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Longtime local Kevin Green killed in skiing accident Telluride Daily Planet Wed, 31 Mar 2010 01:29 AM PDT Kevin Green, an iconoclastic Tellurider and one of the region’s pioneering skiers, was killed Monday afternoon on the ski area when he collided with a rope. The fall, or the collision, fractured Green’s skull near the base of his brain and killed him instantly, according to San Miguel County Coroner Bob Dempsey. Father tells son’s side in assault The Register-Guard Wed, 31 Mar 2010 00:16 AM PDT A 24-year-old man who allegedly punched a police officer on March 13 has struggled with effects of a traumatic brain injury since he was struck by a car at age 9, his father said Tuesday. And a Lane County Jail chaplain said he intends to ask the Eugene police auditor … Speaker to address stress and brain aging Ventura County Star Wed, 31 Mar 2010 00:00 AM PDT Camarillo clinical psychologist Priscilla L. Partridge de Garcia, using research that shows the brain can be improved and enhanced as we age, will present “Stress Related Aging of the Brain, Alzheimer’s, Dementia and Memory Loss” on Thursday at the Pierpont Racquet Club in Ventura. Targeted agent blocked growth of deadly brain cancer in preclinical studies Science Daily Tue, 30 Mar 2010 23:19 PM PDT A drug already in clinical trials to treat a variety of tumors shows a remarkable ability to shut down growth of glioblastoma in both laboratory cells and in animals, say researchers. In their experiments, the agent put a brake on growth of laboratory cancer cell lines, and no mice with glioblastoma in their brain died as a result of their tumor while on therapy. Analysis shows no cancer cluster, but residents skeptical Flower Mound Leader Tue, 30 Mar 2010 23:02 PM PDT A Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) analysis has found that the occurrence of leukemia, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and childhood brain cancers in two zip codes in Flower Mound is within the expected ranges for males and females. Coppell resident dies after skiing accident Coppell Gazette Tue, 30 Mar 2010 22:53 PM PDT Taylor Storch, 13, of Coppell was declared brain dead on Monday after an accident while skiing Sunday on the intermediate Latigo trail at Beaver Creek Resort in Avon, Colo. Brain estrogen drug an 'effective therapy' for schizophrenics Sify News Tue, 30 Mar 2010 22:47 PM PDT Raloxifene, a synthetic estrogen currently used to treat osteoporosis, is showing promise as an effective therapy for women who suffer from schizophrenia, it has been claimed. Injured Florida infant has relatives in North Iowa The Globe Gazette Tue, 30 Mar 2010 22:30 PM PDT NAPLES, Fla. â€" A 5-month-old baby with North Iowa ties is in serious condition with two broken ribs and blood on the brain, the result of alleged abuse by a babysitter. Bulletin Board Elk Grove Citizen Tue, 30 Mar 2010 22:14 PM PDT Laguna Creek Racquet Club is sponsoring a workout to help fight brain cancer in memory of Jim Stebbins. This workout will take place on Saturday, May 1, from 7:30 a.m. to 12 p.m., at Laguna Creek Racquet Club. Stebbins lost his battle with brain cancer on Nov. 2, 2009, after fighting for 15 months.

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