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Soccer Concussions Becoming a Serious Problem, Brain Researchers Say
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Soccer Concussions Becoming a Serious Problem, Brain Researchers Say

When North Americans hear the word “concussion”, we often think of two very physical sports: football and hockey. But researchers insist that soccer players also sustain too many brain-related injuries, and are insisting that significant changes be made to the sport. Researchers at Toronto’s St. Michael’s Hospital recently examined a series of studies examining head […]

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Researchers Use 3D Model of Amnesia Patient’s Brain to Study Memory Loss
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Researchers Use 3D Model of Amnesia Patient’s Brain to Study Memory Loss

A three-dimensional model of a former amnesia patient’s brain is helping researchers learn more about the causes of significant memory loss. The model is based on the brain of Henry Molaison, a Connecticut man who suffered total amnesia after undergoing brain surgery for epilepsy in 1953. That surgery focused on the medial temporal lobe part […]

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Albert Einstein’s Amazing Brain
By Catherine Roberts Trending Health News

Albert Einstein’s Amazing Brain

New images of Albert Einstein’s brain have shown some amazing differences when compared with a normal brain. 14 recently discovered images of his brain have been discovered in the National Museum of Health and Medicine in Maryland. They were then studies by Florida State University evolutionary anthropologist Dean Falk, and his team of researchers. They compared the […]

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