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Play a Facebook game, donate $1 to Wounded Warrior Project Network World Fri, 02 Apr 2010 02:05 AM PDT Posit Science Corporation's Facebook game, 60 Second Brain Game, donates $1 to the Wounded Warrior Project every day you play their game even once -- and it's only 60 seconds long. The overall goal is to reach a total of $10,000 in donations. Tests of brain injury therapy Straits Times Fri, 02 Apr 2010 01:42 AM PDT DENVER - THE US military plans clinical trials next year to see if breathing pure oxygen in a pressurized chamber helps brain injuries to heal, or at least relieve the headaches, mood swings or other symptoms. About 300 service members with mild to moderate injuries will participate in the trials of hyperbaric oxygen therapy in Colorado, California, North Carolina and Texas. Military plans to test brain-injury therapy Honolulu Advertiser Fri, 02 Apr 2010 01:09 AM PDT DENVER â€" The U.S. military plans clinical trials next year to see whether breathing pure oxygen in a pressurized chamber might help thousands of Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans suffering from traumatic brain injuries. Waltham restaurateur rallies for ex-wife The Daily News Tribune Thu, 01 Apr 2010 23:35 PM PDT For Don Yovicsin, his connection to the fight against cancer became closer when his former wife Brenda English-Yovicsin was diagnosed with brain and lung cancer last October. Minimally invasive technique holds promise for removing large brain tumors News-Medical-Net Thu, 01 Apr 2010 23:34 PM PDT A minimally invasive endoscopic procedure holds promise for safely removing large brain tumors from an area at the bottom of the skull, near the sinus cavities, clinical researchers at the Brain Tumor Center at the University of Cincinnati Neuroscience Institute (UCNI) at University Hospital have found. Picnic highlights need for organ, blood donors to save lives The Clarion-Ledger Thu, 01 Apr 2010 23:26 PM PDT When his mother, Elizabeth Smith, died almost instantly of a brain aneurysm in 2005, Fred Taylor quickly agreed to donate her organs to the Mississippi Organ Recovery Agency. Antiepileptic drug phenytoin as a mood stabilizer? Science Daily Thu, 01 Apr 2010 23:08 PM PDT Phenytoin is a well known antiepileptic agent widely used throughout the world. In a new study, researchers utilized DNA microarrays to investigate the molecular underpinnings of the potential mood-stabilizing action of phenytoin by looking at its effect on gene expression in the rat brain. Analysis shows no cancer cluster, but residents skeptical Flower Mound Leader Thu, 01 Apr 2010 23:04 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 Thu, 01 Apr 2010 22:57 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. Military To Study Way To Heal Brain Injuries KRDO Colorado Springs Thu, 01 Apr 2010 22:22 PM PDT DENVER (AP) - The military plans clinical trials next year to see whether breathing pure oxygen in a pressurized chamber might help brain injuries to heal.

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