"A Choice of Poisons" Below, Part One and Two
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New GI Bill offers benefit hikes, new stipendsNorth Texas Daily Tue, 21 Oct 2008 11:37 PM PDTA 64-year-old bill just had a face-lift, and it means more money for more than 600 NT students. Housing stipends, book and supply stipends and more money for tuition are benefits of the new Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2008 or "New GI Bill" passed by Congress in June.
Dance Lifts Bodies and Souls for Parkinson PatientsWBUR Boston Sun, 19 Oct 2008 8:04 PM PDTParkinson's disease has no cure, and medications for it tend to stop working over time. But recent studies show that dancing can help reduce Parkinson's symptoms. A local nonprofit has started a dance class for people with the disease.
Parkinson's patient walking today into uncertain futureEvansville Courier & Press Sun, 19 Oct 2008 10:13 PM PDTKaren Smith's battle with Parkinson's Disease led her to form a local support group and start a Parkinson's Disease Walk (Oct. 25)

The effect of gamma waves on cognitive and language skills in childrenPhysOrg.com - Evergreen,VA,USAIn an article published online and in an upcoming issue of Behavioral Brain Research, Benasich offers significant new insight into the likely role gamma ...See all stories on this topic

Study Shows Group Bragging Betrays InsecurityMedical News Today Tue, 21 Oct 2008 7:06 AM PDTFrom partisans at a political rally to fans at a football game, groups that engage in pompous displays of collective pride may be trying to mask insecurity and a low social status, suggests new research led by University of California, Davis, psychologists. The research will be presented Thursday at the annual meeting of the Society for Experimental Social Psychology in Sacramento.
Florida Agency Recommends Expansion Of Medicaid Pilot Program Despite Gov. Crist's Request To Cut Agency BudgetsMedical News Today Thu, 23 Oct 2008 3:06 PM PDTThe Florida Agency for Health Care Administration last week sent a proposal to Gov. Charlie Crist (R) recommending that a Medicaid managed care pilot project be expanded to 20 additional counties, Florida Health News reports.
Thousands in Brevard cast ballots
Oct 21 1:20 AM EDT
Voters poured steadily into polling places during the first day of early voting Monday, hoping to beat the Election Day crowd. Early voters joined absentee voters in casting ballots for the president and many other offices.

MRSA Cases Confirmed At 3 More Schools Oct 21 4:55 PM EDT
Three more Orange County students contract methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, also known as MRSA.
Sheriff's candidates don't see eye-to-eye
Oct 21 1:20 AM EDT
With gangs on the rise and an economy on the slide, who can keep Brevard County safer? Republican Sheriff Jack Parker, 46, locked up 500 more bad guys, cracked down on methamphetamine labs and marijuana grow houses, and saved money by putting inmates to work.
Rivals bump heads on economy
Oct 21 1:20 AM EDT
Tom Feeney and Suzanne Kosmas differed on just about everything when it came to the economy Monday night, during a forum at Brevard Community College.
Feeney, Kosmas clash at forum
Oct 21 1:19 AM EDT
District 24 U.S. Rep. Tom Feeney, a Republican, and Democratic challenger Suzanne Kosmas differed on NASA, energy, health care and just about every other issue at Monday night's candidate forum at Brevard Community College's Titusville campus.

Brain stimulator for depressionThe Scotsman Tue, 21 Oct 2008 3:41 AM PDTTHE US government has approved the first non-invasive brain stimulator to treat depression.


