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Parkinson's Drugs Tradeoff: Better Muscle Control, Worse Side Effects, Review Shows
April 15, 2008 — Compared to older drugs for Parkinson disease, a newer class of medications called dopamine agonists might be better at preventing some of the disabling muscle control problems associated with the ... > full story -
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Elevated Urate Levels May Slow The Progression Of Parkinson's Disease
April 14, 2008 — Naturally elevated levels of the antioxidant urate may slow the progression of Parkinson's disease in men. Researchers examined data from an earlier study and found that, among recently diagnosed ... > full story -
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Parkinson Transplants Survive At Least 16 Years
April 12, 2008 — Transplanted cells to help Parkinson's patients can survive in the brain for over one and half decades. However, some of the transplanted cells developed Parkinson-like features which is very ... > full story -
Reprogrammed Cells Reduce Parkinson's Symptoms In Rats
April 7, 2008 — This is the first demonstration that neurons derived from reprogrammed cells can integrate into an adult animal brain and improve symptoms of a neurodegenerative disease. The results may indicate a ... > full story -
Identification Of Dopamine 'Mother Cells' Could Lead To Future Parkinson's Treatments
April 7, 2008 — "Mother cells" which produce the neurons affected by Parkinson's disease have been identified by scientists. The new discovery could pave the way for future treatments for the disease, including the ... > full story -
First Diagnostic Test For Alzheimer's And Parkinson's Disease On The Horizon
April 7, 2008 — A new blood test that can give an early diagnosis of neurodegenerative disease and distinguish between Parkinson's and Alzheimer's disease could be launched this ... > full story -
Occupational Therapists Use Wii For Parkinson's Study
April 7, 2008 — Mrs. Bell is playing the Nintendo Wii as part of her occupational therapy. She is among 30 Parkinson's disease patients participating in a study to determine if occupational therapy enhances the ... > full story -
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Fetal Cells Used To Treat Parkinson's Disease May Not Function Long Term, Study Suggests
April 6, 2008 — Neurons grafted into the brain of a patient with Parkinson's disease fourteen years ago have developed Lewy body pathology, the defining pathology for the disease, according to new research in Nature ... > full story -
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Pieces Coming Together In Parkinson's, Cholesterol Puzzle
April 4, 2008 — In 2006, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill researchers found that people with low levels of LDL cholesterol are more likely to have Parkinson's disease than people with high LDL levels. But ... > full story -
Uterine Stem Cells Create New Neurons That Can Curb Parkinson's Disease
March 31, 2008 — The injection of uterine stem cells trigger growth of new brain cells in mice with Parkinson's disease, Yale School of Medicine researchers ... > full story
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