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Drug used to treat Parkinson's shows potential as a dementia treatment
Drug used to treat hallucinations and delusions in Parkinson's shows promise as treatment for dementia-related psychosis .
2 days ago - News Medical
Focused Ultrasound Ablates Tremor
]]> - CHICAGO - Transcranial image-guided focused ultrasound was capable of targeting and ablating areas of the brain involved with tremors, and brought relief to individuals...
2 days ago - MedPage Today
Molecular makeup of abnormal proteins in brain diseases shows structural diversity
Parkinson's and multisystem atrophy - both of them neurodegenerative diseases - are associated with the accumulation of alpha-synuclein proteins in the brain.
2 days ago - News Medical
Drug can curb dementia's delusions, researchers find
A study found that the drug that curbs delusions in Parkinson's patients did the same for people with Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia
2 days ago - ABC News
Breaking the Ultrasound Barrier
Focused ultrasound is an FDA-approved treatment for essential tremor and is approved to treat Parkinson's disease outside the U.S. It's also making waves in research into...
2 days ago - Web MD
Molecular bodyguards against Parkinson's disease
Chaperone proteins in human cells dynamically interact with the protein alpha-Synuclein, which is strongly associated with Parkinson's disease. A disturbed relationship to...
2 days ago - ScienceDaily
Parkinson's Treatment Has Unexpected Side Effect
Title: Parkinson's Treatment Has Unexpected Side Effect Category: Health News Created: 12/2/2019 12:00:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 12/3/2019 12:00:00 AM
3 days ago - Medicine Net - 2 articles
Failure in proteasome transportation system may cause neurodegenerative diseases
All neurodegenerative diseases have a common thread: the appearance of protein clumps in the brain such as amyloid-beta plaques in Alzheimer's disease and alpha synuclein...
3 days ago - News Medical
Breakthrough device designation issued for RightEye's Parkinson's assessment system
The FDA has granted breakthrough device designation to the RightEye Vision System, an oculomotor test to help diagnose Parkinson's disease, RightEye LLC announced in a press...
3 days ago - Healio - 2 articles
Parkinson's: Ultrasound technology may relieve symptoms
New research shows that a special ultrasound technique can significantly reduce tremors in people living with Parkinson's disease.
5 days ago - Medical News Today
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