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Nutritional supplement used in clinical trail for Parkinson’s
This past spring the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced a phase III clinical trial of creatine and its effects on Parkinson’s disease. Creatine is an over-the-counter nutritional supplement found naturally in the body and in red meat and used by body builders to ‘bulk-up.’ Recruitment is still active in many of the research facilities. [...]
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1 Comment » A lowly transparent worm helps Parkinson’s researchers
The nematode worm is a favorite subject of medical researchers, because they are transparent. They are also small, very small, being made up of fewer than 1,000 cells. Under the microscope, it is possible to observe neurons die in real time in this lowly worm. What makes the nematode worm ideal for Parkinson’s disease research [...]
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Parkinson Physician challenges study showing link of Parkinson’s and panic disorder
In a letter to The Journal of Neuropsychiatry & Clinical Neurosciences, Dr En-King Tan challenges the conclusions of a study that ran recently in the publication. The original study concluded that panic attacks are a helpful tool in the diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease (PD). Dr Tan challenges this assumption because the study lacked longitudinal data. For [...]
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Parkinson Link found between Parkinson’s disease and ovary removal
Researchers at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester have found a link between a premenopausal women having one or both ovaries removed increases the risk of developing both Parkinson’s disease and dementia. The study included over 4,600 women. Approximately half of the women had at least one ovary removed before the onset of menopause and the other half were [...]
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Parkinson 30-40% of Parkinson’s patients also suffer from dementia
While tremors, slowness, and coordination problems are generally associated with Parkinson’s disease, approximately 30-40% of Parkinson’s patients also suffer from dementia. In fact, Dementia in Parkinson’s patients is the leading reason for their placement in nursing homes. An ongoing Mayo Clinic study found that Parkinson’s patients may experience cognitive problems before developing dementia. The study found that 22% [...]
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Parkinson Walking may stave off Parkinson’s disease
Korean researchers believe that a daily hour-long brisk walk may be able to stave off the onset of Parkinson’s disease. They found that Parkinson’s infected mice forced to walk delayed the loss of dopamine neurons. Although, they do not proffer empirical data to support their suggestion of a daily hour-long brisk walk to delay the onset of [...]
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Parkinson Thinking differently about Parkinson’s disease
Parkinson’s disease has long been recognized by tremors and a characteristic stiffness and sluggish gait. It has been thought that the cause of the disease was the death of neurons in the mid-brain that produces the neurotransmitter dopamine. The belief was supported by the fact that dopamine is known to help maintain motion control. Emory [...]
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Parkinson The mysteries of Parkinson’s disease
Voice of America (VOA) has an audio story that provides a brief overview of the history of Parkinson’s disease. Starting with when the symptoms where first noted by British physician, James Parkinson, in 1817, to researcher’s discovery in the 1960′s that Parkinson’s patients manifested changes in their brain structure, then, how drugs were soon developed to treat the [...]
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Parkinson Dopamine retention problem possible link to Parkinson’s disease
Neuroscientist researchers at Emory University found that mice with a reduced capacity to store dopamine developed symptoms that mimic Parkinson’s disease. The mice had a reduced amount of the gene VMAT2, which caused a loss of dopamine neurons, in addition to many of the other neurochemical features observed in Parkinson’s disease patients. The VMAT2 gene [...]
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Parkinson A gene-virus combo used to fight Parkinson’s
The Oregon Health & Science University is one of 9 sites in a year long study to determine whether CERE-120 can reduce symptoms of Parkinson’s disease. Parkinson’s disease is thought to be caused by the death of nerve cells that produce dopamine. CERE-120 is comprised of both a gene and a virus using a process [...]
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