Think twice about buying that popcorn the next time you go to see a movie. A new study has found that diacetyl, a flavor ingredient used to make popcorn taste buttery, may cause Alzheimer’s disease, according to a story on WebMD. http://www.webmd.com/alzheimers/news/20120808/popcorn-butter-flavorant-linked-to-alzheimers Research, published in the online edition of Chemical..
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It’s a story that’s been told again and again, but this rendition is particularly heart-breaking. It is the story of Major Ben Richards, a brilliant West Point graduate, who went to Iraq and came back a broken man. Like many veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan, Richards’ wounds aren’t visible to..
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O.J. Murdock’s family has done the right thing: They’ve donated his brain to scientists who are studying whether concussions lead to depression and long-term mental degeneration in football players. Murdock, a Tennessee Titan, on July 30 joined a growing list of NFL players who have committed suicide. He shot himself..
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Migraines are a brain, not a vascular, disorder, contrary to what was believed in the past. Armed with that knowledge, scientists who are trying to find a treatment for migraines are focusing their research on the brain chemical calcitonin gene-related peptide neurotransmitter, known as CGRP, according to The Wall Street..
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By the end of next month, people with Alzheimer’s disease will learn whether an experimental drug can halt the progression of their ailment, or if it is a failure like a similar medication that Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson were testing. Drug maker Eli Lilly has told analysts that it..
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The National Football League seems to be having some success in its efforts to curtail concussions. Largely due to the league’s changes in kickoff rules, last season overall concussions dropped to 266 from 270 the prior season, according to Edgeworth Economics, a consulting firm. Concussions at kickoff plummeted by 43..
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Here’s another discouraging setback in the research for a cure for Alzheimer’s disease. On Monday Pfizer Inc. and Johnson & Johnson announced that they were shelving late-stage clinical trials of a drug, bapineuzumab, that many had believed would be the first to be approved by federal regulators to slow Alzheimer’s...
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A Johns Hopkins study has found that the elderly who suffer major head trauma during a weekend are more likely to die of their injuries than those similarly hurt, but hospitalized during the week,” even if their injuries are less severe and they have fewer other illnesses than their weekday..
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Should lightweight aluminum bats be used in Little League games? The family of a Wayne, N.J., boy who sustained traumatic brain injury (TBI) after being hit by a ball during a game in 2006 doesn’t think so. A trial on the issue has been set for Sept. 10 in state..
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Wisconsin Badgers running back Montee Ball, recovering from a concussion after being assaulted by a group of men in Madison, will not be able to start practice on Monday, according to several published reports. http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/8228580/wisconsin-badgers-coach-says-montee-ball-ready-camp The news was revealed by Badgers’ coach Bret Bielema during the taping of a TV..
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