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Five minutes with stroke survivor Jill Bolte Taylor
Neuroscientist Jill Bolte Taylor has always loved the brain’s complex beauty. But she developed an unexpectedly deep appreciation for her own in 1996 after a blood vessel ruptured and she suffered a massive stroke. The life-changing moment destroyed...Tags: Physical Conditions, Julie Deardorff, Antarctica, Arts and Culture, Mental Health
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Children with rare brain disease improve after gene therapy
Florida Jewish JournalUsing gene transfer techniques pioneered by University of Florida faculty, Taiwanese doctors have restored some movement in four children bedridden with a rare, life-threatening neurological disease. The first-in-humans achievement may also be helpful...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Biology, University of Florida, Science and Technology, Taiwan
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Runners Race Along the Lakefront in Support of Brain Tumor Research
TribLocal - EvanstonThe 2012 Magellan Development Chicago Spring Half Marathon and 10K raised funds for Northwestern Brain Tumor Institute CHICAGO— More than 1,500 runners braved wind and …... -
Man walks from Philadelphia to Boston to honor his son
Denis Asselin walked through the woods this month to arrive at the entrance of KidsPeace's psychiatric hospital in Orefield. It was a very different experience from the one he had in February 1997, when he drove through the circular roads leading to...
Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Allentown, Mental Illness, Mental Health, Health
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Young adults with autism less likely to go to college or hold down a job, study finds
Young adults with autism are less likely to go to college or hold down a job than their peers with other types of disabilities, a new study finds. Researchers found that more than a third of young adults with an autism spectrum disorder had not landed...
Tags: Science and Technology, Newspaper and Magazine, Learning Disability, Health, Science
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Q&A: Ask the pediatrician! Dr. Diana Blythe answers your questions about kids' health
Have a question for Dr. Blythe? Write to her at AskThePediatrician@tribune.com
May 21, 2012
Q: My school-age children have been sick with colds lately and, because of conflicting information in the news, I'm still unsure about which over-the-counter...Tags: Fish and Reptiles, Population, Clubs and Associations, American Red Cross, Miscarriage
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Fundraising walk in Eustis to bring attention to dangers of brain tumors
EUSTIS — Nov. 5, 2011, is a day Sable Fulmore will never forget — the day the Eustis mom's 3-year-old was diagnosed with a rare brain tumor. Months before, Tyler Williams was just like any other rambunctious and fun-loving little boy....
Tags: Nursing, Medical Specialization, Health, Oncology, Human Body
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The Morning Call Sports Calendar
Items for the calendar must be typed and received at least 10 days in advance of your proposed publishing date at: Sports Calendar, The Morning Call, P.O. Box 1260, Allentown, PA 18105. They may be faxed to the sports department at 610-820-8654 or sent...Tags: Sports and Outdoor Equipment, Clubs and Associations, Dan Snyder, American Red Cross, Civil Rights
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Tim Tebow, Dwight Howard, lose little friend to brain cancer
En Fuego - Orlando SentinelA little boy who chose smiles over sympathy, who shared special moments with sports heroes Tim Tebow and Dwight Howard, who chose to live life rather than mourn his descent, as his brain cancer grew stronger and Blake got weaker.... -
Lasers Take Aim At Brain Tumors
The Hartford CourantAfter little more than two hours of preparation, Simone DiGiacomo was ready to have a tumor that was lodged 3 inches deep in her brain cooked by a laser. The 47-year-old Jewett City woman was wrapped almost entirely in blue sheets on a bed in the MRI...Tags: New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Hospitals and Clinics, Yale-New Haven Hospital, Science and Technology, Health Treatments
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Thieves nab discarded equipment used to test patient with mad-cow-like disease
Thieves who helped themselves to a medical scanner and some lab machines set for disposal behind Florida Hospital may have picked up a truckload of trouble. The equipment — half a million dollars' worth — was used to detect a mad-cow-like...
Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Florida Hospital, Medical Specialization, Biopsy, Health
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Two paralyzed people successfully use robot arm
After years of work with primates and able-bodied humans, researchers have successfully demonstrated in paralyzed humans that an implanted electrode in the brain can successfully control the movement of a robot arm, allowing the patients to drink and...
Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, National Institutes of Health, Science and Technology, Veterans Affairs, Health
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