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By Adrian Croft LONDON (Reuters) - Russia does not meet democratic standards for membership of the Group of Eight and its leadership of the rich nations' club risks destroying the G8's credibility, a think-tank said on Sunday. Russia has gone backwards in its respect for democracy and civil liberties since it took over the presidency of the G8 in January, the Foreign Policy Centre said in a repo ...

Over 80% of people with Parkinson's disease frequently experience depression, a European survey finds. But the poll of 500 patients with mild-to-moderate forms of the disease found 40% rarely - or never - talked to their doctors about depression. And two thirds of doctors polled said they considered other symptoms were more important than depression. But Parkinson's experts said depressive symptoms were as important as motor problems for people with the disease.  ...

Human activity has had a devastating effect on coasts since Roman times, research suggests. More than 90% of coastal life has declined and there is widespread degradation of water quality. Scientists studied 12 estuarine and coastal regions in Europe, North America and Australia from the onset of human settlement until today. Their findings, reported in Science, suggest that 20th Century conservation efforts have had only limited success. A team from nine research centres in the US, Canada,  ...