It's not likely Parkinson's disease. It's more likely to be essential tremor, also called familial tremor. It's the kind of shaky hands that are most...
Researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have completed one of the first large-scale studies of the role of common - While the results fill in...
- The Critical Information for Caring for the Parkinson's Patient, is a tool developed by the Parkinson's Resources of Oregon (PRO) and the Parkinson Center of...
- Health Canada has approved what some doctors are calling the most significant drug for the treatment of Parkinson's disease in four decades. Azilect is not a...
THE treatment of Parkinson's disease has improved beyond belief in the past 30 years. However, the trick of a happy relationship between patient and doctor is...
- In a finding that may offer clues about Parkinson's disease, a team led by Duke University researchers used a sophisticated laser system to gain evidence...
Patients may be reluctant to tell their children that they have been diagnosed with Parkinson disease. Often this reflects a fear that their relationship with...
May have potential to halt or even reverse disease A new gene therapy tested at Rush University Medical Center reduced Parkinson's disease symptoms by a...
Oct. 10, 2006(UPI) - A once-daily patch containing an experimental treatment for Parkinson's disease eases the symptoms of the movement disorder illness,...
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Oct 19, 2006 (Reuters) - In some cases, patients taking a Parkinson's drug called cabergoline may experience damage to heart valves, a study suggests. High...
Neuroscientists at Duke University Medical Center working with genetically engineered mice have found that the brain chemical dopamine plays a critical role in...
) - Although Parkinson's disease is most commonly viewed as a "movement disorder," scientists have found that the disease also causes widespread abnormalities...
Tuesday, September 26, 2006 NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Rates of malignant melanoma and skin cancer are increased before a diagnosis of Parkinson's disease,...
Most people think of PD as shaky hands (tremor), stiffness (bradykinesia), slow movements (bradykinesia), and trouble with balance or walking (postural...
- It could be a rave result for people with Parkinson's. It seems that ecstasy boosts the number of dopamine-producing cells in the brain - the type that...
- New evidence demonstrates early use of Stalevo?improves quality of life and may provide long-term benefits in patients with Parkinson's disease * First...
Oxford Biomedica has made available preclinical efficacy data, which suggests that gene-based product could have significant efficacy for those suffering from...
The misfolding of proteins in brain cells, commonly seen in Parkinson's Disease, can be imitated in a laboratory setting very well, on a nanoscale. The...
The religious protesters are gone and expansion plans are back on track at a top Kansas City stem-cell research lab after Missouri voters endorsed the...
MIT researchers led by Susan Lindquist, a biology professor and member of the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, have developed a way to protect...
It could be a rave result for people with Parkinson's. It seems that ecstasy boosts the number of dopamine-producing cells in the brain - the type that decline...
- New evidence demonstrates early use of Stalevo?improves quality of life and may provide long-term benefits in patients with Parkinson's disease * First...
You, the caregiver, are very important. Few people are prepared for the responsibilities and tasks involved in caring for the aged. To help make the task...
List of Needs The first step in organizing a rational care plan is making a list of needs. As family members or friends care for an impaired elderly person,...
If only our Parkinson's symptoms weren't real! Anyone suffering from a progressive, degenerative neurological disease knows the heartbreak of recognizing how...
Through Family or Friends First make a detailed inventory of any assets individual family members and friends can contribute, including the assets of the ...
