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Brain and Nerve Health

  • Blogs

    April 18, 2012

    Top Ten Seizure-Inducing Music Videos

    Music videos are the ultimate promotional tool. Sometimes they tell a story. Sometimes they bring the concert into our homes. And sometimes they just slam us in the face with superfast editing and more erratic, bright lights than is medically advisable. Everyone knows the best vids come with a sur ... More >>

  • News

    January 19, 2012

    Medical marijuana's unlikely Florida hero is 64-year-old Larcenia Bullard

    Music videos are the ultimate promotional tool. Sometimes they tell a story. Sometimes they bring the concert into our homes. And sometimes they just slam us in the face with superfast editing and more erratic, bright lights than is medically advisable. Everyone knows the best vids come with a sur ... More >>

  • Music

    January 19, 2012

    Metal Cruise of Heaviness Pre-Apocalyptic Party at Grand Central January 22

    Music videos are the ultimate promotional tool. Sometimes they tell a story. Sometimes they bring the concert into our homes. And sometimes they just slam us in the face with superfast editing and more erratic, bright lights than is medically advisable. Everyone knows the best vids come with a sur ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 16, 2012

    Medical Marijuana's Unlikely New Florida Savior Is 64-Year-Old Larcenia Bullard

    ​If you'd told Larcenia Bullard 35-years ago - back when she was teaching school kids for a living -- that she'd one day use her lofty platform as a Florida state Senator to advocate for marijuana reform, she would have banished you to the principal's office. "I would not have possibly imagined th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 12, 2012

    Do Not Headbang at Sea! Stay Safe on Dry Land at Grand Central's Metal Cruise Pre-Party

    ​Planning to attend the Metal Cruise of Heaviness Pre-Apocalyptic Party? Well, it has already been anecdotally established that there's a shit-load of medical dangers associated with habitual headbanging, e.g. massive migraine, unholy whiplash, brutal back spasms, slurred speech, and brain bleeds ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 30, 2011

    Newt Gingrich Leads GOP Pack In Florida As Cain Stumbles On Affair Accusations

    ​Florida's Republican voters are making a firm stand for the conservative, pro-family values that have defined their party for decades by fleeing en masse from Herman Cain after multiple sexual harassment charges and new allegations that he carried on a 14-year affair.Yessir, there's no place in t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 8, 2011

    Dave Bitner, Republican Party of Florida Chairman, Dies

    ​David Bitner, the chairman of the Republican Party of Florida, has died after a battle with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), commonly known as Lou Gehrig's disease. Bitner had announced his resignation due to health concerns last week, but his resignation date was set for September 23. A form ... More >>

  • News

    August 18, 2011

    Student athletes suffer the stings of concussions while lawmakers fail to help

    ​David Bitner, the chairman of the Republican Party of Florida, has died after a battle with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), commonly known as Lou Gehrig's disease. Bitner had announced his resignation due to health concerns last week, but his resignation date was set for September 23. A form ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 15, 2011

    Dennis Jones, Florida Senator, Sabotaged a Bill That Could Have Saved Young Athletes' Lives

    ​Back in January, Florida was ahead of the curve on an important national issue. Yes, you read that right. That's when a bill designed to protect youth athletes from concussion passed the Florida House. The new law would require kids who had suffered a suspect head injury to be taken out of play ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 28, 2011

    ATV Crash Victim to File Lawsuit Against Ex-Cop, Clevelander, and Miami Beach PD

    Kuilan is seen partying at the Clevelander the night of the crash. ​Ex-Miami Beach cop Derick Kuilan has hit the fallout trifecta after taking a drunk joyride on an ATV and hitting two citizens: he's been fired, he's been arrested, and now he's being sued.Victim Kitzie Nicanor is still in the hosp ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 27, 2011

    Five Best Music Videos of 2011 ... So Far

    Tyler the Creator plays with roaches.​Over the past decade, MTV has attempted to murder the art of the music video by giving reality shows incessant airtime and even removing the phrase Music Television from the network logo. But bands and solo acts are still constantly churning out quality video ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 19, 2011

    Clarence Clemons, Bruce Springsteen's Saxophone Player, Dead at 69

    ​The Big Man has died. On June 12, Bruce Springsteen's good friend and longtime E Street Band saxophone player Clarence Clemons suffered a massive stroke at his home in Singer Island, Florida. He was immediately rushed to the hospital, where two brain surgeries were performed to stop cranial blee ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 2, 2011

    Study: Dave Duerson Did Have Brain Trauma

    ​At a news conference today, Boston University researchers announced that Dave Duerson, the former NFL player who committed suicide in Sunny Isles Beach and donated his brain for testing, was indeed afflicted with the brain trauma common in former players. Duerson, who won two Super Bowl rings i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 21, 2011

