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In The Weeklies
This week's issue of the
New England Journal of Medicine (09 December 2004) includes two research papers and one editorial comment on topics concerning Parkinson disease:
Levodopa and the Progression of Parkinson's Disease by The Parkinson Study Group. Abstract
Rivastigmine for Dementia Associated with Parkinson's Disease by M. Emre and colleagues. Abstract
Parkinson's Disease Dementia — A First Step?, an editorial comment by D. Z. Press. Extract
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Parkinson's Disease: New Biomarker Effort
From the NIH: NIH launches collaborative effort to find biomarkers for Parkinson's New online resource will support data sharing NIH News 15 January 2013 [snip] "A new initiative aims to accelerate the search for biomarkers — changes in the body...
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Neuropsychology Abstract Of The Day: Parkinson's And Anosmia
Odor identification deficits identify Parkinson's disease patients with poor cognitive performance Movement Disorders. 2011 Sep;26(11):2045-50 Damholdt MF, Borghammer P, Larsen L, Ostergaard K Abstract Olfactory dysfunction is a prodromal and prevalent...
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Parkinson's: Wii-hab And Symptom Improvement
From The Times (UK): The latest Parkinson’s treatment: Wii-hab Parkinson’s disease symptoms could be controlled by a game that can be bought on every high street, says a recent study Simon Crompton 21 September 2009 [snip] This summer, the Medical...
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Rasagiline And Parkinson's Disease
From the FDA on the 17th of May: FDA Approves New Treatment for Parkinson's Disease The Food and Drug Administration today approved Azilect (rasagiline), a new molecular entity, for the treatment of Parkinson's disease. The drug is a monoamine...
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Parkinson Disease: Lrrk2, Park8, And Dardarin
From the BBC:
Target found for Parkinson's test
A gene mutation which could be behind one in 25 cases of Parkinson's disease has been discovered by scientists.
It is hoped the findings could lead to the earlier detection of the disease...
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