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Link Between Parkinson's Disease and Depression Identified

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Depression is a common indication of Parkinson's disease, suggests study. The study conducted by the Northwestern Medicine investigators in collaboration with the National Parkinson's Foundation (NPF) showed that depression was the most established non-motor symptom of Parkinson's disease. Danny Bega, MD, instructor in the Ken and Ruth Davee Department of Neurology, said that they confirmed suspicion that depression was a very common symptom in Parkinson's ...

Brain Defect Traps Schizophrenics in Twilight Zone, Says Study

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A new study finds schizophrenic patients struggle to turn goals into actions because brain structures governing desire and emotion are less active and fail to pass goal-directed messages to cortical regions affecting human decision-making. Published in iBiological Psychiatry/i, the finding by a University of Sydney research team is the first to illustrate the inability to initiate goal-directed behaviour common in people with schizophrenia. The ...

UN Offers Aid to Feed One Million People Hit Hard by Ebola Outbreak in Africa

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A food aid program that will feed over one million people hit hard by the Ebola outbreak in West Africa is currently being set up by the United Nations, the World Food Programme (WFP) revealed. With states of emergency and severe restrictions on movement imposed in the three worst-hit countries, Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, the UN agency is bringing in its own aircraft to transport its personnel. "The restrictions on movement in the most affected ...

Head of Catholic Church in Ireland Offers His Resignation to Pope Francis

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The head of Roman Catholic Church in Ireland, Cardinal Sean Brady has announced that he has offered his resignation to Pope Francis following criticism of his handling of a clerical sex abuse investigation in the county. "Last month I offered my resignation to Pope Francis in accordance with the requirement of canon law," Brady said in a statement. Under current Vatican practice, bishops tender their resignation at 75, then the pope decides when it should ...

Ghana Officials Blame Poor Sanitation, Healthcare Facilities for 'Staggering' Cholera Outbreak

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Health officials in Ghana reveal that the recent cholera outbreak in the country's capital has reached 'staggering' levels, aided by poor sanitation and overcrowded health facilities. Cholera has killed more than 40 people in Accra since June and infected 3,100 others, according to the Ghana Health Service. While the sprawling city has been hit by cholera before, the director of health services for the greater Accra region, Linda Van Otoo, said the current ...

Ferrari Fetches Record (Dollar) 38 Million in California Auction

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A red 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO Berlinetta became the most expensive car ever sold at auction after fetching more than (Dollar) 38 million in California. The previous record was held by a 1954 Mercedes-Benz W196R Formula 1 model bought in Britain last year for (Dollar) 30 million. The Ferrari, which has a checkered past, auctioned at Monterey Car Week near San Francisco on Thursday and is from the Maranello Rosso collection. It has chassis number 3851 GT. Only ...

Beer Shortage Sparks Hoarding and Inflated Prices in Cuba

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With its citizens already forced to deal with one of its hottest summers, Cuba is also struggling with a severe beer shortage, leading to hoarding and greatly inflated prices. A sharp fall in production at the island's main brewery, Bucanero, at the beginning of the year has trickled its way down the supply chain at the worst possible time: the third-hottest summer since 1951. That has caused many consumers and the communist country's newly legalized ...

'Patch Adams' and Humor Therapy

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The US physician who was the inspiration for the Robin Williams film "Patch Adams" is bubbling with optimism and will do anything to elicit a laugh. Even something as bawdy as flatulence is not out of bounds for Hunter Adams. He addressed that earthy issue this week during a visit to Peruvian children with cancer and brought the house down. Adams works on the premise that humor and clowning around is good for sick people. During a recent ...

Sexual Orientation Has a Significant Influence on How 'In Love' a Couple Appears to be

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The perception of how 'in love' a romantic couple appears to be differs based on their sexual orientation, thereby affecting the formal and informal rights that people believe the couple deserves, a new study conducted by researchers at Indiana University reveals. Long Doan, a doctoral student in the Department of Sociology at IU Bloomington's College of Arts and Sciences, said the study was created to understand how people's attitudes differ based on sexual orientation. ...

Discrepancy Between Parental Identity and Occupation the Source Behind High Stress Among Certain Individuals

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A new study has found that high levels of stress among some parents can be traced to the type of jobs they hold rather than the demands on their time and energy. According to University of Iowa researchers, parents who hold jobs viewed by society as aggressive, weak, or impersonal are likely to be more stressed out than parents whose occupations are seen in a light similar to parenting - good, strong, and caring. "We know that one source of stress for ...

Efforts to Prevent Prescription Drug Misuse Among Young Adults Should Focus on Peers Rather Than Peer Pressure

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Researchers at Purdue University suggest that rather than focusing on peer pressure, current programs that attempt to prevent prescription drug misuse among young adults should focus on peers. "With the 18-29 age group we may be spending unnecessary effort working a peer pressure angle in prevention and intervention efforts. That does not appear to be an issue for this age group," said study co-author Brian Kelly, a professor of sociology and anthropology who studies ...

