Get ready for fun time in Great Urban Race
Galveston County Daily News Fri, 26 Feb 2010 17:48 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. |
Judget criticizes DHHR timeline on brain injuries
The Charleston Gazette Fri, 26 Feb 2010 17:24 PM PST
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- A Kanawha County judge says the state needs to speed up plans to improve services for those with brain injuries. At a hearing Friday, Circuit Judge Duke Bloom called it unacceptable that Department of Health and Human Resources officia... |
Veterans Affairs Researchers Induce a New Transmissible Prion Disease
PRWeb Fri, 26 Feb 2010 17:22 PM PST
Researchers at the Baltimore Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center and the University of Maryland School of Medicine have conducted a study on prion disease and found that transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE) can be induced without an outside catalyst like a virus. TSE (also known as prion diseases) are a group of progressive conditions affecting the brain and nervous systems of many ... |
9-year-old recovers from brain surgeries
KTIV Sioux City Fri, 26 Feb 2010 17:05 PM PST
SERGEANT BLUFF, Iowa (KTIV) -- For the past 3 months, a Siouxland family has lived a nightmare. What started out as flu-like symptoms in October, was diagnosed as a malignant brain tumor in November. |
Jeff Hawkinson, voice of JS spelling bee, dies
Peoria Journal Star Fri, 26 Feb 2010 17:02 PM PST
Jeff Hawkinson, who for 24 years gave his smooth and calming voice to the Journal Star Spelling Bee, died Friday after battling a rare brain disorder for more than a decade.  Hawkinson, 63, died at 9:50 a.m. Friday at his Peoria home surrounded by family, said his wife Cathi Hawkinson.  “He was a class act all the way to the end and he died with dignity,†Cathi Hawkinson said. |
Carey Lynn White, 38
The Kitsap Sun Fri, 26 Feb 2010 16:59 PM PST
Carey Lynn Whiteof Port OrchardApril 14, 1971to Feb. 24, 2010Heaven received a new angel on February 24, 2010. After a lengthy battle with brain cancer, surrounded by her loving family, she finished her courageous swim (fight) and was welcomed at the shore into the arms of her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ .Carey is survived by her loving husband Josh, daughters McKenna, 11; Ellison, 7; and ... |
Boy with brain tumor on road to recovery
KTIV Sioux City Fri, 26 Feb 2010 16:50 PM PST
SIOUX CITY, Iowa (KTIV) -- For the past three months, a Siouxland family has lived a nightmare. What started out as flu-like symptoms in October, was diagnosed as a malignant brain tumor in November. Now, this Siouxland nine-year-old is on the road to recovery. |
Three-sport stud Amend refused to let brain tumor break his spirit
Sports Illustrated Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:48 PM PST
Paul Amend was a football player and a wrestler, so he was used to playing through pain. On the field, he was an undersized lineman who regularly faced off against hulking opponents intent on pulverizing him, so you better believe he knew how to overcome fear. But when a doctor told him there was a walnut-sized tumor inside his head that required the second brain surgery of his young life? Well ... |
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