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Lou Gehrigs and Parkinson’s genes indentify those at risk
The mission of a recent Mayo Clinic research project was to predict, prevent, and halt brain aging disorders. Demetrius Maraganore, M.D., Mayo Clinic, used an unprecedented method to predict brain aging disorders such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, or Lou Gehrig’s disease) and Parkinson’s disease. Researchers were able to identify several gene variations (DNA fingerprints) [...]
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0 Comment » Industrial chemical linked to parkinson’s disease symptoms
While conducting a clinical study on Parkinson’s disease researchers came across a participant who felt strongly that his condition was the result of exposure to tricholoraethylene (TCE). Further research involving co-workers of the original participant suggest that there is a connection. Don M. Gash and John T. Slevin, University of Kentucky–Lexington, studied the group of [...]
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Parkinson Parkinson’s patients may benefit by green tea
Parkinson’s disease is a degenerative disorder of the central nervous system, which results in the loss of dopamine-producing brain cells. Currently there is no known cure for the disease. Dr. Baolu Zhao, is author of an article, that investigates the effects of green tea polyphenols, a group of naturally occurring chemical substances found in plants [...]
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Parkinson Relatives of Parkinson’s disease patients have higher incidents of depression
Studies have already shown that relatives of individuals with Parkinson’s have an increased risk of the disease. Also observed is that immediate relatives (brother, sister, mother, father, son or daughter) of people who have Parkinson’s disease are at increased risk for developing depression and anxiety disorders—particularly if Parkinson’s occurs before age 75. Many Parkinson’s disease patients [...]
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Parkinson Omega-3′s DHA battles Parkinson’s disease
American diets abundant in foods rich in either vegetable oil or animal fat are suspects for contributing to the body’s inflammatory response, cardiac disease, arthritis, and Alzheimer’s disease. Now vegetable oil and animal fat have been linked to Parkinson’s disease. Researchers Frederic Calon and Francesca Cicchetti, Université Laval, Quebec, believe that a diet rich in omega-3′s [...]
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Parkinson Parkinson’s risk reduced by over-the-counter pain medication
Parkinson’s disease risk may be reduced by regular use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID), which includes aspirin and ibuprofen, according to a recent UCLA study. The study comprised of 579 men and women. Half of the group had Parkinson’s disease, while the other was free of the disease. For those in the group who took two or more NSAID [...]
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Parkinson Parkinson’s dyskinesias has new hopeful treatment
A characteristic often associated with Parkinson’s disease is dyskinesias, which is a spastic (or repetitive) motion. Dyskinesia is sometimes caused by the long-term use of medication to help control the disease like levodopa, or L-dopa. The drug dextromethorphan is currently used to treat dyskinesias. Dextromethorphan is a drug used in to suppress coughs in cold and flu [...]
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Parkinson Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s connection found in immediate family members
Mayo Clinic researchers have found Parkinson’s disease and Alzheimer’s disease patients more likely to be immediate blood relatives. Several intriguing leads prompted the researchers to hypothesize the connection of immediate family member’s susceptibility factors for Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s disease. What is particularly significant about this Mayo’s study is that previous studies done to assess the Parkinson’s and [...]
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Parkinson’s disease can lead to sleepwalking
In the October issue of Archives of Neurology, a physician who treats Parkinson Disease (PD) reports that a few of his patients have begun sleepwalking. For the past 2 years, Dr Rositsa Poryazova has treated 165 PD patients. Adult-onset of sleepwalking was identified in 6 of those patients. There were an equal number of men and [...]
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Parkinson Gene mutation linked to Parkinson’s
Researchers at the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer’s Disease and the Aging Brain decided to see if there was a genetic link to Parkinson’s disease that thus far has been unrecognized. They determined the best approach was to focus on the GBA gene. Mutations of this gene had been identified as the cause for Gaucher’s disease, [...]
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