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Tuesday, August 9, 2011

What is Deep Brain Stimulation for Parkinson's Disease?

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  Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is a surgical procedure used to treat a variety of disabling neurological symptoms—most commonly the debilit...

9th August 2011; THE LONG TERM EFFECTS OF DBS ON PARKINSON'S DISEASE

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Archives of Neurology [2011] Published online August 8 ( A.Castrioto, A.M.Lozano, Yu-Yan Poon, A.E.Lang, M.Fallis, E.Moro )  Researchers...
Monday, August 8, 2011

Nicotine Protects Against Parkinson’s?

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Northwest Parkinson's Foundation: The addictive component of cigarettes saves dopamine neurons from a Parkinson’s-like decline, providin...

Sleep Disorder is Risk Factor for Parkinson’s

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From the Northwest Parkinson's Foundation: Rick Nauert PhD Psych Central - A new European study suggests individuals suffering from REM ...
Sunday, July 31, 2011

THE WORLD'S STRANGEST CAUSE OF PARKINSON'S DISEASE

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31st July 2011 - New review The world's strangest cause of Parkinson's Disease o...
Saturday, July 30, 2011

Increased risk of Parkinson’s disease in methamphetamine users, CAMH study finds

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For Immediate Release - July 26, 2011- (Toronto) - People who abused methamphetamine or other amphetamine-like stimulants were more likely...

RHINORRHEA IN PARKINSON'S DISEASE

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2 6th July 2011 - New research Movement Disorders [2011] 26 (2) : 320-323 (Chou KL, Koeppe RA, Bohnen NI.) Rhinorrhea is nasal disc...

Single and dual task gait training in people with Parkinson's Disease: A protocol for a randomised controlled trial

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From Northwest  Parkinsons Foundation:         Difficulty performing more than one task at a time (dual tasking) is a common and disabling p...
Tuesday, July 19, 2011

PARKINSON'S DISEASE FOUNDATION FUNDS ELEVEN NEW PROJECTS

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11th July 2011 - News release The Parkinson’s Disease Foundation has announced awards totalling more than $1 million for 11 novel res...

A THIRD OF PEOPLE WITH PARKINSON'S DISEASE HAVE DYSPHAGIA

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14th July 2011 - New research Dysphagia [2011] 26 (1) : 92-96 (Walker RW, Dunn JR, Gray WK.) A third of people with Parkinson's Dis...