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MRI may help determine time of stroke onset Diagnostic Imaging Tue, 02 Nov 2010 14:01 PM PDT Brain MRI could expand the number of stroke patients eligible for a potentially life-saving treatment, according to a new study, published online and in the December issue of Radiology. Mississippi State's Bell, 20, loses battle with cancer SportingNews Tue, 02 Nov 2010 14:00 PM PDT Nick Bell, a sophomore defensive end at Mississippi State, died Monday afternoon after complications arose during an operation on a brain tumor. Brain docs raise concussion alarm for kids sports Columbia Daily Herald Tue, 02 Nov 2010 13:37 PM PDT NEW YORK â€" The risk of concussions from football and some other sports is so serious that a qualified athletic trainer should always be on the field â€" at adult and children’s games, and even at practice, a major doctors group said Monday. Friends continue to collect for McCallister The Woodstock Independent Tue, 02 Nov 2010 13:34 PM PDT Since being diagnosed with demyelization, a disease that impairs nerve signals between the brain and spinal chord, Woodstock resident R.B. McCallister has been working to regain his motor skills while friends have been working hard to raise money to help pay some of the medical bills. FDA OKs drug for TS brain tumors UPI Tue, 02 Nov 2010 12:31 PM PDT WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a drug to treat tumors caused by a rare genetic disorder, tuberous sclerosis. Is It Worth It: Concussions and Other Crippling Injuries on The Gridiron Bleacher Report Tue, 02 Nov 2010 12:31 PM PDT I recently read in the Los Angeles Times' sports section about a local high school football player who's in a life skills program geared toward people with special needs because he suffered a near fatal head injury on the field. The young man had bleeding in his brain and was in a coma for about a week after sustaining a second concussion during a game. Not only was he forced to relearn how to ... Abbott Awarded Brain Research Foundation's First Frederic A. Gibbs Discovery Award PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance Tue, 02 Nov 2010 11:59 AM PDT The Brain Research Foundation presented the Frederic A. Gibbs Discovery Award to Abbott, a global, broad-based health care company, for its dedication to advancing neuroscience through education, research and philanthropy.  The annual BRF award, named for one of its founders, was presented last night at the Foundation's Annual Discovery Dinner, and accepted by the Chairman and CEO of Abbott ... Shanahan questions McNabb's shape The Daily Times Tue, 02 Nov 2010 11:37 AM PDT ASHBURN, Va. -- Mike Shanahan changed his story in a hurry. The new explanation: Donovan McNabb was benched more because of his body, not his brain. Study: Brain Energy Crisis May Spark Parkinson's WCVB Boston Tue, 02 Nov 2010 11:32 AM PDT Parkinson's disease may stem from an energy crisis in the brain, years before symptoms appear. Assault suspect jailed, arraigned The World Tue, 02 Nov 2010 11:30 AM PDT A man suspected of causing his former girlfriend's traumatic brain injury has been extradited and arraigned in Coos County following his arrest near Tacoma, Wash.

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