News tagged with muscle stiffness


Peptides helping researchers in search for Parkinson's disease treatment

(Medical Xpress)—Australian researchers have taken the first step in using bioactive peptides as the building blocks to help 'build a new brain' to treat degenerative brain disease.

Medical research created Mar 19, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New hope for early diagnosis and treatment of Parkinson's

Flinders University researchers have discovered that a protein in the brain may play a role in the development of Parkinson's disease – a common degenerative neurological disorder which affects the control of body movements.

Parkinson's & Movement disorders created Feb 15, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Blood-based biomarkers may lead to earlier diagnosis of Parkinson's disease

Parkinson's disease (PD) is a progressive neurological condition. At present, it is usually diagnosed only when motor features are present. Hence, there is a need to develop objective and measurable biomarkers to improve ...

Parkinson's & Movement disorders created Jan 21, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Enzyme CaM kinase II relaxes muscle cells: Researchers find overactive enzyme in failing hearts

A certain enzyme, the CaM kinase II, keeps the cardiac muscle flexible. By transferring phosphate groups to the giant protein titin, it relaxes the muscle cells. This is reported by researchers led by Prof. ...

Cardiology created Jan 17, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Cannabis extract eases muscle stiffness typical of multiple sclerosis

Cannabis seems to ease the painful muscle stiffness typical of multiple sclerosis, indicate phase III trial results, published in the Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry.

Neuroscience created Oct 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Vitamin K2: New hope for Parkinson's patients?

Neuroscientist Patrik Verstreken, associated with VIB and KU Leuven, succeeded in undoing the effect of one of the genetic defects that leads to Parkinson's using vitamin K2. His discovery gives hope to Parkinson's patients. ...

Parkinson's & Movement disorders created May 11, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Some muscular dystrophy patients at increased risk for cancer

People who have the most common type of adult muscular dystrophy also have a higher risk of getting cancer, according to a paper published today in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Dec 13, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

FDA panel unanimously votes down Parkinson's drug

A panel of federal medical specialists has unanimously voted that a drug for Parkinson's disease from Teva Pharmaceuticals has not been shown to slow progress of the debilitating neurological disease.

Medications created Oct 17, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

US approves Botox for bladder control

The face-freezing pharmaceutical injection Botox gained another medical use on Wednesday when the US government approved it for use in some patients with overactive bladder.

Medications created Aug 24, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Yoga boosts stress-busting hormone, reduces pain

A new study by York University researchers finds that practicing yoga reduces the physical and psychological symptoms of chronic pain in women with fibromyalgia.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Jul 27, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0