Incarceration of a Parent may Have Serious Negative Effect on Children

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A new study conducted by researchers at University of California-Irvine has found that children whose parents are incarcerated are worse off compared to those whose parents are divorced or dead. The study found significant health problems, including behavioral issues, in children of incarcerated parents and also that, for some types of health outcomes, parental incarceration can be more detrimental to a child's well-being than divorce or the death of a parent. ...

Decoding Whether Pink Collar Jobs are Better for Men Without College Degree

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Researchers led by University of Akron's Janette Dill hope to find out whether a man without a four-year college degree should seek out a lower-paying but steadier employment in a female-dominated field or try his luck in landing a well-paying, but insecure job, in traditionally male fields such as manufacturing or construction. "It's such a hard labor market if you don't have a college degree," Dill says. "You're just really shut out from jobs that pay a decent ...

Sex and Passion, and Not Divorce, on the Minds of Middle-Aged Women Who Seek Affairs

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Results of a new study presented at the 109th Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association suggests that middle-aged women who seek extra-marital affairs are looking to rekindle romantic passion, including sex, rather than wanting to divorce their husbands. "Being happy in marriage is far different than being happy in bed," said Eric Anderson, a professor of masculinity, sexuality, and sport at the University of Winchester in England and the chief science ...

Seven Arrested in China Over Forcing Children to Donate Blood

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State authorities in northwest China have confirmed that around seven people have been arrested by the police for their role in a scheme that saw school children forced to donate blood. The arrested are the deputy chief of a blood centre operated by a company in Gansu province, whose surname was given as Huang, and six jobless men, the official Xinhua news agency reported late Friday. The company, Lanzhou Institute of Biological Products in the city ...

Yazidis in Iraq Express Worry Over Family Members Kidnapped by Islamic Jihadists

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Even as Yazidis in Iraq are fleeing from the fresh offensive by ISIS, thousands said that they are worried about their men, women and babies abducted by the militants. The mass kidnappings by the Islamic State (IS) jihadist group targeted those who either refused or simply could not flee a string of villages around Mount Sinjar, one of the minority's main ancestral homes in northern Iraq. The refugees say the women and children are being held in IS-controlled ...

Almonds Associated With Reduced Inflammation in Type 2 Diabetes Patients

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Regular consumption of almonds is associated with reduced inflammation in people with type 2 diabetes, say studies. A randomized controlled clinical studysupi/sup investigated the effects of adding 1.5 ounces of almonds to the diet for 12 weeks on diabetes and heart disease risk factors in 21 adults with poorly controlled type 2 diabetes. Participants in the almond-consuming group (n=10; mean age 57.8 years) experienced nearly a 30% reduction in C-reactive ...

New Treatments for Light to Heavy Snoring Developed

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Theravent (Regd) Advanced Nightly Snore Therapy has announced Theravent LITE and Theravent MAX, two new treatments to reduce and eliminate snoring. Designed for light to moderate snorers, and for those that have difficulty with nasal airway resistance, Theravent LITE has half the resistance level of Theravent REGULAR. Theravent MAX has double the resistance level of Theravent REGULAR, designed to tackle heavier snoring. In clinical trials, Theravent MAX showed ...

Mark Zuckerberg's Chilly Charity Challenge to Bill Gates

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Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg wants Bill Gates to take the challenge of being doused by a bucket of ice-cold water. Aimed at raising awareness and cash for the fight against Lou Gehrig's disease, the Ice Bucket Challenge has become a viral craze in the United States in recent weeks. It involves celebrities soaking themselves in icy water before challenging other well-known personalities to do the same -- or else make a donation to the ALS (amyotrophic ...

Growing Global Virus Threat Brought to the Fore by Ebola Epidemic

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It is now obvious that Ebola has erupted from seemingly nowhere to claim lives and sow fear of a catastrophic global outbreak like the Spanish flu, polio, AIDS, and SARS before it. While experts say the current epidemic is unlikely to become global, they warn of ever more viral outbreaks in future as increasing numbers of globetrotters are exposed to strange new pathogens that they take home to spread in crowded cities. "New viral diseases are on the ...

Research Reveals Chikungunya Test Vaccine Shows Promise

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Researchers have revealed that a candidate vaccine against the joint disease chikungunya showed promise by provoking an immune response in human trials. The trial drug is made with nanoparticles that resemble a West African strain of the virus, which causes high fever and intensely painful arthritis, said a study in The Lancet medical journal. These virus-like particles (VLPs) are meant to mimic the immune-stimulating effects of the actual virus particles, ...

Researchers Reveal How Ebola Virus Disables Immune Response

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The way in which Ebola blocks and disables the body's natural immune response has been revealed in a new study. The understanding of how the virus disarms immune defenses will be crucial in the development of new treatments for the disease. Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine along with collaborators from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas have found how Ebola protein VP24 disrupts the cell's ...

Research Shows Reduction of Tau Protein Improves Symptoms in Model of Severe Childhood Epilepsy

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Reducing brain levels of the protein tau effectively blocks the development of disease in a mouse model of Dravet syndrome, a severe intractable form of childhood epilepsy, researchers at the Gladstone Institutes have shown. This therapeutic strategy not only suppressed seizure activity and premature death, but also improved cognitive and behavioral abnormalities that can accompany this syndrome. Previous studies from this group have shown that lowering ...