- Parkinson's Disease is a mysterious brain disease affecting people in the second half of their lives. One treatment involves implanting electrodes in the...
At 74, Klaas Moes is a quiet leader in the struggle against the neurological disease. Klaas Moes says he's too tired. At 74, he says, the shaking is getting to...
- McLaughlin Research Institute in Great Falls Tuesday introduced its newest scientist, Deborah E. Cabin, who is probing the causes of Parkinson's disease. ...
- Michael Gibson was just 18 when he became one of the youngest people ever to be diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease, a degenerative brain disorder that...
The University of Pittsburgh has been named an American Parkinson Disease Association (APDA) Advanced Center for Parkinson's Disease Research, a designation...
TO the shrill whine of a high-speed drill, neurosurgeon Dr. Paul Larson makes two nickel-sized holes in Shirley Cooper's skull. Guided by a computerized MRI...
- Mayo Clinic researchers suggested Tuesday that the abnormal length of a key gene may be linked to substantially increasing the risk that a person will...
- Power3 Medical Products, Inc. (OTCBB: PWRM), said today it has discovered 11 biomarkers which have demonstrated the ability to identify Parkinson's disease...
MILLIONS of people who suffer from chronic allergies to pets, dust and spores are up to three times more likely to develop Parkinson's disease later in life,...
The number of mutations in parkin gene, previously found to be associated with early-onset Parkinson's disease, may influence the age at which the condition...
The Caregiver's Beacon Newsletter Digest 9/2006 Summary of the Contents of The Caregiver's Beacon Newsletter for September 2006 INSIDE THIS ISSUE If you have...
DRUGS used to treat patients suffering from Parkinson's disease are turning some of them into pathological gamblers. A study of patients in the West of...
Acupuncture works in treating motor disorders caused by Parkinson's disease, a team of South Korean professors of Oriental medicine claimed Wednesday. The team...
Blocking a specific form of a brain chemical slows brain cell loss in an animal model of Parkinson's disease, Texas researchers report. In the animal model,...
Pesticide exposure may increase the risk of Parkinson's disease, says a study done by researchers at Emory University and Georgia Institute of Technology in...
Blocking one of the body's natural inflammatory factors gives substantial protection against cell death in the brain associated with Parkinson's disease,...
Health Canada has approved what some doctors are calling the most significant drug for the treatment of Parkinson's disease in four decades. Azilect is not a...
Sometimes the best medicine isn't in a pill or liquid. Parkinson's patients are finding healing in in music. Kellye Lynn A German Philosopher once said,...
Doctors who specialize in the diagnosis and treatment of essential tremor (ET) have recently found that one in three people who came to them with a diagnosis...
NEW DELHI: LifeCell, a pioneer in stem cell banking and research in India, in collaboration with the US-based Cryo-Cell Inc yesterday announced the launch of...
http://www.caregiver.com/articles/cardiovascular_health.htm By nature caregivers have huge hearts. There has got to be a huge capacity for love in someone who...
It's not likely Parkinson's disease. It's more likely to be essential tremor, also called familial tremor. It's the kind of shaky hands that are most...
Researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have completed one of the first large-scale studies of the role of common - While the results fill in...
- The Critical Information for Caring for the Parkinson's Patient, is a tool developed by the Parkinson's Resources of Oregon (PRO) and the Parkinson Center of...
- Health Canada has approved what some doctors are calling the most significant drug for the treatment of Parkinson's disease in four decades. Azilect is not a...
THE treatment of Parkinson's disease has improved beyond belief in the past 30 years. However, the trick of a happy relationship between patient and doctor is...
- In a finding that may offer clues about Parkinson's disease, a team led by Duke University researchers used a sophisticated laser system to gain evidence...
Patients may be reluctant to tell their children that they have been diagnosed with Parkinson disease. Often this reflects a fear that their relationship with...
May have potential to halt or even reverse disease A new gene therapy tested at Rush University Medical Center reduced Parkinson's disease symptoms by a...
Oct. 10, 2006(UPI) - A once-daily patch containing an experimental treatment for Parkinson's disease eases the symptoms of the movement disorder illness,...