Neuroscience
Newly discovered trigger of Parkinson's upends common beliefs
A new Northwestern Medicine study challenges a common belief in what triggers Parkinson's disease.
Sep 15, 2023
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News tagged with parkinson s disease
Parkinson's & Movement disorders
New research provides hope for Parkinson's disease symptom control
Finding the right medication regimen to treat Parkinson's disease (PD) is a complex health care challenge. Wearable health trackers provide physicians with a detailed window into patients' symptoms, but translating this complex ...
Sep 12, 2023
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Genetics
New insights into the development of Parkinson's disease in the brain might open the doors to new therapies
Parkinson's disease, characterized by various motor dysfunctions, is the second most common neurodegenerative disorder in the world. It is known that specific gene mutations that are passed down through families are responsible ...
Sep 11, 2023
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Parkinson's & Movement disorders
Doctors treating patients with Parkinson's disease must focus on stigma, emotional impacts as well as motor symptoms
Even the best treatment approaches for Parkinson's disease are inadequate if they do not address patients' feelings of social rejection, isolation, loneliness and other psychosocial effects of stigma, according to a report ...
Sep 11, 2023
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Parkinson's & Movement disorders
Online AI-based test for Parkinson's disease severity shows promising results
An artificial intelligence tool developed by researchers at the University of Rochester can help people with Parkinson's disease remotely assess the severity of their symptoms within minutes. A study in npj Digital Medicine ...
Sep 7, 2023
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Neuroscience
Examining a secret passage mutant proteins use to invade the brain
In many neurodegenerative disorders, abnormal proteins progressively aggregate and propagate in the brain. But what comes first, aggregation or propagation? Researchers from Japan share some new insights about the mechanism ...
Sep 7, 2023
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Diabetes
Australians with diabetes are increasingly dying from conditions not usually linked to diabetes, like dementia
A new paper looking at the causes of death among Australians with type 1 and type 2 diabetes highlights dementia and falls are increasing, while deaths from heart disease are declining.
Sep 1, 2023
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Genetics
New study finds genetic factor fends off Alzheimer's and Parkinson's
About one in every five people carries a version of a gene that—although largely unsung—appears to confer protection against both Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease, Stanford Medicine investigators and their ...
Aug 30, 2023
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Parkinson's & Movement disorders
New blood test detects a key indicator of Parkinson's disease
Researchers have developed a blood test that detects Parkinson's disease, potentially establishing a way to help diagnose the condition before nervous system damage worsens.
Aug 30, 2023
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Medications
New drug targeting genetic variant in Parkinson's disease found to be ineffective in clinical trial
An experimental drug targeting a genetic variant linked to Parkinson's disease had no effect on patients, according to the results of a new clinical trial published in The Lancet Neurology.
Aug 28, 2023
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