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Steel link to ‘mad cow’ Irish Examiner Mon, 26 Jul 2010 18:07 PM PDT INFECTIOUS agents of the sort believed to cause mad cow disease in humans can appear “as if from nowhere” when healthy brain tissue comes into contact with steel, scientists said yesterday. Is Your Career Path Mapped in Your Gray Matter? GOOD Mon, 26 Jul 2010 17:47 PM PDT According to the court system, brain scans aren't quite yet ready to be used for lie detection, but a University of California Irvine School of Medicine scientist named Richard Haier believes that the answer to one's optimal career choice could be divined from peering inside his or her skull .  By comparing brain scans of 40 people (taken with magnetic resonance imaging, or MRI) with their ... Surgeon removes rod from toddler's brain UPI Mon, 26 Jul 2010 17:33 PM PDT CHAPEL HILL, N.C., July 26 (UPI) -- Doctors say a North Carolina toddler is a "little miracle" after surviving an unprecedented operation to remove a metal rod accidentally lodged into his brain. North Carolina - Chapel Hill North Carolina - United States - Health - Business and Economy More education cuts risk of dementia Stuff Mon, 26 Jul 2010 17:11 PM PDT Educated people are better able to cope with the physical effects of dementia, and even one extra year of education can significantly cut the risk of developing the brain-wasting disease, scientists said on Monday. State says 3 horses confirmed with encephalitis The Argus-Press Mon, 26 Jul 2010 16:20 PM PDT Michigan authorities say a viral brain disease that can kill humans has been confirmed in three horses this year in the state. Detective says murder suspect never visited boy after beating Belleville News-Democrat Mon, 26 Jul 2010 16:17 PM PDT The man accused of the beating death of his girlfriend's 3-year-old son never visited the boy in the three days he languished in a pediatric intensive care unit and didn't attend his funeral after the boy succumbed to a brain injury. PINs and passwords can strain the brain CTV British Columbia Mon, 26 Jul 2010 16:11 PM PDT With more and more technologies requiring passwords, experts say just getting through the day can turn into a mental challenge. B.C. scientists begin trials on cancer vaccines Vancouver Sun Mon, 26 Jul 2010 16:11 PM PDT B.C. scientists hope that a serendipitous discovery about human cells and a brain-wasting disease affecting deer and elk may lead to a cure for common cancers such as melanoma and lymphoma. Binghamton Girl With Cancer Takes Turn For Worse FOX 40 Binghamton Mon, 26 Jul 2010 16:07 PM PDT Sunday we brought you the story of a 3 year old Binghamton girl diagnosed with cancer and a stage four brain tumor that was recently removed. Until Sunday, she had an 80 percent chance of surviving from the cancer. - (mudulloblatoma.) But Monday, things have taken a turn for the worse. Aliesya Abrams is back in the hospital in Syracuse because of an infection. Doctors are trying to find the ... Cancer vaccines could spin out of research into deer, elk disease Canada.com Mon, 26 Jul 2010 15:59 PM PDT B.C. scientists hope a serendipitous discovery about human cells and a brain-wasting disease affecting deer and elk may lead to a cure for common cancers.

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