Brain 'cannabis' Parkinson's hope
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Boosting the brain's natural cannabis-like chemicals could help treat Parkinson's disease, a study suggests.
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NEW YORK  - A short screening test, developed by a Belgian team, which measures four clinical variables can accurately predict the fitness of patients with Parkinson's disease to drive, according to findings published in the current issue of the journal Neurology.
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Research suggests marijuana constricts the blood vessels, affecting supplies to the brain.
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Regular exercise could stop Parkinson's disease from progressing, researchers believe.
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Marijuana users have faster blood  flow in their brains, even after a month of not smoking, U.S.  researchers reported on Monday.
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A gene encoding a protein that appears to be a biological switch has been linked to a form of Parkinson&#39;s disease and could provide insight into halting molecular events that spur the illness.
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Researchers have come up with a potentially new way to diagnose -- and treat -- the progressive brain disorder
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Good news for ageing hippies: smoking pot may stave off Alzheimer's disease.
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NEW YORK  - Women with higher levels of total cholesterol appear to be at decreased risk for developing Parkinson's disease, according to a report by researchers in the Netherlands.
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A drug sometimes used to treat Alzheimer's disease can also moderately improve dementia caused by Parkinson's disease, according a report in this week's New England Journal of Medicine.
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A higher dietary intake of  vitamin B6 may decrease the risk of Parkinson's disease, a  study suggests.
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EXETER, England  - Cannabis-based treatments may  have longer-term benefits for multiple sclerosis patients,  scientists said on Friday.
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The progress of Parkinson's disease (PD), or any brain-wasting disease, is painful to watch in oneself or in a loved one.
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There is more evidence to back up a  long-standing theory that smokers are less likely to develop  Parkinson&#39;s disease than people who do not use tobacco  products, researchers reported on Monday.
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THURSDAY, Sept. 14 (HealthDay News) -- A now-banned pesticide that still lingers in the environment could be damaging human brain cells and prompting the onset of Parkinson's disease, a new study suggests.
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How advances in neuroscience could transform our legal system.
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NEW YORK  - An experimental drug called  safinamide improves movement in patients with early Parkinson's  disease, researchers report.