New Brain-Machine Interface Reactivates Monkey's Paralyzed MusclesSpectrum Online Tue, 21 Oct 2008 9:44 AM PDTA monkey learned to use the output of just one brain cell to move its wrist
Cops using DNA to bite into small crimeAlbany Times Union Tue, 21 Oct 2008 2:11 AM PDTPolice are mainstreaming technology once used to solve only violent crimes DENVER ? The burglar was undone by his taste for strawberry soda.RazJohn Smyer, a suspect in a string of Denver-area break-ins, often checked his victims' refrigerators and helped himself to a drink. The soda cans he left behind gave police enough DNA evidence to link him to five burglaries. He's now serving a 20-year ...
Hair doesn't match men convicted of murdersLexington Herald-Leader Tue, 21 Oct 2008 9:04 AM PDTDNA tests from a hair found at the scene of a 1985 double-murder in eastern Kentucky does not match either of the two men on death row for the crime nor does it match the victims in the case. The test results were returned in January 1999, but not given to defense attorneys for Roger Dale Epperson and Benny Lee Hodge until September. The results are now at the center of efforts by Epperson ...
Ag Mukasey subpoenaed for detention dataDenver Post Tue, 21 Oct 2008 11:59 PM PDTSenate Democrats on Tuesday subpoenaed Attorney General Michael Mukasey for testimony and documents about the Justice Department's legal advice to the White House on detention and interrogation policies since the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
HHS limits anthrax vaccine legal liabilityThe Health and Human Services Department early this month moved to shield government, industry and business officials from lawsuits filed by those who have received the anthrax vaccine. Health and Human Services Secretary Michael ...Democratic Underground Latest... - http://www.democraticunderground.com/
HHS Secretary declares "public health emergency" to shield anthrax ...By Georgetown CNSL 10/21/08: Government Executive reports that Health and Human Services Secretary Henry Leavitt moved earlier this month to shield government producers and distributors of the anthrax vaccine from lawsuits brought by receivers of the ...Georgetown Security Law Brief - http://www.securitylawbrief.com/main/
CDC: 1-2% of anthrax vaccinees may die or become disabled...but ...By Meryl Nass, M.D.(Meryl Nass, M.D.) CDC published a report October 1 on its very expensive, 43 month-long trial of anthrax vaccine, but inexplicably discussed only the first 7 months and only 65% of the subjects. No explanation was given for why only partial data were ...Anthrax Vaccine -- posts by Meryl... - http://anthraxvaccine.blogspot.com/
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Crossing Blood-Brain Barrier: Scientists Develop Drug Delivery ...Science Daily (press release) - USA... brain, according to research presented at the 20th EORTC-NCI-AACR [1] Symposium on Molecular Targets and Cancer Therapeutics in Geneva on 22 October. ...See all stories on this topic
Cognitive and Language Development Influenced by Gamma Waves in ...MedIndia - Chennai,IndiaA research article in the online edition of the journal Behavioral Brain Research says that the new findings provide a window into their cognitive ...See all stories on this topic

