A 12-year-old boy here was cured of a rare form of Parkinson's disease after taking drugs to treat the neurological and muscular disorder. Parkinson's expert Dr. Ali Rajput in Saskatchewan province prescribed Sinemet to Andrew Carnegie after diagnosing him with hemiparkinsonism-hemiatrophy syndrome (HSS) in May. The drug instantly eliminated symptoms of the disease and now the boy can move normally.

Nicotine may be addictive, but it can help boost memory and learning, a new study suggests. In a research done by scientists from the Institute of Psychiatry at King's College London, the findings showed that the increase in concentration felt by smokers could help fight dementia.

A new study found that stopping drinking alcohol can be detrimental to one's mental health. According to the findings of the Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, studies performed on mice who voluntarily drank alcohol for 28 days showed that when their alcohol consumption was stopped, it caused depression and a negative mood that set in 14 or more days after their systems were cleared of alcohol. This led scientist to believe that people who quit drinking, even moderate drinkers, will experience "negative mood states" days or weeks after the alcohol is out of their bodies.

Johns Hopkins research study showed that the previously discovered beneficial spiritual effects of psilocybin, the substance in magic mushrooms, appear to last more than a year. According to a statement from Johns Hopkins Medicine, the research, published in the Journal of Psychopharmacology, is based the experience of 36 volunteers who reported 14 months after taking the substance that the hallucinogenic experience increased their sense of well-being or life satisfaction.

A man declared brain dead was found to still be alive four hours after, just as the family was getting ready to pay their respects and say goodbye. The man, 21-year old Zack Dunlap, was found still alive as his cousin Dan Coffin dug a fingernail under one of Zack's own, causing Zack to pull his arm away and lay it down on the other side of his body.