By melissa | Published: April 21, 2010
Actor Michael J. Fox , who has been the most famous promoter of Parkinson’s disease research since his diagnosis 12 years ago, recently published an autobiography that makes jokes of the past and has a hopeful look at the future. …
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By melissa | Published: March 11, 2010
A recent study published in the Neurology Journal found longtime smoking reduces the risk of developing Parkinson’s disease.
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By | Published: March 2, 2010
There’s a new treatment option available for patients with early Parkinson’s disease . Mirapex ER is the “extended release” version of Mirapex, a drug that’s already on the market. The difference between the two is that Mirapex ER only needs to be taken once a day, while Mirapez has to be taken three times daily
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By melissa | Published: February 11, 2010
A study by the Parkinson’s Institute found that the risk of developing Parkinson’s disease was nearly six times greater in people exposed to the common industrial solvent trichloroethylene (TCE). Trichloroethylene, or TCE, is a solvent that was once widely used in dry cleaning and to clean grease off metal parts, and it was once used as an anesthetic, especially during childbirth. But concerns about its toxicity led to it being mostly abandoned and replaced by other anesthetics and solvents
By melissa | Published: September 5, 2009
People with young onset forms of Parkinson’s disease (PD) face unique challenges – among them raising children and maintaining partnerships and relationships while coping with a progressive and chronic illness. Of course, these sorts of challenges also occur for older people with PD, but they may be more pressing for those with young onset PD
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By | Published: September 4, 2009
The English philosopher, Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679), is best known for his political philosophy, although during his day he was more widely known as a scientist, a mathematician, a translator of the Greek classics (such as Thucydides’ History ), and a fierce and passionate writer on religious questions.
By | Published: September 3, 2009
Some forms of familial Parkinson’s disease are linked to loss of function of the genes called Parkin, or PINK1, but, until recently, it was not understood why. Why did these genetic defects lead to PD in some families
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By | Published: August 28, 2009
One of the hardest symptoms to bear when you have Parkinson’s disease is anxiety.
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By melissa | Published: August 27, 2009
For years now there have been reports that acupuncture improves Parkinson’s disease symptoms including body posture, tremor , and rigidity . Now a recent study in the journal Movement Disorders demonstrates that acupuncture does indeed activate areas in the brain that are normally responsible for movement and that are typically not functioning normally in PD. Specifically the authors used functional magnetic resonance imaging to study brain effects of acupuncture at acupoint GB34—a site traditionally used to improve motor functioning
By melissa | Published: August 26, 2009
Fatigue is a major nonmotor symptom in Parkinson disease (PD) and undermines efforts at coping with the disease.
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