Parkinson's Disease Advocates And Researchers Hail Consensus Statement On What We Know And Need To Know About ...Medical News Today Wed, 22 Oct 2008 6:08 AM PDTRepresentatives from the Collaborative on Health and the Environment (CHE) and Parkinson's Action Network (PAN) today released an executive summary of the consensus statement on "Parkinson's Disease (PD) and the Environment," which was recently published on-line in Environmental Health Perspectives (EHP), the peer-reviewed journal of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences.
Ralph Adolphs: The Neuroscience of Social Behavior: From Looking at Faces to Understanding AutismCaltech Today Wed, 22 Oct 2008 10:58 AM PDT10/15/2008 [ 56k modem ] [ broadband ] [ cable/DSL ] 61 minutes Ralph Adolphs, Caltech's Bren Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience and professor of biology, discussed how his lab has used brain imaging, direct recordings from the brain in surgical patients, and studies of clinical populations to understand face processing.
E.O. Wilson Returns to the Hive With Superorganism TomeWired News Tue, 21 Oct 2008 9:24 PM PDTSuperorganism Tome authorName= josh mchugh creditType= illustration credit= Martin Woodtli -- With a new book on bugs, E.O. Wilson reignites the superorganism debate. Today, E. O. Wilson is thinking small. He wants an ants-only conversation. Usually the Harvard biologist engages in big-think — ideas that have shaken up biology, evolutionary theory, psychology, and more, often embroiling ...
Lawyer: Police coerced confession
Oct 22 1:20 AM EDT
The confession of a homeless man accused of killing his friend in a dispute over bathing habits should be thrown out because police coerced the statement by plying him with alcohol, his lawyer will argue in court today.
Sheriff Candidate Says He Can't Discuss FHP Suspension Incident
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Study shows brain's racial stress responseUPI Wed, 22 Oct 2008 8:40 AM PDTCOLUMBIA, S.C., Oct. 22 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers said brain imaging showed stress in African-Americans in response to neutral facial expressions of whites -- indicating racial distrust.
Today's Alternative Energy; and November Issue Topics, Including Computer-Brain Interfaces and DNA ComputingScientific American Wed, 22 Oct 2008 10:00 AM PDTScientific American magazine editor in chief, John Rennie, talks about the November issue's contents, including computer-brain interfaces, DNA computing, the ongoing attempts to find an HIV vaccine and getting closer to the Star Trek tricorder with portable NMR. Plus, we'll test your knowledge of some recent science in the news. Web sites mentioned on this episode include snipurl.com/4LJ71; ...
Seeing a brain as it learns to seeEurekAlert! Wed, 22 Oct 2008 10:25 AM PDTA brain isn't born fully organized. It builds its abilities through experience, making physical connections between neurons and organizing circuits to store and retrieve information in milliseconds for years afterwards. Now that process has been caught in the act for the first time by a Duke University research team that watched a naïve brain organize itself to interpret images of motion.
Streamlining brain signals for speed and efficacyEurekAlert! Wed, 22 Oct 2008 10:14 AM PDT( Salk Institute ) Life exists at the edge of chaos, where small changes can have striking and unanticipated effects, and major stimuli may go unheard. But there is no space for ambiguity when the brain needs to transform head motion into precise eye, head, and body movements that rapidly stabilize our posture and gaze; otherwise, we would stumble helplessly through the world, and our vision ...
Could brain abnormality predict drug addiction?EurekAlert! Wed, 22 Oct 2008 9:48 AM PDT( University of Nottingham ) Scientists at the University of Nottingham are to use MRI technology to discover whether abnormalities in the decision-making part of the brain could make some people more likely to become addicted to drugs.
Brain Jogging game released for iPhoneMacworld Wed, 22 Oct 2008 9:19 AM PDTBrain Jogging is Virtual Programming's first iPhone game -- a brain gym.
Been there, done that: Brain mechanism predicts ability to generalizeEurekAlert! Wed, 22 Oct 2008 9:25 AM PDT( Cell Press ) A new study reveals how the brain can connect discrete but overlapping experiences to provide a rich integrated history that extends far beyond individually experienced events and may help to direct future choices.
Key wants brain drain addressedNZCity Wed, 22 Oct 2008 1:49 PM PDT23 October 2008 National leader John Key says slowing down New Zealand's brain drain is critical to the country's future. Statistics New Zealand figures show more than 47,000 people left for Australia on a permanent or long-term basis during the year to September. Around 13,000 came back.
Crossing Blood-Brain Barrier: Scientists Develop Drug Delivery System For Brain Cancers, Other DiseasesScience Daily Wed, 22 Oct 2008 6:09 AM PDTScientists have developed a new drug delivery system that is capable of crossing the blood-brain barrier to reach and kill cancer cells in the brain. Following successful preclinical studies, the technology is being evaluated in two phase I clinical trials in patients with malignant glioma and brain metastases.

Murmuring hearts echo across sacred Tibets mountainsPeople's Daily Wed, 22 Oct 2008 7:30 AM PDTThe tranquil Yamdroyum Lake, together with the 7,260 meters Nojin Kansa Peak, in Langkazi County of southern Tibet presents more than breathtaking beauty for its significance in Tibetan Buddhism. Monasteries and stone altars in the area, big or small, receive endless followers who came over, spinning their prayer wheels in hand while chanting scriptures in a murmured tone. As pious as the old ...


