News roundup: Paralympic tickets and possible cures

On Monday at 6 PM, the window for application for Paralympic tickets closed. Since then, games organisers Locog have revealed that A total of 116,000 people have applied for 1.14 million tickets. It is the first time in history that a Paralympic games has sold out and The Guardian reports that some sessions in 16 of the 20 sports have in fact been over subscribed.

This is, of course, assuming that all of our Paralympic athletes haven't been "cured" by Late August 2012. In the past seven days we've read about at least three possible disability breakthroughs. There's the drug which 'aids albino people's sight'. The Telegraph reports that A few drinks a week could reduce asthma risk and BBC health reports on research which suggests that coffee may ease depression.

Elsewhere in the news

Death plea case rejected by judge (BBC News)

Judge says the preservation of life is key (BBC News)

More than one in 10 Scots 'on anti-depressants' (BBC News)

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: 'Surrounded by uncertainty' (BBC News)

Benefits should allow disabled people to live, not just survive (The Guardian)

Why care reforms need the Treasury on board (The Guardian)

Mobility aids scams threaten elderly says OFT (BBC News)

Autism should be 'better diagnosed', says health watchdog (BBC News)

London 2012: 'Why I want to go to the Paralympics' (BBC News)

Blind autistic man stuns the world (BBC News)

Signing and hip-hop Shakespeare at 2012 Globe festival (BBC News)

Physiotherapists may get medicine prescribing rights (BBC News)

Cardiff researchers study blindness and depression link BBC News)

Yoga won't help me walk again but it has allowed me to 'feel' my legs for the first time in years (The Guardian)

Mental health trust turns talking cures into web chats (The Guardian)

Law Society disability chief sacked only staff member with disability (Mail Online)

'My six-year-old son has autism,' reveals former England ace Paul Scholes (Mail Online)

Students' mental health 'at risk', psychiatrists warn (BBC)