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Brain therapy giving hope of new way to conquer afflictions The Arizona Republic Sun, 04 Apr 2010 01:43 AM PDT A therapy called deep brain stimulation is creating quite a buzz in the medical community. Marilyn Williamson: Led WSU English department Detroit Free Press Sun, 04 Apr 2010 00:30 AM PDT Marilyn Williamson was adept at juggling parenthood and her career as an educator. The former Oakland University English professor and retired chairwoman of the English department at Wayne State University died Feb. 19 after a yearlong battle with brain cancer at her home in West Bloomfield. She was 82. Gleason's Sporting World: These newfangled stats are DMC Middletown Times Herald-Record Sat, 03 Apr 2010 23:15 PM PDT Points to ponder while wondering if the baseball people, specifically their media correspondents, would kindly stop assaulting our brain cells with their ongoing statistical onslaught. ‘At least I can still logroll’ Mesabi Daily News Sat, 03 Apr 2010 22:52 PM PDT TOWER - Darrell “J.R.” Salzman lost half his right arm while serving in Baghdad, Iraq, in December 2006. His left hand was also badly marred in the Improvised Explosive Device attack, and the young National Guardsman and champion athlete suffered a traumatic brain injury. Military plans to test brain injury therapy American Psychological Association Sat, 03 Apr 2010 22:50 PM PDT April 01, 2010 DENVER - The U.S. 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. Panel urges long-term planning to care for vets American Psychological Association Sat, 03 Apr 2010 22:50 PM PDT March 31, 2010 WASHINGTON - Too little is known about how to care long-term for veterans with a traumatic brain injury, the most common injury among Iraq and Afghanistan veterans, the Institute of Medicine said Wednesday. Analysis shows no cancer cluster, but residents skeptical Flower Mound Leader Sat, 03 Apr 2010 22:50 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 Sat, 03 Apr 2010 22:41 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. Bulletin Board Elk Grove Citizen Sat, 03 Apr 2010 22:17 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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