Study shows brain's racial stress responseUPI Wed, 22 Oct 2008 8:40 AM PDTCOLUMBIA, S.C., Oct. 22 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers said brain imaging showed stress in African-Americans in response to neutral facial expressions of whites -- indicating racial distrust.
eavesdroppers Resources ZDNetNSA and phone sex: Eavesdroppers listened to intimate conversations .... cell phone foils eavesdroppersthat's illegal in USThe gov. won't allow voice ...

Medical Experts Take Notice of Jenny McCarthy's Autism MessageAbout - News & Issues - New York,NY,USAUp until now, outside of a heated debate on Larry King Live, the medical establishment has taken little notice of Jenny McCarthy's take on autism. ...See all stories on this topic

Autism Support Network LauncheseNews Park Forest - Park Forest,IL,USAPRWEB) October 21, 2008 -- Autism Support Network today announced the launch of its free online support community available at http://www.autismsupportnetwork.com/. ...See all stories on this topic


Beirut Marines remembered at memorialWNCT Greenville Thu, 23 Oct 2008 3:59 PM PDTEveryone in the U.S. remembers 9/11, but the commandant of the Marine Corps says what most people don’t know is that the global war on terrorism began on in October 1983 and Marines were the first victims.

ACIP opens door to anthrax shots for first respondersCenter for Infectious Disease Research and Policy Thu, 23 Oct 2008 3:10 PM PDTOct 23, 2008 (CIDRAP News) – The federal Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) has opened the door to voluntary anthrax vaccination for first responders, revising an 8-year-old recommendation against that step.
Proxeon and Thermo Fisher Scientific Integrate System Software ...Chennai: India is becoming one of the world's top hubs of illegal software business which is estimated to be worth $2 billion in 2007, grew by nearly 50 ...

THE SCIENCE SHOW - Cannabis for stroke victims? Saturday 25 October, 12.05pm & Monday 27 October, 7.05pm RN The brain's reaction to a bang on the head or a stroke is similar - and pretty hopeless. Back in nature there wasn't much the body could do to repair such catastrophe and after a stroke inflammation is the last thing you need. But now a team in Dunedin are finding that some drugs are picked up more after stroke and subdue harmful inflammations. Professor John Ashton and his team describe the progress and how you isolate one or two of the many chemicals in cannabis to find a treatment.http://abcmail.net.au/t/294764/685626/902/0/ALL IN THE MIND - The secret life of bacteria – small, smart and thoughtful! Saturday 25 October, 1.05pm & Monday 27 October, 1.05pm RN We can’t survive without them – and we’ve long underestimated their prowess. Controversially, bacteria could even have cognitive talents that rival our own: predatory behaviour, cooperation, memory. Jules Verne eat your heart out! Natasha Mitchell takes us on a strange adventure into the secret world of microbial mentality.http://abcmail.net.au/t/294764/685626/903/0/THE PHILOSOPHER’S ZONE - The logic of the market Saturday 25 October, 1.30pm & Monday 27 October, 1.35pm RN Karl Popper was one of the greatest philosophers of the twentieth century and a great advocate of scientific rationality, but what happened when he turned his attention to the more disorderly world of politics and economics? This week, we look at Popper and the free market.http://abcmail.net.au/t/294764/685626/904/0/OCKHAM’S RAZOR - Under the hammer Sunday 26 October, 8.45am RN Who would have thought just a few years ago that one day we’d be able to peer down like God into everyone’s backyard through our computer screens? Or that almost anywhere there’d be a camera watching us, recording what we do. Today Melbourne author Andrew Herrick delves into the not too far distant future to tell us what can happen and warns that it’s not all science fiction.http://abcmail.net.au/t/294764/685626/910/0/


Proposition 9 would give crime victims a stronger voice, but critics say it could violate inmates' rightsLos Angeles Times Thu, 23 Oct 2008 0:16 AM PDTOpponents of the measure include Los Angeles County Dist. Atty. Steve Cooley. A quarter-century after the slaying of Marsalee Nicholas, a college student from Malibu, voters will consider an initiative launched in her name that would give a stronger voice to crime victims and their families, and impose harsher treatment on convicted killers.

