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"Brain exercise" program claims to help improve mental fitness WIS News 10 Columbia Tue, 02 Mar 2010 13:42 PM PST Think faster. Focus better. Remember more. Sound enticing? There's a brain fitness program that claims to do for your brain what exercise does for your body. Brophy teen dies from head injuries 12 News Phoenix Tue, 02 Mar 2010 13:24 PM PST A Brophy College Preparatory senior died Tuesday after suffering a severe brain injury when he was struck by a car during a 24-hour endurance relay race over the weekend. Pentagon focuses on brain trauma Courier-Post Tue, 02 Mar 2010 13:21 PM PST WASHINGTON -- Troops caught near a roadside blast will be pulled out of combat for 24 hours and checked for a mild traumatic brain injury, even if they appear unhurt or say they are fine, according to a treatment policy the Pentagon is planning to release. ‘I Got Caught!’ The Fairfield Ledger Tue, 02 Mar 2010 12:58 PM PST Chad Thomas of Voice for Injury Prevention demonstrates to Lincoln Elementary School students the way to properly protect their heads with a bicycle helmet, using a real melon to show how it’s done. The program, entitled “I Got Caught!” educates young Iowans about injury prevention. The program emphasizes safety activities which can prevent a brain or spinal cord injury. In addition to educating ... RNA Sequencing Study Yields Clues about Neural Differentiation GenomeWeb News Tue, 02 Mar 2010 12:50 PM PST NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) â€" Using a combination of high throughput RNA sequencing approaches, an international research team has tracked the transcriptional changes that occur as human embryonic stem cells differentiate into brain cells. Learning keeps brain healthy: study PhysOrg Tue, 02 Mar 2010 12:21 PM PST UC Irvine neurobiologists are providing the first visual evidence that learning promotes brain health - and, therefore, that mental stimulation could limit the debilitating effects of aging on memory and the mind. Cancer claims former Bayou Cane fire chief The Houma Courier Tue, 02 Mar 2010 11:44 AM PST Matthew Pleasant Staff Writer HOUMA â€" Jerry Gautreaux, the longtime chief of Bayou Cane Fire Department who battled a cancerous brain tumor for more than a year, has died. He was 59. Get ready for fun time in Great Urban Race Galveston County Daily News Tue, 02 Mar 2010 11:28 AM PST Runners looking for a race that gives their brain as much of a workout as their legs should head to Houston on Saturday.

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