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1. It's in your head: The brain's own globin defends you from shock and stroke
   10-31-2006 · EurekAlert!
   The next generation of treatments for shock or stroke could be based on a protein that is already in our heads -- neuroglobin. In a review article to be published in the November issue of the FASEB Journal, scientists from University of Rome describe this protein, which may be the key to unlocking new therapies to minimize brain damage and improve recoveries for patients.
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2. New discovery leaves blood-doping athletes scratching their heads
   09-20-2007 · EurekAlert!
   A stunning discovery may make blood doping and the treatment of severe anemia as easy as washing your hair. In the October print issue of the FASEB Journal, researchers show that hair follicles on people's head have the potential to become erythropoietin factories. EPO, the hormone responsible for the creation of red blood cells, is used illegally to enhance athletic performance and legally to treat severe anemia associated with kidney failure and chemotherapy.
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3. Accelerated head growth can predict autism before behavioral symptoms start
   01-30-2008 · EurekAlert!
   Children with autism have normal-size heads at birth but develop accelerated head growth between six and nine months of age, a period that precedes the onset of many behaviors that enable physicians to diagnose the developmental disorder, according to new research from the University of Washington's Autism Center.
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4. Spinal Cord Stimulators Tested As Treatment For Patients With Migraine Headaches
   09-29-2006 · ScienceDaily
   Researchers at Rush University Medical Center are testing a new treatment for migraine headaches: occipital nerve stimulation, a surgical procedure in which an implanted neurostimulator delivers electrical impulses to nerves under the skin at the base of the head at the back of the neck.
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5. Touch tracking bypasses mind control
   11-20-2006 · EurekAlert!
   For people unable to simultaneously rub their stomach while patting their head, a new twist may be at hand. Touch, rather than concentration, could let people multi-task with their hands, and this may also potentially help improve the performance of people with coordination problems, according to psychologists.
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6. Stem cell marker identified in head and neck cancer
   01-16-2007 · EurekAlert!
   Researchers have found a marker on head and neck tumor cells that indicates which cells are capable of fueling the cancer's growth. The finding is the first evidence of cancer stem cells in head and neck tumors.
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7. Head of U.S. ITER project named IEEE Fellow
   02-15-2007 · Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)
   Ned Sauthoff, an Oak Ridge physicist leading the U.S. role in a global fusion energy project, has been named a Fellow of the Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
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8. Biologists learn structure of enzyme needed to power 'molecular motor'
   03-22-2007 · EurekAlert!
   Researchers at Purdue University and the Catholic University of America have discovered the structure of an enzyme essential for the operation of "molecular motors" that package DNA into the head segment of some viruses during their assembly.
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9. Suresh awarded 2007 European Materials Medal
   05-16-2007 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
   Subra Suresh, Ford Professor of Engineering and former head of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at MIT, is the recipient of the 2007 European Materials Medal from the Federation of European Materials Societies (FEMS).
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10. Catastrophic head injury three times greater in high school vs. collegiate football players
    07-03-2007 · EurekAlert!
    New research reveals that high school football players are three times more likely to experience catastrophic head injury (death, permanent neurologic damage or serious injuries with full recovery) than those on the college gridiron. Young, concussed players are being returned to the game too soon after sustaining head injuries.
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