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Parkinson's Disease Itself Does Not Increase Risk of Gambling, Shopping Addiction, Study Finds
January 7, 2013 Parkinson's disease itself does not increase the risk of impulse control problems such as compulsive gambling and shopping that have been seen in people taking certain drugs for Parkinson’s ... > full story -
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Pesticides and Parkinson's: Further Proof of a Link Uncovered
January 4, 2013 Researchers have found a link between Parkinson's disease and the pesticide Benomyl, whose toxicological effects still linger in the environment, 10 years after it was banned by the EPA. More ... > full story -
Fat Influences Decisions Taken by Brain Cells for Production and Survival
December 23, 2012 Scientists have identified two molecules that play an important role in the survival and production of nerve cells in the brain, including nerve cells that produce dopamine. The discovery may be ... > full story -
Silent Stroke Can Cause Parkinson's Disease
December 18, 2012 Scientists have for the first time identified why a patient who appears outwardly healthy may develop Parkinson's ... > full story -
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Genetic Manipulation of Urate Alters Neurodegeneration in Mouse Model of Parkinson's Disease
December 17, 2012 Investigators report that mice with a genetic mutation increasing urate levels were protected against the kind of neurodegeneration that underlies Parkinson's disease, while the damage was worse in ... > full story -
Stem Cell-Derived Dopaminergic Neurons Rescue Motor Defects in Parkinsonian Monkeys
December 3, 2012 Researchers have derived dopaminergic neurons from bone marrow stem cells in ... > full story -
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Promising Drug Slows Down Advance of Parkinson's Disease and Improves Symptoms
November 29, 2012 Treating Parkinson's disease patients with the experimental drug GM1 ganglioside improved symptoms and slowed their progression during a two and a half-year ... > full story -
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Scientists Image Brain Structures That Deteriorate in Parkinson's
November 26, 2012 A new imaging technique developed at MIT offers the first glimpse of the degeneration of two brain structures affected by Parkinson's ... > full story -
Exercise Rate Related to Improvements in Parkinson’s Disease
November 26, 2012 People with Parkinson's disease benefit from exercise programs on stationary bicycles, with the greatest effect for those who pedal faster, according to a new ... > full story -
New Method Helps Target Parkinson's Disease
November 20, 2012 Health professionals may soon have a new method of diagnosing Parkinson's disease, one that is noninvasive and inexpensive, and, in early testing, has proved to be effective more than 90 percent of ... > full story
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