Jul 29, 2010 -
Dance class helps Parkinson's patients use movement as a strategy
At this dance class in Kirkland, the students walk in slowly, some rigidly or with a bit of a tremor. They take their places, not at a ballet barre or on the dance floor, but sitting in chairs.
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Jul 29, 2010 -
Neurological Diseases May Be Preceded by Sleep Disorder
Parkinson’s disease, multiple system atrophy, and dementia may have preclinical symptoms, such as idiopathic REM sleep behavior disorder (RBD), lasting for decades in some cases according to new research published online July 28 in the journal Neurology.
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Jul 29, 2010 -
Young Onset Parkinson’s Disease
Parkinson’s disease is a condition caused by a loss of cells in an area of the brain called the substantia nigra. These brain cells produce dopamine, a chemical involved in the relay of messages between the brain and body, allowing for smooth, coordinated movement.
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Jul 29, 2010 -
Gene that causes Parkinson's disease identified
Researchers have found a molecule that causes the nerve cell death in the brain that sparks the condition – and hope they can soon stop it in its tracks.
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Jul 29, 2010 -
Financial remedies vary for those with chronic illnesses
Dealing with the medical difficulties of a chronic illness is challenging enough.
You also have to worry about the effect of illness on your finances.
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Jul 29, 2010 -
Skin - the key to medical cures?
It already can be harvested to provide extra skin for burns victims and to grow cells that form cartilage and muscle.
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Jul 22, 2010 -
Specific protein may help neurons fix themselves in Parkinson’s patients
A Michigan State University researcher is working to uncover how a protein known as parkin may help nerve cells fight off damage from Parkinson's disease, a strategy that could lead to new therapies for the degenerative ailment.
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Jul 22, 2010 -
Every action has a beginning and an end (and it's all in you brain)
Rui Costa, Principal Investigator of the Champalimaud Neuroscience Programme at the Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciencia (Portugal), and Xin Jin, of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health (USA), describe in the latest issue of the journal Nature, that the activity of certain neurons in the brain can signal the initiation and termination of behavioural sequences we learn anew.
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Jul 22, 2010 -
Dental Diseases and Oral Health in Parkinson’s Patients
As Parkinson’s disease progresses, many other symptoms and problems start developing, some due to the disease process itself and others due to the effects of natural aging. Of these, dental diseases and the problems associated with them need to be tackled as soon as possible so as to make the patient’s life more comfortable.
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Jul 22, 2010 -
Apps To Help Parkinson’s Disease?
A good App should make your life easier, educate, entertain, inform, or enlighten. For someone with Parkinson’s disease (PD) who is seeking relief from a wide range of symptoms (voice, balance, tremor, gait, and memory to name a few) there just may be an App for your iphone or smart phone–and it may even be FREE!
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Jul 22, 2010 -
Helping Parkinson's Patients Walk
Researchers are one step closer to understanding why Parkinson's disease patients have trouble walking. They have found those that struggle with gait problems have a deficit of nerve cells that produce a specific chemical in the brain.
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Jul 22, 2010 -
Treadmill helps Parkinson's patients walk better
Treadmill training can help Parkinson's patients to walk more normally, according to a new review of the medical literature.
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Jul 15, 2010 -
New Technology Targets Parkinson’s Origin
UK researchers plan to use new stem cell technology to grow brain cells thought to be associated with Parkinson’s disease from skin samples.
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Jul 15, 2010 -
Vitamin D deficiency linked to higher risk of Parkinson’s
A new study published in the July issue of the Archives of Neurology suggests low levels of vitamin D may increase an individual’s risk of the neurological disorder Parkinson’s disease.
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Jul 15, 2010 -
Hopes Rise For Blindness Recovery
Scientists from The Vision Centre have reported remarkable progress in developing ways to restore sight to people suffering from age-related vision loss.
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