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Metabolite of multiple sclerosis drug could be safe, effective therapy for Parkinson's disease
The metabolite of a drug that is helping patients battle multiple sclerosis appears to significantly slow the onset of Parkinson's disease, researchers say. (Source: Parkinson's Disease News From Medical News Today)
Source: Parkinson's Disease News From Medical News Today - June 9, 2016 Category: Neurology Tags: Parkinson's Disease Source Type: news

Dietary supplement may prevent and reverse severe damage to aging brain, research suggests
A dietary supplement containing a blend of thirty vitamins and minerals - all natural ingredients widely available in health food stores - has shown remarkable anti-aging properties that can... (Source: Parkinson's Disease News From Medical News Today)
Source: Parkinson's Disease News From Medical News Today - June 3, 2016 Category: Neurology Tags: Neurology / Neuroscience Source Type: news

Singing improves speech of people with Parkinson's - but more research needed, review finds
There is strong evidence that singing benefits the speech of people with Parkinson's disease, but more research needs to be carried out into the area, according to a review of studies led by... (Source: Parkinson's Disease News From Medical News Today)
Source: Parkinson's Disease News From Medical News Today - June 3, 2016 Category: Neurology Tags: Parkinson's Disease Source Type: news

Brain enzyme could prevent Alzheimer's, neurodegenerative disease
A brain enzyme that protects against oxidative stress may also protect against protein clump formation - a key player in neurodegenerative disease. (Source: Parkinson's Disease News From Medical News Today)
Source: Parkinson's Disease News From Medical News Today - June 3, 2016 Category: Neurology Tags: Neurology / Neuroscience Source Type: news

How prions kill neurons: new culture system shows early toxicity to dendritic spines
Prion diseases are fatal and incurable neurodegenerative conditions of humans and animals. Yet, how prions kill nerve cells (or neurons) remains unclear. (Source: Parkinson's Disease News From Medical News Today)
Source: Parkinson's Disease News From Medical News Today - May 27, 2016 Category: Neurology Tags: Neurology / Neuroscience Source Type: news

New study surveys genetic changes linked with Parkinson's disease
After Alzheimer's, Parkinson's disease (PD) is the leading neurodegenerative disorder, affecting close to a million Americans, with 50,000 new cases diagnosed every year. (Source: Parkinson's Disease News From Medical News Today)
Source: Parkinson's Disease News From Medical News Today - May 26, 2016 Category: Neurology Tags: Parkinson's Disease Source Type: news

Electronic device detects molecules linked to cancer, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's
A biosensor developed by researchers at the National Nanotechnology Laboratory (LNNano) in Campinas, São Paulo State, Brazil, has been proven capable of detecting molecules associated with... (Source: Parkinson's Disease News From Medical News Today)
Source: Parkinson's Disease News From Medical News Today - May 20, 2016 Category: Neurology Tags: Medical Devices / Diagnostics Source Type: news

Technology delivers personalized treatment to patients with tremors
For patients who suffer from Parkinson's disease and essential tremor, writing a grocery list or taking a drink from a cup can be a daily struggle due to disabling arm tremor. (Source: Parkinson's Disease News From Medical News Today)
Source: Parkinson's Disease News From Medical News Today - May 20, 2016 Category: Neurology Tags: Parkinson's Disease Source Type: news

Calcium channels team up to activate excitable cells
Finding contradicts earlier belief that channels do not work cooperatively.Voltage-gated calcium channels open in unison, rather than independently, to allow calcium ions into and activate... (Source: Parkinson's Disease News From Medical News Today)
Source: Parkinson's Disease News From Medical News Today - May 20, 2016 Category: Neurology Tags: Neurology / Neuroscience Source Type: news

The effects of laxatives may provide new clues concerning Parkinson's disease
In a recent retrospective analysis, investigators discovered that the year-on-year increase in rigidity found in Parkinson's disease flattened off with the regular use of laxatives to manage... (Source: Parkinson's Disease News From Medical News Today)
Source: Parkinson's Disease News From Medical News Today - May 19, 2016 Category: Neurology Tags: Parkinson's Disease Source Type: news

Rapid eye movement sleep: Keystone of memory formation
For decades, scientists have fiercely debated whether rapid eye movement (REM) sleep - the phase where dreams appear - is directly involved in memory formation. (Source: Parkinson's Disease News From Medical News Today)
Source: Parkinson's Disease News From Medical News Today - May 16, 2016 Category: Neurology Tags: Sleep / Sleep Disorders / Insomnia Source Type: news

Transplanted nerve cells survive a quarter of a century in a Parkinson's disease patient
In the late 1980s and over the 1990s, researchers at Lund University in Sweden pioneered the transplantation of new nerve cells into the brains of patients with Parkinson's disease. (Source: Parkinson's Disease News From Medical News Today)
Source: Parkinson's Disease News From Medical News Today - May 4, 2016 Category: Neurology Tags: Parkinson's Disease Source Type: news

FDA approves first drug to treat hallucinations and delusions associated with Parkinson's disease
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Nuplazid (pimavanserin) tablets, the first drug approved to treat hallucinations and delusions associated with psychosis experienced by some... (Source: Parkinson's Disease News From Medical News Today)
Source: Parkinson's Disease News From Medical News Today - May 3, 2016 Category: Neurology Tags: Parkinson's Disease Source Type: news

Zambon launches Xadago (safinamide) in Denmark and Sweden for patients with mid-to late stage Parkinson's disease
Zambon S.p.A., an international pharmaceutical company strongly committed to the central nervous system (CNS) therapeutic area, and its partner Newron Pharmaceuticals S.p.A. (Source: Parkinson's Disease News From Medical News Today)
Source: Parkinson's Disease News From Medical News Today - May 2, 2016 Category: Neurology Tags: Parkinson's Disease Source Type: news

Neurodegenerative disease damage reversed in fruit flies
Scientists have reversed damage to nerve cells by inhibiting two metabolites that are linked to nerve cell death, raising hopes for a future treatment. (Source: Parkinson's Disease News From Medical News Today)
Source: Parkinson's Disease News From Medical News Today - May 1, 2016 Category: Neurology Tags: Neurology / Neuroscience Source Type: news