Mom strangles son in Japan’s restroom

Tokyo: A Japanese woman has admitted strangling her six-year-old son at a public restroom, saying she feared he would inherit her unspecified hereditary illness, the police and reports said on Monday.

His body was found on Thursday in a stall for people with disabilities at a popular park in the southern city of Fukuoka, setting off a storm of media coverage over fears it was a random attack. The police on Monday arrested the boy’s mother Kaoru Tomiishi, 35, who admitted she strangled her son Koki. —AFP

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Sexually active girls prone to depression

Melbourne: A new study has found that young girls who are sexually active are far more likely to suffer from depression than those who remain virgins.

Researchers found that teenage sex leaves many girls with feelings of guilt and low self-esteem, reports the Daily Telegraph.

After conducting a study of more than 14,000 US teens aged between 14 and 17, researchers said the feelings could be directly ascribed to sexual activity, rather than outside influences.

The study found that having sex doubled the chances of girls becoming depressed, with 19 per cent of those who had sex exhibiting symptoms of depression. —ANI

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Two killed as copter crashes into US house

Kenosha, Wisconsin: The police in southeast Wisconsin say a helicopter

has crashed on Monday into a house and killed two people in the aircraft.

The Kenosha police Sgt. Eric Larsen says in a news release that the helicopter crashed through the roof of the house at about 5.30 am. Five people in the house were not injured.

Some fog was reported in the area at the time and the crash occurred near an airport but the cause of the crash has not been determined. The police had no immediate information on the ownership

of the helicopter. Sgt. Larsen says the Federal Aviation Administration will investigate. —AP

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High heels can do damage to women’s health

Melbourne: Women are doing long-term damage to their health by wearing higher heels, and for longer, experts have warned.

A recent study found that up to a third of women suffer permanent problems as a result of their prolonged wearing of "killer heels", ranging from hammertoes and bunions to irreversible damage to leg tendons.

Most of the problems are caused by the increased pressure high heels put on the ball of the foot and the higher the heel, the greater the pressure. The knees and back also can be affected. — ANI