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Helping kids with brain cancer

‘Silver tsunami’ threatens to drown seniors
Charlie and Toni Bamer, both 51, would have a serious dilemma if they could not leave his 93-year-old mother, Luz Bamer, at Among Friends Adult Day Health Care Center in Oxnard on weekdays.
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Helping kids with brain cancer
A Bay Area doctor is doing research on non-invasive [...]

He’s not a pea brain, he’s a pea lung: Doctors find sprout after Mass. man inhaled veggie

Docs discover pea sprouting in Mass. man’s lung
The doctor confirmed the good news for Ron Sveden once the mass in his left lung came back from the lab: He didn’t have cancer. He had a pea sprouting inside his chest.
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He’s not a pea brain, he’s a pea lung: Doctors [...]

Pot bad for brain: experts

Life Technologies and UCSD Establish a High-Throughput Sequencing Genomics Research Program Exclusively Using the …
CARLSBAD & LA JOLLA, Calif.—-Life Technologies Corporation and the University of California at San Diego Moores Cancer Center today announced a partnership to use SOLiD™ 4 genomic analysis technology in a research program to study chronic lymphocytic leukemia , a cancer [...]

Pot bad for brain, lungs: expert

Iron oxide nanoparticles becoming tools for brain tumor imaging and treatment
( Emory University ) Tiny particles of iron oxide could become tools for simultaneous tumor imaging and treatment, because of their magnetic properties and toxic effects against brain cancer cells. In mice, researchers have demonstrated how these particles can deliver antibodies to implanted brain tumors, [...]

High radiation doses to neural stem cell niche in brain may harbor cancer stem cells

Local golf tournaments
July 26 ‰The 17th annual McGladrey Golf Classic will be held at New Haven Country Club, startig with a cookout lunch at 11:30 a.m. and a shotgun start for a scramble at 12:30 p.m. Fee is $250, and includes cart, gift package, golf shoes, team photo and buffet a dinner. Contact ptommaselli@gnhcc.com for [...]

WEST WINDSOR: Triathalon to benefit pediatric brain cancer research

WEST WINDSOR: Triathalon to benefit pediatric brain cancer research
Five-year-old Luke Gilligan cannot eat. He suffers from severe to profound hearing loss. He battles to overcome a host of learning, social and sensory problems.
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WEST WINDSOR: Triathalon to benefit pediatric brain cancer research
Five-year-old Luke Gilligan cannot eat. He suffers from severe to [...]

Frameless radiosurgery can treat most sensitive regions of brain: Study

CYBER TOOTH
This is one patient who didn’t have to be told to stay perfectly still while getting a CT scan. Nor did technicians have to worry about him becoming claustrophobic while lying in a $900,000 state-of-the-art machine. And getting his insurance card? No need. “Mr. Salmon,” you see, is not a …
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Part III: Doctor moves quickly to remove little girl’s massive brain tumor

News Briefs
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak was shown on Arabic television networks as well and functioning Tuesday.
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Part III: Doctor moves quickly to remove little girl’s massive brain tumor
Meanwhile, another of his patients remains in intensive care, where electrodes implanted by the surgeon monitor the boy’s brain activity.
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Glimmer of hope in China’s ‘brain drain’ battle

Bridgeton honors MS counselor
Newly diagnosed multiple sclerosis patients are anxious and have a lot of questions about their conditions. Some find answers with Bridgeton resident Michelle Keating.
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Glimmer of hope in China’s ‘brain drain’ battle
Professor Shi Yigong, who walked away from a top research position in the United States to become the [...]

Cage type affects laboratory mice brain

Items from Khylee Monson’s memorial garden stolen
The memorial garden at Pioneer Montessori Preschool, dedicated to 5-year-old Khylee Monson, who lost her battle with brain cancer April 14, sits along Highway 88 in Pioneer, bearing gifts, flowers and plants in memory of the brave girl.
Read more on Amador Ledger Dispatch
Cage type affects laboratory mice brain
Researchers at [...]