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03/10/2010 Smoking Years Key Factor in Lower Parkinson's Risk
Reuters Health -
Several studies have shown that smokers have a lower risk of developing Parkinson's disease. A new study shows that it's how many years of smoking a person has under their belt -- rather than how much they smoke every day -- that matters.
03/05/2010 Deep Brain Stimulation for Early Parkinson’s Shows Promise
The Vanderbilt Reporter -
A Vanderbilt University study of deep brain stimulation for early Parkinson's disease has shown such promise that several other universities have signed on to plan a large-scale, multi-center trial.
03/04/2010 Parkinson's Limits Ability to Read Emotions
The New York Times -
New research suggests that Parkinson's disease may impair a person’s ability to read the emotions of others.
03/02/2010 'A Pathway' to Fight Parkinson's
Omaha World-Herald -
Researchers at the University of Nebraska Medical Center have developed a vaccine that reverses an experimental form of PD in pre-clinical models of the disease.
02/22/2010 Eisai Discontinues Phase 3 Trial of E2007 (Perampanel)
PipelineReview.com via Gerson Lehrman Group -
Experimental evidence and early clinical trials supported AMPA receptor blockade as a therapeutic option, but later studies failed to show a significant reduction in clinical "off" time compared to placebo.
02/15/2010 Stem Cell Alternatives Show Early Aging Abnormalities
USA Today -
A first head-to-head comparison of human embryonic stem cells with ones grown from skin cells revealed early aging and other abnormalities in the less-controversial alternatives.
02/10/2010 Voice Problems May Affect Social Life in Parkinson's
HealthDay News via U.S. News & World Report -
A new study finds that patients may be perceived as 'negative' due to disease-related changes in their speech.
02/08/2010 Obama's 'Restrained' 2011 Budget Would Not Freeze NIH
GenomeWeb Daily News -
The 2011 budget proposal indicates that the president sees research as a priority.
02/08/2010 Industrial Solvent Linked to Increased Risk of Parkinson's Disease
Los Angeles Times Blog -
A new study finds exposure to the industrial solvent trichloroethylene increases a person's risk of developing Parkinson's disease nearly sixfold.
02/03/2010 Become a Parkinson's Advocate in Your Community
If you live in the Washington, DC metropolitan area, join the 16th Annual Research and Public Policy Forum, a day of education and advocacy for the Parkinson's community hosted by the Parkinson's Action Network. For those outside the area, the Forum will also be Webcast live.
02/02/2010 Three Brain Diseases Linked by a Toxic Form of the Same Neural Protein
ScienceDaily -
For the first time, researchers have found that Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease and Huntington's disease are linked by a toxic form of the same protein, called Elk-1.
02/01/2010 Positive Interim Results for Potential First-in-class Treatment for Parkinson’s Disease
BusinessWire -
The data from a Phase IIa study in 24 Parkinson’s patients showed statistically significant, dose-related changes in blood flow in regions of the brain known to be relevant to Parkinson’s.
01/27/2010 U.S. Parkinson's Rates Highest in Whites, Hispanics and Midwest, Northeast
ScienceDaily -
The largest epidemiological study of U.S. Parkinson's disease patterns has found that the disease is more common in the Midwest and the Northeast and is twice as likely to strike whites and Hispanics as blacks and Asians.
01/26/2010 Charles Mathias, Former U.S. Senator, Dies at 87
New York Times -
The champion of civil rights died at age 87 from complications of Parkinson's disease.
01/20/2010 Treadmill Training Improves Walking in Parkinson's
MedPage Today -
The technique leads to improvements in gait speed, stride length, and walking distance, but not gait cadence, according to researchers in Germany.
01/20/2010 Brain Abnormalities in Parkinson's Patients Develop Before Symptoms Occur
North Shore-Long Island Jewish (LIJ) Health System via EurekAlert! -
Scientists have new evidence that brain networks damaged in Parkinson's disease become abnormal a few years before symptoms appear.
01/13/2010 Parkinson's Patients Shed Light on Role of Reward Bias in Compulsive Behaviors
Eurek!Alert -
New research unravels the brain mechanisms underlying the ability of a standard drug treatment for Parkinson's to elicit compulsive behaviors in some patients.
01/13/2010 Art Rust, Jr., Pioneer in Sports Talk Radio, Dies at 82
The New York Times -
The pioneering New York radio sports talk show figure and sports historian died at 82 from complications of Parkinson’s disease.
01/12/2010 Reducing Dosage of Parkinson's Drugs Can Cause Symptoms Similar to Those of Cocaine Withdrawal
Science Daily -
New research shows that reducing the dosage of dopamine agonists can cause acute withdrawal symptoms including anxiety, panic attacks, depression, sweating, nausea, generalized pain, fatigue, dizziness and drug cravings.
01/11/2010 Brain Scans Can Give Early Diagnosis of Different Forms of Parkinsonism
Medical News Today -
Researchers report that PET scans can identify with high accuracy which form of Parkinsonism a patient has.
01/07/2010 PET Scans Predict Who Responds to Parkinson's Brain Cell Transplant Treatment
DOTmed.com -
New research indicates that PET scans can pick up a useful Parkinson's biomarker and help predict who will benefit from treatment with transplanted fetal neural tissue.
01/05/2010 Generic Pramipexole (Mirapex) Now Available to U.S. Parkinson's Patients
DrugStoreNews.com -
A generic drug maker has announced the availability of a treatment for the signs and symptoms of idiopathic Parkinson’s disease.
