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Amicus Therapeutics Presents Positive Data Update From Phase 2 Extension Study Of Amigal(TM) For Fabry Disease
Categorie : Parkinson's DiseaseAmicus Therapeutics (Nasdaq: FOLD) announced additional positive preliminary data from its ongoing Phase 2 extension study of its investigational drug Amigal™ (migalastat HCl) for Fabry disease at the Lysosomal Disease Network WORLD Symposium in Miami, Florida... ...
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Fri Mar 2010
Biophysicists Show That 'Incomplete Penetrance' Is Not Just A Question Of Nature Versus Nurture
Categorie : Parkinson's DiseaseFor years, biologists have wondered how it is possible that not every person who carries a mutated gene expresses the trait or condition associated with the mutation. This common but poorly understood phenomenon, known as incomplete penetrance, exists in a wide range of organisms, including humans.. ...
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An Ibuprofen A Day Could Keep Parkinson's Disease Away
Categorie : Parkinson's DiseaseNew research shows people who regularly take ibuprofen may reduce their risk of developing Parkinson's disease, according to a study released that will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology's 62nd Annual Meeting in Toronto April 10 to April 17, 2010. The research involved 136,474 peopl ...
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Researchers Firm-Up Evidence For Role Of Mitochondria In Parkinson's Disease
Categorie : Parkinson's DiseaseA new study from the National Institutes of Health sheds light on the functions of two proteins related to Parkinson's disease, called parkin and PINK1... ...
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Michael J. Fox Foundation Awards Mayo Clinic Researcher Grant To Advance Parkinson's Disease Research
Categorie : Parkinson's DiseaseFor his work contributing to a potential new treatment approach for Parkinson's disease, the Michael J. Fox Foundation (MJFF) for Parkinson's Research has awarded a $500,000 grant to a neuroscientist at the Mayo Clinic campus in Florida. The researcher, Matthew Farrer, Ph.D... ...
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FDA Approves Once-Daily MIRAPEX ER For The Treatment Of Early Parkinson's Disease
Categorie : Parkinson's DiseaseBoehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc., announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Mirapex ER® (pramipexole dihydrochloride) extended-release tablets, a new once-daily treatment option for the signs and symptoms of early idiopathic Parkinson's disease (PD). MIRAPEX ...
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Synosia Announces Positive Interim Results For Potential First-in-Class Treatment For Parkinson's Disease
Categorie : Parkinson's DiseaseSynosia Therapeutics announced interim positive data from a Phase IIa clinical study of an adenosine 2a (A2a) receptor antagonist (SYN115) in Parkinson's disease. The Phase IIa trial was a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, cross-over study in 24 Parkinson's patients using doses up to 12 ...
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Parkinson's Disease Research Uncovers Social Barrier
Categorie : Parkinson's DiseasePeople with Parkinson's disease suffer social difficulties simply because of the way they talk, a McGill University researcher has discovered. Marc Pell, at McGill's School of Communication Sciences and Disorders, has learned that many people develop negative impressions about individuals with Parki ...
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Simulation Study May Help Parkinson's Patients Retain Driving Skills
Categorie : Parkinson's DiseaseIn a first-of-its-kind study, Medical College of Georgia researchers are testing whether simulation driving can reduce Parkinson's patients' threefold increased risk of car accidents. Drivers with Parkinson's disease are three times more likely to have a car accident than healthy drivers because of ...
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The Quick And The Dead: Evidence That Movement Is Swiftest In Response To Events In The Environment
Categorie : Parkinson's DiseaseScientists funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) and the Wellcome Trust at the University of Birmingham have carried out "laboratory gunfights" to show that we move faster when we react to something in our environment than we do when we initiate the action ours ...
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'Deep Brain Stimulation' For Parkinson's Disease: Study By Scott & White Healthcare Researchers
Categorie : Parkinson's DiseaseAt Scott & White Memorial Hospital, a multi-disciplinary team of neurosurgeons, neurologists, neurophysiologist, neuropsychologists and a movement disorders specialist are offering hope to some Parkinson's patients with a treatment called Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS)... ...
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Parkinson's Rates Highest In Whites, Hispanics
Categorie : Parkinson's DiseaseThe largest epidemiological study of Parkinson's disease in the United States has found that the disease is more common in the Midwest and the Northeast and is twice as likely to strike whites and Hispanics as blacks and Asians... ...
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Genetic Risk Factor Identified For Parkinson's Disease: Gene Variant Influences Vitamin B6 Metabolism
Categorie : Parkinson's DiseaseAn international team of doctors and human geneticists has identified a new genetic risk factor for Parkinson's disease... ...
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Treadmill Training Improves Movement In Parkinson's Patients
Categorie : Parkinson's DiseaseTreadmill training can be used to help people with Parkinson's disease achieve better walking movements, say researchers. In a systematic review of the evidence, Cochrane Researchers concluded treadmill training could be used to improve specific gait parameters in Parkinson's patients... ...
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In Parkinson's Patients Brain Abnormalities Develop Before Symptoms Occur
Categorie : Parkinson's DiseaseScientists who have identified brain networks damaged in Parkinson's disease have new evidence that these systems become abnormal a few years before symptoms appear. And what's more, parts of the network appear to respond in a last ditch attempt to rescue the brain... ...
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Parkinson's Patients Shed Light On Role Of Reward Bias In Compulsive Behaviors
Categorie : Parkinson's DiseaseNew research unravels the brain mechanisms that underlie the ability of a standard drug treatment for Parkinson's to elicit compulsive behaviors in some patients with the disease... ...
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NeurAxon Awarded Grant From The Michael J. Fox Foundation To Research Novel Treatment Approach For Parkinson's Disease
Categorie : Parkinson's DiseaseNeurAxon, Inc., a development-stage pharmaceutical company that is designing and developing next-generation pain therapeutics targeting neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS), today announced that it has been awarded a grant of $267,000 from The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research (MJF ...
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Reducing Dosage Of Parkinson's Drugs Can Cause Symptoms Similar To Those Of Cocaine Withdrawal
Categorie : Parkinson's DiseaseNew research has shown that reducing the dosage of dopamine agonist (DA) drugs, a mainstay treatment for Parkinson's disease (PD), sometimes causes acute withdrawal symptoms similar to those reported by cocaine addicts -- including anxiety, panic attacks, depression, sweating, nausea, generalized pa ...
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Irregular Arm Swing Could Be Early Sign Of Parkinson's
Categorie : Parkinson's DiseaseNeurologists in the US suggest irregular arm swings while walking could be an early sign of Parkinson's disease and scientific measurement of such a suspected symptom could help diagnose the disease earlier, giving greater opportunity to slow brain cell damage and disease progression... ...
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Can Exercise Reduce The Symptoms Of Parkinson's Disease?
Categorie : Parkinson's DiseaseOfficials at the new Muhammad Ali Parkinson Center at Barrow Neurological Institute announced today the center's participation in a novel Parkinson's study aimed at determining the physical and neurological impact of simple exercise on Parkinson's patients... ...
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