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Parkinson's implant 'boosts ability to walk' as new treatment restores movement to to patients
A cutting-edge treatment proven to significantly restore movement to Parkinson's sufferers is hailed as ‘beyond wildest dreams' of researchers as once housebound patients walk...
2 hours ago - Daily Mail
Parkinson's disease patient: 'I can walk. it's really helped me'
Parkinson's disease patient Gail Jardine can walk more freely after having a spinal implant fitted.
15 hours ago - BBC - 2 articles
Parkinson's results beyond researchers' wildest dreams
Previously housebound patients are now able to walk more freely as a result of electrical stimulation to their spines. Researchers say the small trial of the treatment has gone...
15 hours ago - BBC
New Effort to Identify Parkinson's Biomarkers
Clemens Scherzer, MD, was awarded $2.6 million from the NINDS to work on the development of biomarkers and facilitate NINDS-wide access to one of the largest data and...
3 days ago - BWH
Drug that treats high blood pressure shows promise against neurodegenerative diseases
A prescribed drug to treat high blood pressure has shown promise against conditions such as Parkinson's, Huntington's and forms of dementia in studies carried out in mice and...
4 days ago - News Medical
Blood pressure drug shows promise for treating Parkinson's and dementia in animal study
A prescribed drug to treat high blood pressure has shown promise against conditions such as Parkinson's, Huntington's and forms of dementia in studies carried out in mice and...
4 days ago - ScienceDaily - 4 articles
Hypertension Drug to Treat Parkinson's and Dementia
Felodipine to treat hypertension, also found to protect from various neurodegenerative diseases like parkinson's, huntington's and dementia.
4 days ago - Medindia Health - 2 articles
Drug used to treat high blood pressure could relieve Parkinson's, Huntington's and Alzheimer's
A study by the University of Cambridge found the hypertension medication felodipine reduced the toxic build-up of proteins in the brains of mice and zebrafish with these diseases.
5 days ago - Daily Mail - 2 articles
Technology automatically senses how Parkinson's patients respond to medication
Adjusting the frequency and dosage of Parkinson's patients' medication is complex. In their 'ON' state they respond positively to medication and in their 'OFF' state symptoms...
5 days ago - ScienceDaily - 2 articles
Healthy and drug-free: Natural remedies that can help address the symptoms of Parkinson's disease
Prescription medications and deep brain stimulation are not the only ways to improve the condition of patients suffering from Parkinson's disease. There are complementary and...
6 days ago - Natural News - 2 articles
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Parkinson's implant 'boosts ability to walk' as new treatment restores...
A cutting-edge treatment proven to significantly restore movement to Parkinson's sufferers is hailed as ‘beyond wildest dreams' of researchers as once housebound patients walk...
Gum Bacteria Implicated in Alzheimer's, Rheumatoid Arthritis
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Business psychologist, 71, undergoes a new treatment to reduce impotence risk
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Ground-breaking experiment could reveal whether insomnia raises your risk of...
The Mail on Sunday has been granted exclusive access inside a cutting-edge sleep laboratory at the University of East Anglia. And Eve Simmons is invited to take the test.
High school forbids senior from wearing his Native American garb to graduation
The teen and his mother are fighting back.
Parkinson's results beyond researchers' wildest dreams
Previously housebound patients are now able to walk more freely as a result of electrical stimulation to their spines. Researchers say the small trial of the treatment has gone...
High school forbids senior from wearing his Native American garb to graduation
The teen and his mother are fighting back.
GP contacts better than spectacles in children with monocular aphakia
Children who undergo surgery for monocular congenital cataract can benefit from the use of gas-permeable contact lenses, while spectacles are not the ideal correction...