Drug offers hope for Parkinson's
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A drug commonly used to treat high-blood pressure may slow or even halt the development of Parkinson's.
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NEW YORK  - 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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The drug Exelon, prescribed to restore  memory in Alzheimer's patients, may also offer some help for  people who develop dementia from Parkinson's disease,  researchers said on Wednesday.
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Cancer drug shows exceptional promise as it moves toward FDA review.
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A new type of drug shows growing promise as a more potent way for many breast-cancer patients to significantly cut their risk of recurrence, researchers reported yesterday.
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A trial of a new type of schizophrenia drug shows promise in patients.
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Scientists discover a single gene mutation which could be responsible for up to 5% of inherited cases of Parkinson's disease.
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A team of Finnish researchers has developed a drug that could be a major advancement in treating degenerative diseases, including Alzheimer's. The team, working with Tampa's Johnnie B. Byrd Sr.
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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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Scientists have found a molecule they believe will protect and promote the survival of heart cell muscles, raising hopes of a treatment to repair the damage after a heart attack.
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A drug to lower blood sugar could also help prevent type 2 diabetes.
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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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TUESDAY, Oct. 5 (HealthDayNews) -- A trial for what appeared to be a promising new therapy for Parkinson's disease has been halted, although researchers haven't given up hope that the drug will one day prove useful.
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The drug Exelon, prescribed to restore memory in Alzheimer's patients, may also offer some help for people who develop dementia from Parkinson's disease, researchers said on Wednesday.
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A new compound gives hope as the disease has become increasingly resistant to current drugs. By Thomas H. Maugh II / Los Angeles Times.
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LONDON  - In patients with early  Parkinson's disease, selegiline and other drugs in a class  called monoamine oxidase type B inhibitors are cheap and  effective treatments that reduce disability and the need for  levodopa, researcher report in this week's British Medical  Journal.
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A new study suggests that the cholesterol-lowering drug Zocor may also help ward off Alzheimer's and Parkinson's.