Jackson to be buried without brain: Report

"Press Trust of India, Sunday July 5, 2009, London " " Michael Jackson will be buried without his brain in a private ceremony on Tuesday by his family. The pop star, 50, died after a suspected cardiac arrest on Tuesday but the circumstances around his death...

Getting Along With People Who Don’t Act Right Like You

In Star Trek two heroes in-the-making, one impulsively intuitive, the other straining to be rational, recognize they can learn from each other. So can women and men. How do you react in a hot situation? “A thought comes when it will, not when I will,” wrote...

Human Brains Make Their Own 'Marijuana'

ScienceDaily (Apr. 20, 2009) — U.S. and Brazilian scientists have discovered that the brain manufactures proteins that act like marijuana at specific receptors in the brain itself. This discovery may lead to new marijuana-like drugs for managing pain, stimulating appetite,...

Pacemaker for Brains to Treat Widspread Disorders

Deep brain stimulation has been used much like a pacemaker for the brain to treat Parkinson's Disease.  The electrical stimulation of brain tissue seems to diminishes symptoms associated with that...

Brain Damage Recovery Made Difficult by Smoking

" .fullpost{display:inline;} Some of the damage would have otherwise been reversedThe frontal and parietal cortices of the human brain are especially prone to being damaged by excessive alcohol consumption, researches show, but most of that damage can be reversed by...

Alzheimer's Hits 5.3 Million in US - Report

Some 5.3 million people in the US have Alzheimer's disease, according to the Alzheimer's Association.  The healthcare costs related to Alzheimer's patients are more than triple those of other older people,...

Brains needed to find a cure for Parkinson's disease

The Parkinson's Disease Society has set up a donor registry for people to donate their brains after death to help find a cure for Parkinson's disease. " People are being urged to donate their brains after death to...

Declaring War On Your Brain

The recent complaints of directed energy weapons torture and covert psychological attacks coming from numerous American citizens may be a byproduct of what is considered the hottest new market in weapons development: " . . . namely the military and intelligence communities’...

Natasha Richardson Autopsy: What is Epidural Hematoma?

The New York City medical examiner has said that Natasha Richardson died of an epidural hematoma "due to blunt impact to the head". The Tony-award-winning actress was injured after a fall on the beginner ski slope...

Fight Depression With Lithium

Below is a small part of an interview with Durk Pearson and Sandy Shaw, experts on human nutrition. Their fantastic book, Life Extension- A Scientific Approach, sold a million copies in hard cover two decades...

Wartime troop brain injures could reach 360,000

"WASHINGTON – The number of U.S. troops who have suffered wartime brain injuries may be as high as 360,000 and could cast more attention on such injuries among civilians, Defense Department doctors said Wednesday. The estimate of the number injured — the...

A machine reading your mind?

It sounds both scary and unbelievable: They can read your thoughts and convict you of sin even before you know that you are guilty."It sounds like science fiction, but politicians, lawyers and advertisers are falling over themselves to buy into the latest scientific...

Cancer Treatment Kills Tumors by 'Cooking'

CLEVELAND, Ohio - Doctors at Cleveland Clinic are offering a new treatment for the most deadly form of brain cancer.  Their new experimental treatment literally 'zaps' the tumor away.  This new laser...

Second-hand smokers risk dementia

Second-hand smokers have a 44% higher risk of developing cognitive problems including dementia according to research undertaken at Cambridge University. A link between dementia and smoking had been established in...

Insulin May Treat and Prevent Alzheimer's Disease

A research team from Northwestern University has found that insulin may combat Alzheimer's disease by protecting brain synapses from harm.  After emerging theories that Alzheimer's may actually be a third form...

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