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Red Sox prospect Westmoreland out of rehab The News-Times Tue, 27 Apr 2010 10:10 AM PDT BOSTON (AP) â€" Boston Red Sox minor league prospect Ryan Westmoreland has been released from a Boston rehabilitation hospital more than a month after brain surgery. Trust admits baby case liability BBC News Tue, 27 Apr 2010 10:08 AM PDT A health trust admits liability in a legal action by the family of a Tyrone woman left brain damaged at birth in a Belfast hospital. Calif expert backs NY brain surgery unit The Washington DC Examiner Tue, 27 Apr 2010 10:01 AM PDT GARDEN CITY, N.Y. â€" An expert on a rare form of brain surgery is backing a Long Island hospital that's been under scrutiny. The review was commissioned by North Shore/LIJ Health Systems. Teen With Brain Disease Graduates Early, Dreams Come True KPLR 11 St. Louis Tue, 27 Apr 2010 09:36 AM PDT Taylor Swift Will Meet Teen At Concert In Moline, IL A dream comes true for a Jefferson County high school senior diagnosed with a serious brain disease. Jessica Cannito is the first student to graduate in her class. But that's not the only special honor she received Sunday. Jessica found out that the Make-A-Wish Foundation is sending her and her family to see a Taylor Swift concert. Brain buzz: MUSC scans reveal neurology of alcoholism Charleston City Paper Tue, 27 Apr 2010 09:21 AM PDT by Michael Fabbrini When an alcoholic sees the red dot of an ABC liquor store, it sets off a trigger in the brain. With that in mind, MUSC's Center for Drug and Alcohol Programs is using brain scans to determine what images challenge recovering alcoholics and how medication reduces those neurological cravings. Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) charts changes in blood flow through the ... Researchers Develop Technique To Visualize 'Your Brain On Drugs' redOrbit Tue, 27 Apr 2010 09:13 AM PDT Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have developed an imaging protocol that allows them to visualize the activity of the brain's reward circuitry in both normal individuals and those addicted to drugs. How Folic Acid Might Help Heal Brain And Spinal Cord Injuries redOrbit Tue, 27 Apr 2010 09:12 AM PDT Babies born to women who do not consume enough folic acid (sometimes referred to as folate or vitamin B9) are at high risk of developing neural tube defects (i.e., defects in the development of the spinal cord or brain). Ryan Westmoreland Released From Rehabilitation Hospital 'In Great Spirits' New England Sports Network Tue, 27 Apr 2010 09:02 AM PDT Red Sox minor league outfielder Ryan Westmoreland was released from Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital over the weekend, according to team officials who made the announcement Tuesday on his 20th birthday. It is the latest round of encouraging news regarding Westmoreland, who underwent surgery in mid-March to remove a cavernous malformation in his brain. According to Red Sox officials ... Alzheimer's Memory Problems Originate with Protein Clumps Floating in the Brain, Not Amyloid Plaques Newswise Tue, 27 Apr 2010 08:48 AM PDT Using a new mouse model of Alzheimer's disease, researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine have found that Alzheimer's pathology originates in Amyloid-Beta (Abeta) oligomers in the brain, rather than the amyloid plaques previously thought by many researchers to cause the disease. Bret Michaels chances of recovery are 'quite good' The Arizona Republic Tue, 27 Apr 2010 08:44 AM PDT Bret Michaels remains in critical condition, but what exactly is he facing as a result of having a brain hemorrhage?

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