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Kimberly McBroom's Blog
Tuesday, May 7 I truly hope you were able to catch "Susan's Story," either last night at 6 or today on WDBJ 7 Mornin'. Susan Bahorich bravely shared her personal struggle with ovarian cancer. I am so proud of her for being open and honest with what she is...Tags: Heavy Engineering, Somer Thompson, Simon Cowell, Appalachian Power Company, Pancreatic Cancer
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Aggression, explosivity linked to multiple concussions in new study
A new study of brains donated after death details the degenerative brain disease that afflicted 68 of 85 subjects who suffered multiple concussions during stints in the military or in organized sports. Among the deceased athletes whose brains were...Tags: Health and Safety at School, John Mackey, Suicide, Ollie Matson, Death
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First responders from around the world help Rustburg boy celebrate Christmas
Reporter/Lynchburg Bureau ChiefIf you want to find a house with more Christmas joy than almost anywhere, pay a visit to the Norman family in Rustburg. "We just celebrate the birth of Jesus and the joy that brings," said Dawn Norman, matriarch of the Norman family. Their home on...Tags: Health Treatments, Chemotherapy, Holidays, Religious Festivals
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Cancer patients learn to cope with 'chemo brain'
Kristin Froehlich knew something was wrong with her mental abilities the moment she pulled into the parking lot of a sporting goods store last spring. “Driving to Dick's Sporting Goods in Naperville, I pulled into the parking lot, and just sat...
Tags: Event Planning, Chemotherapy, Oncology, Breast Cancer, Dick's Sporting Goods Incorporated
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Briefs: Psychology Today
Premium Health News ServiceRIGHT-HAND MAN Think your attitudes and opinions are pretty much fixed? Try holding your pen with the other hand. PT blogger Daniel Casasanto, Ph.D., a psychologist at the New School for Social Research (New York City), has found evidence that slight...Tags: YouTube, Yale University, Medical Procedures and Tests, Medical Research, Dentistry and Dental Health
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Brain tumors in raccoons linked to newly discovered virus
An eerie new disease is cropping up among raccoons in Northern California and Oregon: brain tumors that may be linked to a previously unidentified virus discovered by a team led by UC Davis veterinarians and researchers. Necropsies conducted since...
Tags: Health and Safety at School, Endangered Species, Medical Research, Conservation, Wildlife
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Imperial's Dejon Wilson battles to be normal after brain surgery
Special to this NewspaperThree years ago, it was unclear whether Dejon Wilson would ever walk or even talk again. This Christmas, the Imperial High senior will continue being thankful for his miraculous recovery, which has allowed him to not only walk, talk, and eat, but play...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Sports, Football
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Brazil hides confirmed mad cow disease case
Billings, MT - According to a Brazilian notification submitted this week to the World Organization for Animal Health, commonly known as the OIE, Brazil identified a cow that died in December 2010 that was a suspect for a neurological disease such as...Tags: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy, Medical Procedures and Tests, Symptoms, Brazil
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No refund for a sick passenger?
Susan Fuhrman's husband is sick, and she can't get a straight answer from United Airlines about her refund request. One representative agrees to a full refund, but another refuses. Who's right? Q: Last year, my husband and I bought round-trip tickets...
Tags: Air Transportation Delays, Air Transportation Industry, United Air Lines, Services and Shopping, Trips and Vacations
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Connecting the social and the spatial
Amy Lynne Shelton has a closet full of toys at the Johns Hopkins University cognitive psychology lab: Wooden human figures with movable joints, Lego and model train buildings, toy cameras and wooden triangular blocks — some with eyes, some without....Tags: Vanderbilt University , Science, Religion and Belief, Illinois State University, Psychology
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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: Animals, Arts, Julie Deardorff, Physical Conditions, Stroke
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Tony Scott didn't have brain cancer, family tells coroner
L.A. NOWThe Los Angeles County coroner's office said it has not determined whether director Tony Scott had any health problems before he jumped off a San Pedro bridge Sunday and said family members have denied media reports that he was suffering......
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