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Praying for Ava: Word spreads about little Waterford girl's battle The Marietta Times Thu, 01 Apr 2010 06:07 AM PDT "If all that people do is pray, that would be enough - we believe in the power of prayer," said Patti Miller, one of at least 30 Beverly-Waterford area residents who gathered to pray for 4-year-old Ava Nichols and her family at Beverly's Dodge Park Wednesday evening. Just a week before, Ava had been diagnosed with an inoperable tumor wrapped around her brain stem. Magnets Can Alter Moral Judgement By Changing Brain Activity Medical News Today Thu, 01 Apr 2010 05:24 AM PDT US scientists have discovered that appyling a magnetic field to a particular place on the scalp can alter people's moral judgement by interfering with activity in the right temporo-parietal junction (TPJ) of the brain. They said their finding helps us better understand how the brain constructs morality. You can read about the study, led by researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of ... Genetic risk factor for schizophrenia can disrupt connectivity at level of single neurons News-Medical-Net Thu, 01 Apr 2010 04:19 AM PDT The strongest known recurrent genetic cause of schizophrenia impairs communications between the brain's decision-making and memory hubs, resulting in working memory deficits, according to a study in mice. Disruption In Brain Connection Linked To Genetic Defect In Schizophrenia Medical News Today Thu, 01 Apr 2010 03:36 AM PDT In what may provide the most compelling evidence to date, researchers at Columbia University Medical Center have illuminated how a genetic variant may lead to schizophrenia by causing a disruption in communication between the hippocampus and prefrontal cortex regions of the brain, areas believed to be responsible for carrying out working memory. Findings are published in the current online ... The Addiction Conspiracy It's Not Just A Celebrity Problem Medical News Today Thu, 01 Apr 2010 03:35 AM PDT Prescription painkiller abuse is a rapidly growing and widespread problem, recently coming into full view due to high profile stories and tragic celebrity deaths. Conflicting messaging and the degradation associated with addiction often mislead people from understanding it as a disease, caused by an imbalance of receptors in the brain. American Board of Addiction Medicine certified specialists ... PARKINSON'S DISEASE PATIENT NEEDS RM27,000 TO UNDERGO SURGERY Bernama via Yahoo! Malaysia News Thu, 01 Apr 2010 03:03 AM PDT KUALA LUMPUR, April 1 (Bernama) -- A Parkinson's Disease patient, scheduled to undergo a Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) operation by world reowned surgeon Professor Tipu Aziz, is short of RM27,000 in funds. Police trying to determine how wife was killed The Columbus Dispatch Thu, 01 Apr 2010 02:22 AM PDT After he was diagnosed recently with brain cancer, James Calvert seemed to become more agitated over little things. That might explain why a possible disagreement with his wife, Jean, escalated into a tragedy, said a neighbor who had known them for more than 40 years. Worthington police continue to investigate what happened yesterday in the shooting death of Mrs. Calvert, 75, and the wounding of ...

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