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The blended senses of synesthesia
If you ask Emma Anders about the number five, she'll tell you that it's red. She'll also tell you that five is a mischievous, self-centered brat — like a kid throwing a temper tantrum at a party.
"Two is yellow, three is purple, four is an...Tags: Alzheimer's Disease, Medical Research, Human Body, Diseases and Illnesses, Health
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After brain injury, can a drug stem the damage?
Could freestyle skier Sarah Burke, who died Jan. 19, nine days after a devastating crash, have been helped by an experimental drug? A new study offers a glimmer of hope for future victims of traumatic brain injury.
In the hours after she has sustained...Tags: Stroke, Medical Research, Human Body, Health, Aneurysm
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Family fulfills final wishes of a girl with real heart
They just wanted her suffering to end.
So they painted her nails.
It didn't work.
"Let's change her earrings," her father suggested softly and kindly.
They did; it didn't work either.
"Let's get Noel," her friend suggested.
So the family, with the...Tags: Nursing Homes, Japan, Nursing, Symptoms, Health and Medical Professionals
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Gary Carter dies at 57; baseball Hall of Famer
Gary Carter, a Hall of Fame catcher from Fullerton who helped lift the New York Mets to a dramatic victory over the Boston Red Sox in the 1986 World Series, died Thursday in Florida. He was 57 and had brain cancer.
Nicknamed "Kid" for his grit and...Tags: Periodicals, Mike Scioscia, College Sports, Gold Glove Awards, Montreal Expos
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Cancer drug reverses Alzheimer's symptoms in mice, study says
A drug that has been approved for the treatment of a type of skin cancer since 1999 appears to reverse Alzheimer's symptoms -- in mice.
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine neuroscientist Gary Landreth and colleagues reported Thursday that...Tags: Cancer, Skin Cancer, Symptoms, Health and Safety at School, Drugs and Medicines
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Little-known brain disease rips apart lives of victim, loved ones
More than a year after the diagnosis, Maureen Bryant had grown accustomed to making excuses for her husband.
When Stu stood behind a tattooed woman in line at Panda Express, and said loudly, "Wow, that's a lot of tattoos," Moe stepped between him and the...Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Father's Day, Symptoms, MRI (imaging), Punishment
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The science behind frontotemporal dementia
When Times staff photographer Rob Gauthier and I first visited the Bryant family last April to begin reporting a story, (“Little-known brain disease rips apart lives of victim, loved ones,”), about a rare type of dementia, known as...Tags: Alzheimer's Disease, Science, Human Body, Diseases and Illnesses, Health
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Study finds jolt to the brain boosts memory
In an experiment likely to raise new hopes for those with memory-robbing diseases such as Alzheimer's, researchers have found that sending an electrical jolt to a part of the brain that plays a key role in memory improved people's ability to learn —...Tags: Ethics, Entertainment, Values, Symptoms, Music
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Doctors: Recovery will take weeks or months for Sen. Mark Kirk
Chicago TribuneIllinois Sen. Mark Kirk is expected to recover cognitive functions but could have some physical impairment following a weekend stroke, the neurosurgeon who operated on the senator said Monday following three hours of surgery at Northwestern Memorial...Tags: Swelling, Human Interest, Politics, Chicago Tribune, Rod Blagojevich
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Bill Janklow dies at 72; South Dakota governor, congressman
Bill Janklow, the former four-term South Dakota governor who resigned as the state's lone member of Congress after causing a fatal traffic accident, died Thursday of brain cancer in Sioux Falls, S.D., said his son Russ. He was 72.
He was known as a...Tags: Cancer, College Sports, Politics, College Baseball, Elections
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Live music at Fresno's VA hospital makes a big difference
The hospital was built in the years after World War II. Its ceilings are low, corridors long and corners sharp — all possible stress triggers for those who have been in combat.
Not to mention that a hospital waiting room can make anyone edgy....Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Entertainment, Iraq, Psychiatry, Hospitals and Clinics
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Thinner brains may be more susceptible to Alzheimer's disease
There is no cure for Alzheimer’s disease, and as far as treatment goes, the best doctors can do (for now) is try to slow its progression. Identifying people in the earliest stages of the disease – even before any symptoms appear –...Tags: Alzheimer's Disease, Medical Research, Human Body, Diseases and Illnesses, Health
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