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Get ready for fun time in Great Urban Race Galveston County Daily News Fri, 26 Feb 2010 22:03 PM PST Runners looking for a race that gives their brain as much of a workout as their legs should head to Houston on Saturday. Neurogenesis linked to drug addiction and relapse News-Medical-Net Fri, 26 Feb 2010 22:02 PM PST Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center hope they have begun paving a new pathway in the fight against drug dependence. Their hypothesis - that increasing the normally occurring process of making nerve cells might prevent addiction - is based on a rodent study demonstrating that blocking new growth of specific brain nerve cells increases vulnerability for cocaine addiction and relapse. Instant Message: Erik Brodsky, 19 Press & Sun-Bulletin Fri, 26 Feb 2010 21:14 PM PST When I was little I was diagnosed with Duchenne muscular dystrophy. I was born with it. As I've gotten older it's gotten worse. It gets worse each day. My muscles get very weak, but it doesn't affect my brain. It only affects my arms and my legs, and my heart. $22.5 million award upheld in Highway 101 crash Ventura County Star Fri, 26 Feb 2010 21:12 PM PST A state appeals court has upheld the verdict for a record $22.5 million awarded by a Ventura County jury to a former nurse who suffered severe brain damage in a 2006 traffic accident on Highway 101 in Camarillo.The March 2008 civil case verdict is the biggest award in a personal injury case in the county’s history, attorney Larry Grassini, who represents plaintiff Dawn Renae Diaz, said Friday ... Scientists Unravel Mysteries of Intelligence Muzi Fri, 26 Feb 2010 20:58 PM PST FRIDAY, Feb. 26 (HealthDay News) -- It's not a particular brain region that makes someone smart or not smart. Nor is it the strength and speed of the connections throughout the brain or such features as total brain volume. Many adult diseases sprout in poverty, molecular sociologist says Science Daily Fri, 26 Feb 2010 19:17 PM PST The roots of many adult diseases sprout in poverty and other burdens on the socially disadvantaged. A self-described molecular sociologist recently talked about the effects such environmental stressors have on the brain and in turn other organ systems. Stress raises risk of mental decline in older diabetics, study shows Science Daily Fri, 26 Feb 2010 19:16 PM PST Stress raises the risk of memory loss and cognitive decline among older people with diabetes, research suggests. Researchers have studied more than 900 men and women aged between 60 and 75 with type-2 diabetes, which tends to be common after the age of 40. They found that brain function slowed in participants with higher levels of the stress hormone cortisol. Expert testifies to brain damage San Antonio Express-News Fri, 26 Feb 2010 18:42 PM PST An expert for the defense testified Joe Estrada Jr., who was convicted last week of killing restaurateur Viola Barrios, has brain damage due to partial fetal alcohol syndrome.

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