Mentally Deranged Man Chained for 20 Years
Mansharam, a 55-year-old man in the Indian State of Madhya Pradesh has been chained to a post for the past 20 years due to a mental illness. // He spends most of time in a motionless state, according to his family members. Mansharam was chained after he started attacking family members as well as o...Gene linked to preterm birth among Hispanic women
...arteries and high blood pressure. In the context of prematurity, say the researchers, it is possible that the variant form of ENPP1 is associated with deranged energy metabolism. In our original study, 85 percent of the population was Hispanic, said Norwitz. It appears that there are genetic variations uni...Fear of Needles, Greedy Dealer 'saved' Lennon and Ono from Heroin Addiction
...also revealed that if Lennon had not insisted on seeing his son Sean before the youngster went to sleep on December 8, 1980, he might have escaped the deranged fan who shot him outside the couple's apartment in New York. "We were returning from the studio, and I said, 'Should we go and have dinner before...Tougher Gun Show Controls in California Slash Sales of Weapons Linked to Crime
...step towards truly effective gun control in a country where the culture of guns verges on the incomprehensible. Although there is no evidence that the deranged shooter obtained his guns from a gun show, the implications for prevention seem evident. They reveal the greatly increased risks of deadly wea...Transport of Proteins Unravels the Mystery behind Neurodegenerative Diseases
...ies had linked specific neurodegenerative diseases to mutations in proteins involved in intracellular transport. This led researchers to wonder if the deranged polyQ proteins inhibit fast axonal transport in several diseases, including SBMA, in which a mutation in the receptor for testosterone leads to the lo...Queensland : Call for improved mental health services
...t be dealt the way normal illnesses are. The police have said that this is perhaps the fourth shooting incident in Queensland that involves a mentally deranged person. ...New Mexico Debates Over Forcing Mentally Ill People To Seek Treatment
...unable to find the money to pay for the treatment even after passing this law. The proposal to implement Kendra's law was voiced in New Mexico after a deranged Albuquerque man shot dead five people in August. The law takes its name from Kendra Webdale, who was pushed in front of a train by a schizophrenic in ...Australia's Mentally ill, ill at ease with Quality of Care
...hat would ensue are best left unsaid. Another Heart rending example to prove how much family counseling could help the family cope with a mentally deranged or instable member. A young Father, diagnosed as alcoholic and depressive had undergone treatment for psychotherapy to combat childhood abuse. Psycho...Prose Memory Deficits Found To Be Associated With Schizophrenia
...ess. Some of the symptoms suffered by schizophrenia are hallucinations seen or heard, feelings of being persecuted, becoming withdrawn, aggression and deranged behavior. Schizophrenia can be treated symptomatically, but only one in five patients have a chance of full recovery. ...Schizophrenia Gets A New Diagnostic Tool
...ess. Some of the symptoms suffered by schizophrenia are hallucinations seen or heard, feelings of being persecuted, becoming withdrawn, aggression and deranged behavior. Schizophrenia can be treated symptomatically, but only one in five patients have a chance of full recovery. More on Medindia: ...Pulmonary hypertension in children may result from reduced activity of gene regulator
...nary hypertension that often results. "These drugs might be another therapy where you can treat some of the underlying mechanisms that have become deranged and reset the clock; essentially you can help the body go back to normal," said Dr. Stephen Black, a cell and molecular physiologist at the Medical Co...Genome study shines light on genetic link to height
...dren. HMGA2 has also been implicated in certain forms of cancer. Thus, further studies may help dissect the relationship between normal growth and the deranged growth central to cancer. ...Mechanism for neurodenegerative diseases linked to transport proteins
...ies had linked specific neurodegenerative diseases to mutations in proteins involved in intracellular transport. This led researchers to wonder if the deranged polyQ proteins inhibit fast axonal transport in several diseases, including SBMA, in which a mutation in the receptor for testosterone leads to the lo...