The meager payment is largely the result of an insurance calculation which pays off based on the stage of crop development that has been achieved when the damage occurs.

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And in an effort to cut down on injuries on the court or the field, Dr. Timothy Hewett, who heads the project at OSU's Wexner Medical Center, and his team have developed simple screening tests to better determine who is at risk for certain problems before damage occurs.

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She said it may be possible to retain more brain cells by preventing the brain damage that occurs during a person's lifetime.

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Damage that occurs at the cellular or molecular level can disrupt the body's natural control processes and allow an uncontrolled growth of cells, or cancer.

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At least half of the damage, however, occurs hours later, as the initial injury sets off a complex and poorly understood chemical cascade that disables surrounding cells.

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If their technology is deployed, the next time a big food scare occurs, the damage done to consumers and producers alike should be far more easily contained.

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Generally, you claim a casualty loss for property damage not covered by insurance or reimbursement in the year the disaster occurs.

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Besides stroke, he says, drugs aimed at the new targets could prove useful for treating spinal cord injuries, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, even epilepsy--because the same toxic cascade that occurs after a stroke also happens after many other types of brain damage.

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Besides stroke, Dr. Suzdak says, drugs aimed at the new targets could prove useful for treating spinal cord injuries, Lou Gehrig's disease or even epilepsy--because the same toxic cascade that occurs after a stroke also happens after many other types of brain damage.

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