The dogs are already experts at recognising diseases like cancer, malaria and Parkinson's by their scent.
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WEDNESDAY, April 1, 2020 -- Telephone-based cognitive behavioral therapy (T-CBT) seems to be an effective intervention for depression in Parkinson disease (PD), outperforming treatment-as-usual (TAU) on all depression, anxiety, and quality-of-life...
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Ozzy Osbourne recently went to Panama to receive a stem-cell treatment as he battles Parkinson’s disease and continues to recover from a serious fall he had at home last year. Now, his daughter Kelly reports that the results of the treatment...
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]]>(MedPage Today) -- Meet the woman who can smell Parkinson's disease. (NPR)
For dementia caregivers, COVID-19 is "a double whammy." (New York Times)
Witnessed apneas were tied to elevated tau PET levels in cognitively unimpaired older adults...
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]]>(MedPage Today) -- Singer/songwriter Neil Diamond gave a surprise performance on the stage at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas last week. Diamond had retired from touring two years ago after being diagnosed with Parkinson's disease...
Approach may be better than regular deep brain stimulation
Researchers have found that 'natural killer' white blood cells could guard against the cascade of cellular changes that lead to Parkinson's disease and help stop its progression.
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Scientists have discovered a possible link between Parkinson's disease and a gene impacted by a neurotoxin found in blue-green algae.
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Visual impairment, including double vision and blurriness, are significantly more common in patients with Parkinson disease than in healthy persons, new research suggests. Medscape Medical News
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Folding@home is a distributed computing project for disease research that simulates protein folding, computational drug design, and other types of molecular dynamics.
In addition to cancer, Alzheimer's, Huntington's, and Parkinson's, Folding@home...
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Neil Diamond retired from his music career in January 2018 after revealing to the world that he has Parkinson’s disease.
The 79-year-old singer-songwriter returned to the stage to perform at Keep Memory Alive’s Power of Love Gala on...
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Ozzy Osbourne said he will “absolutely” play live again despite his recent health issues. In a new interview, the singer said he hopes to return to the stage soon despite canceling his North American tour to undergo treatments for Parkinson’s...
A noncontact boxing program may motivate patients with Parkinson's to exercise, improving quality of life and common nonmotor symptoms of the disease such as fatigue, depression, and anxiety. Medscape Medical News
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Parkinson's disease researchers have used gene-editing tools to introduce the disorder's most common genetic mutation into marmoset monkey stem cells and to successfully tamp down cellular chemistry that often goes awry in Parkinson's patients.
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WEDNESDAY, Feb. 26, 2020 -- A spirited game of ping pong may be more than just fun: New research suggests it could quell symptoms in Parkinson's patients.
The small study found that patients with the movement disorder had significant improvements...
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Many of the larger biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies have changed strategies from making acquisitions of speculative biotech outfits. In many cases it is far cheaper to just partner up with...
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Pingpong may hold promise as a possible form of physical therapy for Parkinson's disease. People with Parkinson's who participated in a pingpong exercise program once a week for six months showed improvement in their Parkinson's symptoms, according...
A cutting-edge MRI technique to detect iron deposits in different brain regions can track declines in thinking, memory and movement in people with Parkinson's disease, finds a new study.
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Ozzy Osbourne recently postponed plans for a solo tour, saying he’s heading to Switzerland for treatments of Parkinson’s disease. But the former star of TV’s The Osbournes said in an interview today that the degenerative disease...
THURSDAY, Feb. 20, 2020 -- Love to cross-country ski? Well, all those days spent striding across the snow-covered wilderness may do more than keep you in great physical shape.
Swedish researchers report that very fit long-distance skiers were...
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