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Thursday, December 21, 2017

Anxiety May Help Predict Freezing of Gait in Parkinson Disease

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December 22, 2017 Researchers sought to identify patients at risk for freezing of gait. Anxiety and positive responses to the Fre...

English Rugby Star Opens Up About Father’s Battle With Parkinson’s

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 DECEMBER 21, 2017  BY MARTA RIBEIRO Retired English rugby star, Mike Tindall, appeared on British television to talk about his fa...

10 Tips for a ‘Common Sense Approach’ to Life With a Chronic Illness

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DECEMBER 20, 2017  BY WENDY HENDERSON IN SOCIAL CLIPS. While living with a  chronic illness  can be challenging, there are ways that ...

Excess Protein Deposits in Brains of Parkinson’s Patients Don’t Influence Cognition, Study Finds

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DECEMBER 20, 2017   BY CATARINA SILVA Researchers at the  University of California  found that tau and beta-amyloid protein deposits i...

New device helps manage ‘freezing of gait’ in Parkinson’s patients

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by Colm Gorey  December 21, 2017 A team from NUI Galway has built a device that helps those with Parkinson’s to manage one of the dis...

Deep brain stimulation linked to longer survival for Parkinson's patients

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 December 21, 2017 by Tristan Horrom, Veterans Affairs Research Richard Hutton, a patient at the Parkinson's Disease Research, Educ...

Laser shoes prevent 'freezing' in Parkinson patients

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December 21, 2017, Radboud University Figure1: laser shoes. Credit: Radboud University Freezing of gait, an absence of forward pr...

Could an experimental brain surgery make you happier?

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 December 21, 2017 by Kylie Gionet, The Conversation The experimental technique of ‘deep brain stimulation’ has improved the lives of p...

FDA-approved high blood pressure drug extends life span in roundworms

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  December 21, 2017 by Deborah Wormser, UT Southwestern Medical Center C. elegans (roundworms). Credit: UT Southwestern Medical Center...
Tuesday, December 19, 2017

Unique Genetic Profile for Lewy Body Dementia Uncovered

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December 18, 2017 Source: Pixabay Lewy body dementia (LBD) is a disease associated with abnormal deposits of a protein called  α-s...