Ballesteros faces additional brain surgeryUPI Thu, 23 Oct 2008 11:13 AM PDTBARCELONA, Spain, Oct. 23 (UPI) -- Hall of Fame golfer Seve Ballesteros faces additional surgery after tests indicated a brain tumor he had removed was cancerous.
Ballesteros brain tumor is cancerousSan Francisco Chronicle Thu, 23 Oct 2008 1:59 PM PDTSeve Ballesteros' brain tumor is cancerous and he will undergo another operation to relieve pressure caused by swelling and bleeding that have recently developed. The remaining parts of the malignant tumor, located in a very deep part of the brain, will be...

SA's Moir claims surf titleNews 24 South Africa Thu, 23 Oct 2008 9:27 AM PDTOXBOW team rider South Africa's Matthew Moir has captured his second consecutive ISA World Longboard Surfing title in Portugal.


High heel event prompts male empathyMoldova.org Thu, 23 Oct 2008 9:15 AM PDTSeveral male students at the University of Central Florida say they now empathize with women after going on a march wearing women's' shoes with high heels. Psychology student Ivan Gonzalez said after the volunteer high heel walk around campus, he has a better understanding of what life can be like for a woman wearing the treacherous footwear, The Orlando (Fla.) Sentinel said Thursday.I couldn't ...
Poll: Most Floridians will vote to ban same-sex marriage Oct 23 12:30 PM EDT
Love it or hate it, most Florida voters have made up their minds about a ballot amendment to ban same-sex marriage.

Study finds genomic changes in the brains of people who commit suicideEurekAlert (press release) - Washington,DC,USADr. Poulter is affiliated with the Molecular Brain Research Group, Robarts Research Institute, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of ...See all stories on this topic

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Research in Mice Suggests It Might Be Possible to Delete Specific ...ABC News - USA... the mouse brain and then triggering the animal's recall can cause erasure of those, and only those, specific memories, according to research in the most ...See all stories on this topic

OneindiaCell Phones Cause Brain Tumors?Oneindia - Tamilnadu,IndiaPawl has called for major research initiatives to assess the possibility that using cellular phones may lead to an increased risk of brain tumours. ...See all stories on this topic
Could brain abnormality predict drug addiction?Genetic Engineering News (press release) - New Rochelle,NY,USAThe research will focus on the frontal cortex, the area of the brain which is involved in decision-making and which allows us to weigh up short term gain ...See all stories on this topic

Many Factors to Carefully Consider in Caring for Elderly Loved One, Advises Antelope Valley Estate Planning Law FirmPRWeb via Yahoo! News Wed, 22 Oct 2008 8:40 AM PDTAntelope Valley estate planning law firm Thompson Von Tungeln advises its clients to consider a wide range of factors before deciding upon the best care for an elderly loved one.
Initiative to increase education of care workers gains supportThe Olympian Thu, 23 Oct 2008 0:28 AM PDTGlenda Faatoafe has been a home-care worker for 12 years, working with the elderly and disabled by helping bathe, feed or dress them.


Sex Offender Speaks OutABC News Thu, 23 Oct 2008 6:19 AM PDTAmid a community's fears, sex offender said on radio he's a "changed man."
California Measure to End Same-Sex Marriage Trailing, Poll SaysBloomberg Thu, 23 Oct 2008 3:51 AM PDTOct. 23 (Bloomberg) -- A California ballot measure that would halt same-sex marriages in the most-populous U.S. state is trailing among those expected to cast ballots in November, a poll found.
Teacher who spoke out on sex abuse loses jobBoston Globe Thu, 23 Oct 2008 6:15 AM PDTA Rutland alternative school teacher who worked with juvenile sex offenders for 16 years was removed from his job in September, weeks after testifying to a legislative committee about the likelihood that offenders will commit new crimes.

