Language patterns may help detect early signs of psychosis, according to a recent study conducted at Emory University in Atlanta, Ga. 
Computer programming was used to “analyze patterns of speech from 40 people enrolled in a long-term study of youth who are at risk of developing psychosis,” according to a report on the study published at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) website. 
The subjects were chosen due to their “unusual patterns of thought, perception and communication.” 

Although a variant was first reported in Europe in 1883, the first known outbreak of what has come to be known as Lyme disease (LD) occurred in Old Lyme, Conn., in 1975. 
LD has spread across the country to all 50 states and is now the most common tick-borne disease in the Northern hemisphere with more than 30,000 diagnosed and reported each year (a small fraction of the population that has actually been infected). 

It’s that time of year again, when I talk about how much I don’t like rhubarb. But this year it’s different; this year, I’ve decided that I’m such a fan of rhubarb that I went out and spent actual money to buy a rhubarb plant of my own.

If you have a child, then you probably know whether or not he or she has had a measles vaccine (usually listed on the record sheet from your pediatrician as MMR, standing for measles, mumps, rubella). Most parents will get the shot for their children as part of standard operating procedure.
But if you’re an older adult chances are that you don’t know whether you’ve had a measles vaccine. Until recently, it wouldn’t have mattered whether you could remember because health officials said in 2000 that measles had been eliminated in the United States.