Sigalon | Shared With: Everyone - Sep 19 2008 | pdFor more than 20 years, my mother has worked with computers at NASA. So, when she developed a pain in her hands the diagnosis seemed easy -- Repetitive Stress Injury. Except that it wasn't so easy. As her mysterious symptoms progressed it varied -- RSI, fibromyalgia (unexplained pain), Lyme Disease, and so forth. It was only after visits to many specialists over a number of years that the diagnosis settled -- Parkinson's Disease. Since there is no clear test for Parkinson's -- it is defined by its symptoms -- we only grew certain as those symptoms developed and as her medications began to alleviate them.
- Sigalon | Shared With: Everyone - Jul 29 2008 | pd
Quoted: An Ottawa neurologist is part of an international research team that has uncovered a link between the genetics of blood cells and the brain cells that cause Parkinson's disease, opening the door to research that could lead to new treatments.
- Sigalon | Shared With: Everyone - Jun 28 2008 | pd
Quoted: LONDON, June 26 (Reuters) - The European Medicines Agency has issued new warnings related to the risk of fibrosis for five ergo-derived dopamine agonists to treat Parkinson's disease, the drugs watchdog
- Sigalon | Shared With: Everyone - Jun 25 2008 | pd
Quoted: TUESDAY, June 24 (HealthDay News) -- A new medication and an improved delivery system for an older drug appear to hold promise for taming the symptoms of Parkinson's disease.
- Sigalon | Shared With: Everyone - Jun 25 2008 | pd
Quoted: Free articles and multimedia from The NY Times, including information on symptoms, diagnosis, treatments, tests, and surgical procedures, as well as current news and interviews with leading experts.
- Sigalon | Shared With: Everyone - Jun 19 2008 | pd
Quoted: Globaltv.com offers unique and exclusive information on news and entertainment, Full episodes for select priority programs including Survivor, House, 24 and the breakout hit Heroes are available for viewing online. Schedules, blogs, episodic synopsis, photo galleries, contests, games and behind the scenes content are some of the features on Globaltv.com.
- Sigalon | Shared With: Everyone - Jun 17 2008 | pd
The Israel Parkinson Association welcomed with "excitement and joy" the results of a study showing Parkinson's drug Azilect (rasagiline), developed by Profs. Moussa Youdim and John Finberg of the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, to be effective at slowing the progression of the chronic and fatal neurological disease, a first for any drug.
- Sigalon | Shared With: Everyone - Jun 13 2008 | pd
Quoted: New research on stem-cell therapy shows scientists have found that the cure for Parkinson's disease may lie right under one's nose - or rather, in it.
Researchers from Griffith University have published a study in the journal Stem Cells that has found adult stem-cells harvested from the noses of Parkinson's patients developed into dopamine-producing brain cells upon being transplanted into the brain of a lab rat.
- Sigalon | Shared With: Everyone - Jun 10 2008 | pd
Quoted: Scientists in Queensland, Australia have made a major breakthrough in research into Parkinson's disease.
- Sigalon | Shared With: Everyone - Jun 06 2008 | pd
Quoted: RESEARCHERS say a cure for Parkinson's disease could lie inside the nose of patients.
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