Parkinson's Disease Society Comments On Patients' Right To Self Referral Announcement, UKMedical News Today Wed, 22 Oct 2008 8:07 AM PDTThe Parkinson's Disease Society (PDS) today welcomed Alan Johnson's announcement to allow patients to self-refer to physiotherapists and allied health professionals. Steve Ford, Chief Executive of the PDS said: "Alan Johnson's announcement is certainly a step in the right direction.
SEX SICKO GRILLS VICTIM ON STANDNew York Post Fri, 24 Oct 2008 2:07 AM PDTTwo years ago, a young psychology student was sodomized at knifepoint in the bathroom of her Lower East Side apartment. Yesterday, in an exchange nearly as harrowing, the woman squirmed in the witness stand as violent sex fiend John Hamlett -..

.Mechanism In Cells That Generate Malignant Brain Tumors May Offer ...Science Daily (press release) - USAThis could offer a target for scientists seeking treatments that would kill malignant brain tumors at their source and prevent them from recurring. ...See all stories on this topic
Depression during pregnancy can double risk of preterm delivery ...The Canadian Press - OAKLAND. Calif.The work was done by the Kaiser Permanente Division of Research in Oakland, Calif. The small number of women on antidepressants could be excluded from the ...See all stories on this topic
OR Colts kicking up coins for pediatric brain tumor researchGuilford County Northwest Observer - Oak Ridge,NC,USAby Alicia Cosgrove OAK RIDGE – Most third-graders don’t give much thought to brain tumors, but the students of third-grade teacher Judith Jones at Oak Ridge ...See all stories on this topic
Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research & Development, LLC ...MarketWatch - USAIt is categorized as "primary generalized" or "partial onset" depending on the specific location of the abnormal electrical activity in the brain that ...See all stories on this topic
Your Bare Brain, Your Bear MarketForbes - NY,USAMichael Ervolini, behavioral finance expert and head of Cabot Research agrees that any sort of change provokes anxiety and that a lot of people freeze up ...See all stories on this topic
Experimental Pill May Treat MSWebMD - USABy Miranda Hitti Oct. 23, 2008 -- An experimental pill may help curb brain lesions in patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (MS), ...See all stories on this topic

Canada.com$20M brings renowned brain scientist back to CanadaCanada.com - Don Mills,Ontario,Canada"Thanks to Dr. McNaughton's world-class work we're going to see incredible impact in the area of brain research that will benefit not only Alberta, ...See all stories on this topic
HRL Labs to research neuromorphic electronics that function like ...Small Times - USA... 2008: HRL Laboratories LLC will begin research to develop electronics that simulate the cognitive capabilities and efficiencies of the biological brain ...See all stories on this topic
Innovative headband to keep drivers awakeTaiwan Journal - Taiwan(Courtesy of BRC, NCTU) By Jean Yueh Traffic accidents are often linked to drivers falling asleep, but a headband designed by the Brain Research Center at ...See all stories on this topic
Coping With Depression During PregnancyU.S. News & World Report - Washington,DC,USAResearch published today in the journal Human Reproduction found that women with symptoms of depression were more likely to experience a preterm birth. ...See all stories on this topic

Chronic Constipation in Senior Citizens Topic for New Training for Health Care PractitionersSenior Journal Thu, 23 Oct 2008 10:22 AM PDTOct. 23, 2008 – The association dedicated to serving the medication needs of senior citizens has launched a new education initiative for health care professional and other elderly care providers that help in better understanding the causes and treatment of chronic constipation (CC) in older adults.
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