST When medication fails to control seizures in children with tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC), a rare genetic disorder that affects multiple organ systems and frequently causes epilepsy, surgery to remove part of the brain is often necessary. But pre-surgical testing, which involves the implanting of electrodes into a child's head, can lead to longer hospital stays and greater risks from surgery. UCLA Team Sequences Brain Cancer Cell Line GenomeWeb News Fri, 29 Jan 2010 07:50 AM PST NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) â€" Researchers from the University of California at Los Angeles reported online today in PLoS Genetics that they have sequenced the genome of a glioblastoma multiforme brain cancer cell line. Ex-chair of NFL brain panel denies link to disease Park Hills Daily Journal Fri, 29 Jan 2010 07:26 AM PST DETROIT (AP) â€" Former NFL player Kyle Turley told members of Congress on Monday that while he still had a severe headache, the St. Louis Rams cleared him for full-contact drills four days after a concussion seven years ago. Study Offers Evidence That Spongiform Brain Diseases Are Caused By Aberrant Protein Medical News Today Fri, 29 Jan 2010 06:37 AM PST Scientists have determined how a normal protein can be converted into a prion, an infectious agent that causes fatal brain diseases in humans and mammals. The finding, in mice, is expected to advance the understanding of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies, or TSEs, a family of neurodegenerative diseases that include Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, kuru and fatal familial insomnia in humans ... New Insights Into Breast-feeding Hormone Medical News Today Fri, 29 Jan 2010 06:37 AM PST A mechanism for regulating the hormone prolactin has newly been revealed by scientists at Karolinska Institutet. The results are to be published in the scientific journal Neuron, and may be significant for conditions and functions such as breast-feeding, sexual libido, and metabolism. The hormone, prolactin, is released from the pituitary gland in the brain and is the signal that triggers breast ... Drink-driver who killed two pedestrians and left 12-year-old girl brain-damaged is jailed for 10 years Daily Mail Fri, 29 Jan 2010 06:25 AM PST Stefan Stanko, 24, admitted drinking whisky and cokes and cherry brandy throughout the day before getting behind the wheel of his car. Grandmother given 15 years for abuse of baby Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Fri, 29 Jan 2010 06:22 AM PST Kenosha - A Kenosha grandmother has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for severely abusing her young grandson, who's no longer able to eat or walk. Debra A. Crespo, 46, earlier pleaded no contest to felony child abuse for causing brain injuries to her 10-month-old grandson. Crespo told investigators she threw the child down on his bed because he wouldn't sleep. During sentencing in Kenosha ... Inspirational teen The Advocate Fri, 29 Jan 2010 06:20 AM PST om a brain tumour. But Josh is a bright young man going places. He's got a licence to drive a modified car, he's won an award, and he's off to uni. MEET Josh Bloom and be inspired.

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