    Study Claims Ecstasy Doesn't Damage Brain (No Wonder Ultra Sold Out)

    Photo by Ivon David RojasA reveler at Ultra Music Festival. ​Miami's credentials as a cocaine capitol are well established, but for that last weekend every March during the Ultra Music Festival, it's no secret an extravaganza of ecstasy use takes hold of the city. Now, one of the largest studies i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 9, 2011

    UM Study: Diet Soda Increases Your Risk for Stroke

    via Natalie DBasically, the first thing Riptide does in the morning. ​Riptide is hopelessly addicted to diet soda. Hell, we had just downed a 20-oz. Cherry Coke Zero when we came across this latest study out of the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine: drinking diet soda daily increases y ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 28, 2011

    R.I.P Amanda Ros, Mother of Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen

    ​Amanda Ros, the mother of U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, has passed away today at the age 84 following a fight with Alzheimer's disease. Ros-Lehtinen, who represents a district that stretches from South Beach to Key West, is currently the longest serving female Republican member of the House, and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 23, 2010

    Top Ways Technology Will Change the Face of Football

    ​Here at Silicon Beach, we're always fascinated by the little ways technology tries to creep into our everyday lives. From the graphics in our retro video games to high tech ways to cheat, we're observing it all and basking in the glory of new technology, much like a kid in a candy store. The late ... More >>

  • Calendar

    August 26, 2010

    All the Way to Hell

    ​Here at Silicon Beach, we're always fascinated by the little ways technology tries to creep into our everyday lives. From the graphics in our retro video games to high tech ways to cheat, we're observing it all and basking in the glory of new technology, much like a kid in a candy store. The late ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 17, 2010

    Former Cuban Political Prisoner Ariel Sigler Improving, Expects to Walk Again

    ​Cuban dissident Ariel Sigler Amaya is recovering slowly but successfully from his seven-and-a-half-year stint in a Castro prison.Sigler, 46, began physical therapy last week at Jackson Memorial Hospital. He remains rail-thin and wheelchair-bound but is already visibly healthier than when he first ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 22, 2010

    Gustavo Cerati Shows No Signs of Improvement, But Family Remains Hopeful For Recovery

    ​There's been no positive update to the condition of Argentine singer-songwriter and Latin rock pioneer Gustavo Cerati, but his family hasn't lost hope. Cerati remains in the FLENI clinic in Buenos Aires, where he was transferred on June, 7, following his May 15 hospitalization in Caracas, Venezue ... More >>

  • Music

    May 20, 2010

    Hit Play! "Rock for Sandor" Benefit Concert

    ​There's been no positive update to the condition of Argentine singer-songwriter and Latin rock pioneer Gustavo Cerati, but his family hasn't lost hope. Cerati remains in the FLENI clinic in Buenos Aires, where he was transferred on June, 7, following his May 15 hospitalization in Caracas, Venezue ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 1, 2010

    R.I.P. Herb Ellis 1921 - 2010

    One of the quiet men of the jazz guitar, Herb Ellis forged a career that took him throughout the rambunctious days of jazz to a very memorable stint in the Oscar Peterson Trio alongside Peterson and Ray Brown from 1953 until 1958, enjoying the controversial status of being the only white dude in t ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 11, 2010

    Consider the Source

    One of the quiet men of the jazz guitar, Herb Ellis forged a career that took him throughout the rambunctious days of jazz to a very memorable stint in the Oscar Peterson Trio alongside Peterson and Ray Brown from 1953 until 1958, enjoying the controversial status of being the only white dude in t ... More >>

  • Music

    November 26, 2009

    Kreamy 'Lectric Santa

    One of the quiet men of the jazz guitar, Herb Ellis forged a career that took him throughout the rambunctious days of jazz to a very memorable stint in the Oscar Peterson Trio alongside Peterson and Ray Brown from 1953 until 1958, enjoying the controversial status of being the only white dude in t ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 14, 2009

    So They Think They Can Sing

    One of the quiet men of the jazz guitar, Herb Ellis forged a career that took him throughout the rambunctious days of jazz to a very memorable stint in the Oscar Peterson Trio alongside Peterson and Ray Brown from 1953 until 1958, enjoying the controversial status of being the only white dude in t ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 8, 2007

    Rollin’ with the Homies

    One of the quiet men of the jazz guitar, Herb Ellis forged a career that took him throughout the rambunctious days of jazz to a very memorable stint in the Oscar Peterson Trio alongside Peterson and Ray Brown from 1953 until 1958, enjoying the controversial status of being the only white dude in t ... More >>

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