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<p>If you live in the ``pink'' or ``red'' zones, you could be in trouble, scientists and government officials warned in San Jose today as they unveiled a new earthquake shaking map for the state of California.</p> <p>For the Bay Area as well as most of Southern California, the map colors are very, very warm. In fact, nearly all of coastal California from north of Eureka to the Mexican border, where more than 70 percent of the state's population lives, is red. So are the southern inland deserts.</p>

Ecstasy found to 'curb Parkinson's disease shaking'Ecstasy is being hailed by scientists as the key to a breakthrough for Parkinson's sufferers. Researchers testing the drug on monkeys have found it can dramatically curb the uncontrollable movements associated with the neurological disease, New Scientist magazine reports. Parkinson's experts at the University of Manchester conducted the tests following a Panorama documentary that researched the dramatic effects of the drug on former stuntman Tim Lawrence. His story won the attention of the nation after television pictures showed ecstasy (MDMA) enabling him to win control of his violent shaking for hours at a time,...

Tremor is a normal phenomenon which is experienced by everyone. Normal tremor is referred to as "physiological tremor" and it is the slight tremor that any person will see when they, for instance, put out their hands. This tremor can be exaggerated in certain situations such as those associated with anxiety and fatigue. This is usually referred to as "exaggerated or enhanced physiological tremor". In general, many members of the National Tremor Foundation (NTF) have pathological tremors. That is, their tremor or tremors are inappropriate in size and may interfere with normal functioning or present as a "cosmetic nuisance". Tremor...