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Cramp in your style? North Island MidWeek Mon, 01 Feb 2010 17:56 PM PST When a muscle contracts without being told to by our brain, it is called a spasm. Ex-chair of NFL brain panel denies link to disease Park Hills Daily Journal Mon, 01 Feb 2010 17:54 PM 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. Remembering Jon Brenner WXOW 19 La Crosse Mon, 01 Feb 2010 17:46 PM PST La Crosse, WI (WXOW) - After more than a year of battling a cancerous brain tumor YMCA swim coach Jon Brenner passed away Sunday. He was 54. Jon started coaching the YMCA WAVE swim team in 1991. There Elekta Launches New Web Site for Global Health Care Community dBusinessNews.com Mon, 01 Feb 2010 17:39 PM PST ATLANTA -- Elekta has launched a new corporate Web site that provides healthcare professionals, patients, investors and the public with new ways to interact, navigate and browse information about Elekta's solutions for treating cancer and brain disorders. Wash. boy's case may lead to nationwide sports concussion laws NorthWest Cable News Mon, 01 Feb 2010 17:27 PM PST Congress may soon take the lead from Washington state when it comes to keeping kids safer on sports fields. The Zachery Lystedt Law was inspired by a teen who suffered a traumatic brain injury after getting a concussion on the football field. Exercise May Increase Volume In Certain Brain Areas Of Patients With Schizophrenia redOrbit Mon, 01 Feb 2010 17:16 PM PST Potentially beneficial brain changes (an increase in the volume of an area known as the hippocampus) occur in response to exercise both in patients with schizophrenia and healthy controls, according to a report in the February issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. Individuals With Body Dysmorphic Disorder See Their Own Faces Differently redOrbit Mon, 01 Feb 2010 17:15 PM PST Brain scans reveal differences in the way the brains of individuals with body dysmorphic disorderâ€"a psychiatric condition that causes patients to believe they appear disfigured and uglyâ€"respond to images of their own faces, according to a report in the February issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.Body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) affects approximately 1 ... Stem Cells Rescue Nerve Cells By Direct Contact redOrbit Mon, 01 Feb 2010 17:13 PM PST Scientists at the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet have shown how transplanted stem cells can connect with and rescue threatened neurons and brain tissue. Study links hormone to addiction, risk-taking China Daily Mon, 01 Feb 2010 17:09 PM PST LONDON - People with high levels of the hormone dopamine in the brain, and low sensitivity to it, tend to be greater risk takers and may be more prone to addictive behavior, drug abuse and gambling, a study has found. Eastday-Sophisticated brain scans help detect precursors to Alheimer's disease Eastday.com Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:50 PM PST Sophisticated brain scans can help detect the precursors to Alheimer's disease before any symptoms begin, according to a new study.

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