Nov 20, 2008 -
Teen, grandma raise funds for Parkinson's
A township teenager has joined forces with her grandmother to raise approximately $1,500 for Parkinson's research in the hopes she can help her grandfather and others with the movement disorder.
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Nov 20, 2008 -
Popularity of Personal DNA Testing Means the Public Needs Access to Understandable Disease Information
In September, Sergey Brin, the multibillionaire co-founder of Google, announced that the results of a genetic screening by his wife's company, Mountain View, Calif.-based 23andMe Inc., indicated that he possesses a genetic mutation (called G2019S) that predisposes him to a form of Parkinson's disease. This has spawned a number of news stories on the "genetic basis" of Parkinson's and the candidate gene LRRK2.
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Nov 20, 2008 -
Gout And Parkinson's: Studies Examine Treatment For Gout And The Condition's Protective Effects
The goal in treating patients with gout is to reduce acute attacks by lowering serum urate levels, which are usually high in this disease. At the same time, high serum urate levels have been shown to lower the risk of developing Parkinson's disease (PD).
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Nov 20, 2008 -
Researchers Find Natural Help for Arthritis and Parkinson's Disease: Curry Spice and Grapes
The national Neuroscience 2008 conference is underway in Washington, D.C., presenting cutting edge research on the whole spectrum of diseases impacting the brain and nervous system. Breaking news from Johns Hopkins scientists presented at the meeting suggests several natural substances could be effective in treating or preventing some of these ills. Specifically, curry spice may protect the brain from Parkinson's disease (PD) and plain table grapes appear to reduce arthritis pain and inflammation.
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Nov 20, 2008 -
Gene Sequencing Instrument Facilitates New Research at UCSB; Program Will Include Study of Human Embryonic Stem Cells
Thanks to a new piece of equipment priced at over a half million dollars, UC Santa Barbara has moved into the forefront of cutting-edge genetic research. For the first time, large-scale genomic sequencing is being performed in the Santa Barbara area.
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Nov 13, 2008 -
Gout May Protect Against Risk of Parkinson's Disease
Patients with gout were less likely to develop Parkinson's disease, a cohort study found, supporting the purported protective role of uric acid.
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Nov 13, 2008 -
Teacher loses battle to prove crash link to crippling disease
A GIFTED teacher who was injured in a road accident won a judge's praise yesterday but lost a claim for more than £130,000 damages after failing to persuade him the crash had speeded up her Parkinson's disease.
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Nov 13, 2008 -
Warning over untested web 'cures'
Leading medical experts are warning patients against using untested remedies advertised on the internet which, they say, sell "false hope".
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Nov 13, 2008 -
Music thaws Parkinson's
Richmond Sutton mumbles. Other times, he freezes and simply stops talking, pregnant pauses that halt the conversation.
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Nov 13, 2008 -
Parkinson's patients, researchers await change in stem cell research restrictions
Living with Parkinson’s for 24 years has not been an easy pill for Nina Brown to swallow.
“Parkinson’s used to steal minutes from my life. Now it’s hours and days,” Brown said.
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Nov 13, 2008 -
A very encouraging clinical trial for patients with OCD
OCD affects 2 % of the population and is considered a psychiatric disorder. It is the number four psychiatric pathology in terms of frequency following phobias, disorders relating to alcohol and drugs, and depression.
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Nov 13, 2008 -
A Window Into Parkinson's Disease
A new study being published in this Friday's online edition of Cell will help answer the question, what causes Parkinson's disease?
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Nov 06, 2008 -
Ban on primate experiments would be devastating, scientists warn
Around 4,000 experiments a year are carried out in Britain on monkeys. In Brussels this week, campaigners on both sides will exchange the first blows in a new fight to outlaw the practice across Europe. Science editor Robin McKie reports.
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Nov 06, 2008 -
Family Casebook: Parkinson's Disease
PARKINSON'S affects cells in the brain which produce the chemical dopamine.
If these cells are damaged, the body's ability to control movement is impaired. This causes slowness in moving, shaking in the hands, jaw, arms and legs, stiffness in the limbs and impaired balance.
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Nov 06, 2008 -
Stem cells offer hope of Parkinson's cure
RESEARCHERS in Scotland are moving closer to developing treatments for Parkinson's disease using stem cells, a conference will hear this week.
The MRC Centre for Regenerative Medicine at Edinburgh University has been turning embryonic stem cells into a cell type lost in Parkinson's patients.
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