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New research by Singapore’s National Neuroscience Institute (NNI) also revealed that carrying one of two Asian gene variants increases your risk of Parkinson's disease. And up to 10 per cent of the Singapore population carry one of these gene variants.offee and tea drinkers, rejoice – especially those with a genetic predisposition to developing Parkinson’s disease (PD). New research by Singapore’s National Neuroscience Institute (NNI) has found that two cups of kopi (traditional local coffee made from robusta coffee beans) a day can reduce the risk of PD by four to eight times in people with Asian gene variants linked to...

In women, a higher physical activity (PA) level is associated with a lower incidence of Parkinson's disease (PD), according to a study. Berta Portugal, Ph.D. and colleagues examined the association between time-varying PA and PD using lagged analyses to address the potential for reverse causation. Data were obtained from the E3N cohort study of women affiliated with a national health insurance plan (1990 to 2018). During the follow-up period, PA was self-reported in six questionnaires. A time-varying latent PA (LPA) variable was created as questions changed across questionnaires. Differences in LPA trajectories were examined, and the association between time-varying LPA...

“Live PD,” which was canceled in 2020, returns July 22 on Reelz as “On Patrol: Live” — with Dan Abrams once again anchoring the real-time series that follows police officers on patrol across America. “This show has become a part of my DNA, and I certainly want a partner who feels the same way,” Abrams, 56, told The Post. “Reelz is really excited about this series; they’re committing a lot of their entire network to the series and are going to put their marketing behind it.” “Live PD,” which premiered in 2016, was axed by A&E and producer Big Fish...

As the cries for police reform grow louder across the nation, some police departments are holding their officers accountable, firing or suspending those accused of excessive force during recent protests. One Florida police organization has said it will re-hire those very officers accused of misconduct, and that offer is prompting outrage. On Saturday, the Brevard County chapter of the Fraternal Order of Police posted a message on Facebook addressed to the "Buffalo 57" and "Atlanta 6," saying that it was "hiring."

The Minneapolis police union has come out with a "Cops for Trump" T-shirt, just days after the Police Department banned officers from wearing their uniforms in support of candidates at political events or in ads. Lt. Bob Kroll, head of the officers' union, posted the T-shirt image on his personal Facebook page, saying the shirts will be for sale starting Monday at the union's headquarters for $20 each and will soon be available online. The shirt has stars and stripes in the shape of Minnesota along with three different law enforcement badges.

With final results in from Sunday’s national elections in Italy, the depth of the defeat for the left can be fully appreciated with the resignation of the leader of the Democratic Party (PD) and the severely diminished presence of the center-left coalition in Parliament. According to the Italian media, elections left the PD “prostrate” while the center-left coalition itself has “disappeared” from the electoral map charting political predominance across Italy’s 20 regions.

Italian magistrates investigating losses at Banca Monte dei Paschi say the mushrooming scandal has taken a dramatic turn, with political fallout that threatens to rock the country’s elections next month and upset eurozone plans for a banking union. “The situation is explosive,” said Tito Salerno, head of the prosecuting team in Siena, describing the fast-moving events at Italy’s third-largest bank as extremely grave. The Milan bourse tumbled 3.4pc and yields on 10-year Italian bonds spiked 15 basis points to 4.31pc as the political scandal widened. Monte dei Paschi (MPS), the world’s oldest bank dating back to 1472, is under investigation...

The Political Derby Composite Poll is a tool that takes the most recent major polls and weights their results based on poll age, sample type, and margin of error each day using a proprietary formula. Unlike other poll compilations, this is not a simple average. The polls that make up the PD Composite are well-known reputable national polls who sample “likely primary voters” and “registered voters”, as opposed to only “adults, including, but not limited to: NBC News/Wall Street Journal, Pew Research, Quinnipiac University, and Rasmussen Reports... The PD Composite will be updated in a regular post that will run...

It was interesting to see Ben Smith, from Politico.com, listed as a member of Journolist — the committed Obama operatives in the Media who banded together to make sure negative stories about their Lightbringer were quashed while attacks were coordinated to label anyone opposing Obama “RAAACIST” during the 2008 campaign. We had a brief encounter with Smith during September and October of 2008, where he repeatedly refused to run a story we were involved in that would have damaged Obama and drawn closer attention to his continued and longstanding ties to terrorist bomber William Ayers. Here in Chicago, we’re friends...

When he took the post of culture minister of France last June, Frédéric Mitterrand probably did not think that a four-year-old tell-all book could come back to haunt him. But this week his admission in a 2005 autobiography that he paid for sex with “boys” in Thailand became the subject of a campaign to oust him from the cabinet of President Nicolas Sarkozy. The reason for the sudden interest in Mr. Mitterrand’s prose was his quick and energetic defense last month of the film director Roman Polanski, who is fighting extradition to the United States from Switzerland over a charge...

Brain Briefings Proteins carry out many crucial functions in the body and brain. Researchers, however, are finding out that some have a sinister side. Recent studies indicate that negative influences can turn the protein, alpha-synuclein, into a major contributor of the movement-impairing disorder, Parkinson's disease. The insights may lead to new ways to treat the brain disease as well as other related ailments. A protein inside the brain, dubbed alpha-synuclein, lives a Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde existence. Normally, alpha-synuclein (AS) aids brain function, possibly by helping cells communicate with one another. Recent studies, however, show that certain forces negatively...

I have had it. After yet one more hair-hurting conversation with a female friend about "it's so awful what is happening in Iraq to those soldiers"... I am reaching an epiphony. The iraqis who remain silent (intellectuals/imams/potential leaders/mothers) are the most ungrateful, disgraceful fools I could have ever imagined and do not realize what could happen. The silent arab leaders ringing Iraq are worse than disgraceful. They quasi-enemies for their silence. I think the U.S. should - loudly - say that unless the support for these attacks ends immediately, that the U.S. will pull out all troops from Iraq/Kuwait/Saudi -...

MIDI - BATTLE CRY OF FREEDOM click on the WHITE title for the midi 1. We will post the message, Eagle, then post it once again. The GPL does not mean freedom. And well post it through the hillsides, the cities and the plain. The GPL does not mean freedom. (CHORUS) It' chock full of landmines, and poison pills to! That is the way of, Tux and GNU. If you want to keep code free, then go with BSD. The GPL does not mean freedom. 2. Coral Snake sprang to the call, Of three other posters more. The GPL...

Woman slams car into police headquarters SCOTT FROST , Staff Writer 08/16/2003 Trenton police charged a city woman with driving while intoxicated yesterday afternoon after slamming her car into police headquarters. Nelaja Hawkins, 32, of the 300 block of Clearfield Avenue, was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol and various other motor vehicle summonses after she crashed her 1991 Buick into the North Clinton Avenue side of Trenton Police headquarters. Police said Hawkins was traveling east on Perry Street at 2:55 p.m., and was approaching North Clinton Avenue when she allegedly went around the vehicle in front of...