Drug May Ease Parkinson&#39;s-Related Dementia
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NEW YORK  - A drug sometimes used to treat Alzheimer&#39;s disease (news - web sites) can also moderately improve dementia caused by Parkinson&#39;s disease (news - web sites), according a report in this week&#39;s New England Journal of Medicine
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A new study suggests that popular cholesterol-lowering drugs like Lipitor may help not just the heart, but the brain as well
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Cholesterol-lowering statins, a popular class of drugs that includes Pfizer Inc.'s Lipitor, may slow the progression of Alzheimer's disease, according to results from a small study presented on Tuesday.
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Drugs usually used to treat high blood pressure and heart failure may also be helpful for Alzheimer's patients, Japanese researchers report.
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It might be possible to make a pill  that prevents the brain damage that marks Alzheimer's disease,  U.S. researchers said Thursday.
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NEW YORK  - Donepezil, a drug used to treat  Alzheimer's disease, seems to improve the memory of people with  multiple sclerosis (MS), according to a report in the journal  Neurology.
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Nicotine may help ease some of the debilitating and uncontrollable tremors and twitches caused by Parkinson's disease and its treatment, researchers said on Wednesday.
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A new drug to treat Alzheimer&#39;s disease has been approved by Health Canada. It doesn&#39;t cure the disease, but it can slow down its effects, giving patients more mental clarity.
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Swiss-listed Newron Pharmaceuticals on Friday said late-stage tests suggested that its brain drug safinamide improves cognitive performance in patients with early Parkinson's disease.
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A drug widely prescribed to treat symptoms of Parkinson's disease does not hasten the progression of the illness as some had feared, and it might even slow it down, a study suggests.
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NEW YORK  - An herbal medicine used in Asia  for 2,000 years can reduce the impact of dementia, a small  study suggests.
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Although symptoms of Parkinson's disease often improve when the drug levodopa is given, brain scan results suggest that the drug hastens progression of the disease, according to a report in The New England Journal of Medicine.
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An experimental treatment for Parkinson's disease seemed to improve symptoms &#151; dramatically so, for one 59-year-old man &#151; without causing side effects in an early study of a dozen patients.
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MONDAY, Nov. 29 (HealthDayNews) -- The antibiotic rifampicin showS promise as a potential treatment for Parkinson's disease, according to results of test tube research by scientists at the University of California, Santa Cruz.
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Sept. 15, 2004 -- An existing treatment for immune disorders may help people with Alzheimer&#39;s disease, a very small clinical study suggests.
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Dopamine is the mainstay of treatment for people with Parkinson&#39;s disease, but it comes with a down side. Dopamine-based therapy impairs the brain&#39;s ability to respond
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A drug widely prescribed to treat symptoms of Parkinson&#39;s disease does not hasten the progression of the illness as some had feared, and it might even slow it down, a study suggests.