Study Gauges Dopamine Effect on Parkinson's Patients
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THURSDAY, Nov. 4 (HealthDayNews) -- A study of Parkinson's disease patients has led to new insights into how the brain responds to &quot;carrot and stick&quot; learning approaches.
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TORONTO -- An international team of researchers has pinpointed a defective gene which causes Parkinson&#39;s disease. The discovery could open up new avenues of research for preventing or delaying the onset of
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Scientists have discovered a protein which may help to slow, or even reverse symptoms of Parkinson's disease.
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TUESDAY, Dec. 14 (HealthDayNews) -- People with Parkinson's disease and dementia experience a similar average annual decline in cognitive function as people with Alzheimer's disease do, says a Norwegian study in the December issue of the Archives of Neurology.
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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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NEW YORK  - For some people with Parkinson's disease, a personalized home program of exercises and instructions appears to help prevent them from falling, UK researchers have shown.
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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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New York researchers have found nearly half of all Parkinson&#39;s patients also suffer from depression. Neurologist Irene Richard of the University of Rochester Medical Center, in a study summarized in the Aug.
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WEDNESDAY, Nov. 22 (HealthDay News) -- Scientists say they've discovered how a gene mutation linked to an inherited form of Parkinson's disease damages the brain.
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NEW YORK  - People who come into regular  contact with pesticides at work -- such as farmers and  pesticide sprayers -- appear to have a slightly higher risk of  developing Parkinson's disease, according to new study findings  released Monday.
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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.
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Electrical impulses delivered to two   areas of the brain that control movement alleviate the symptoms   of Parkinson's disease more effectively than drugs alone,   according to a study in Thursday's New England Journal of   Medicine.
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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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There is more evidence to back up a long-standing theory that smokers are less likely to develop Parkinson's disease than people who do not use tobacco products, researchers reported on Monday.
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Eating a low calorie diet may help to reduce the risk of Parkinson's disease, research suggests.
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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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Three teams of scientists have  identified a genetic mutation that is linked to about 5 percent  of inherited cases of Parkinson's disease.