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Gene therapy offers hope for Parkinson's patients
New trials of gene therapy for Parkinson's disease have shown encouraging results, giving hope to millions of people with this paralysis syndrome worldwide.
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Diagnose through appearance
Baldness is at risk of high heart disease, short-legged risk of liver disease, poor sense of smell easy to develop Parkinson's disease ... these are the future health ma…
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It is possible to diagnose Parkinson early in the letter
Just observe a piece of text that a person writes in a pen with a sensor for 15 minutes, doctors can find out soon whether the person will have Parkinson's disease.
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Brain implants are useful for Parkinson's patients
German and French scientists say an electrical device implanted in the brain improves the quality of life of Parkinson's patients, according to the Daily Mail.
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Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's are not contagious
Despite concerns that faulty brain proteins can be passed from one person to another during treatment, a new US study shows non-infectious Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, a…
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Parkinson's disease does not cause addiction
A study from the US showed that Parkinson's patients are not addicted to gambling, shopping or sex when not taking drugs to treat illness, according to Reuters.
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Injuries and pesticides increase Parkinson's
According to a study published in the American Journal of Neurology, ever having a serious head injury combined with pesticide exposure may be associated with a high ris…
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Detecting Parkinson's disease by phone
A simple phone call can also help us record the first signs of Parkinson's disease by detecting minor changes in the patient's voice several years before more severe sym…
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Caffeine may prevent Parkinson's disease
According to the latest study by American scientists, caffeine may help control Parkinson's disease and research has opened a new door for treatment for the disease.
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Severe flu can increase the risk of Parkinson's syndrome
Researchers at the University of British Columbia, Canada have published a study on the Movement Disorders page, people with severe flu will have a double rate of Parkin…
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Sleep helps reduce symptoms of Parkinson's disease
Dutch scientists found that sleep improves the motor nerve function of Parkinson's patients, according to Healthday. In the study, scientists asked 243 patients about un…
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The world's first Parkinson's vaccine trial
The world's first Parkinson's vaccine has been tested in humans, according to New Scientist. It is known that in this first trial, 10 patients with Parkinson's disease w…
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The prospect of treating Parkinson's by gene therapy
British scientists believe that the gene therapy they just developed may open up hope to cure the agonist syndrome - Parkinson's disease, which is affecting 4.1 million…
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Prevent Parkinson's disease with strawberries
Scientists from Harvard School of Public Health (USA) and Norwich Medical School (UK) have been monitoring the diet of about 130,000 men and women, including 800 people…
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Japan has found a way to cure Parkinson's disease
A research team from the University of Kyoto Medical Institute, Japan, led by Associate Professor Jyun Takahasi, announced the good news for people with Parkinson's dise…