A Belgian neuroscientist has succeeded in undoing the effect of one of the genetic defects that leads to Parkinsons using Vitamin K2.

It appears from our research that administering Vitamin K2 could possibly help patients with Parkinsons. However, more work needs to be done to understand this better, said Patrik Verstreken, who is associated with The Flanders Institute for Biotechnology and KU Leuven. He also worked with colleagues at Northern Illinois University on the research, which has been published online in the journal Science.

Verstreken uses a factory to explain what happens with Parkinsons patients: “If we looked at cells as small factories, then mitochondria would be the power plants responsible for supplying the energy for their operation. I

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My native South Korea is something of a star performer. With per capita income of around $20,000 (on a par with Portugal), it is not one of the richest countries, but we are talking about a country whose income was less than half that of Ghana’s until the early 1960s. With an annual per capita income growth rate of just under 4%, it is one of the fastest-growing OECD economies.

Once a byword for hyper-exploited sweatshop labour, churning out cheap transistor radios and trainers, the country now possesses the only thing that stands between iPhone and world domination (the Samsung Galaxy).

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updated 7:59 AM EDT, Thu March 15, 2012 Otis Brawley shares new guidelines on cervical cancer screenings from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. STORY HIGHLIGHTS

(CNN) — Q: The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force is releasing new guidelines on cervical cancer screenings. What’s changed?

A: In the 1930s, cervical cancer was the deadliest women’s cancer in America.

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A new study suggests that how the brain responds to an antidepressant may be influenced by remembering past antidepressant exposure.

Major depression is typically an event that occurs several times over a lifetime. As a result, an individual may receive multiple courses of antidepressant treatment and researchers wanted to know if the brain may exhibit a “learned” response from prior medication regimens.

Currently, the relationship between prior treatment and the brains response to subsequent treatment is unknown.

In the study, researchers used a harmless placebo as the key to tracking the footprints of prior antidepressant use.

Research psychologist Dr. Aim

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