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Inhaled Levodopa Closer to the Goal Line
February 9, 2017
… Parkinson's disease (PD). Results of people with PD who took the drug and a control group showed no differences in pulmonary function, an outcome consistent with previously reported data from Phase IIb …
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Podcast: A Tool to Manage Tremor and Isolation
January 6, 2016
… Parkinson’s disease can be isolating. Movement and non-motor symptoms alike can lead people to disengage from their families, their social circles and their community. That isolation can be detrimental to one’s sense … Pathak talks with our contributing editor Dave Iverson on how he invented this technology and how it’s helping people …
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Consortium to Develop an Alpha-synuclein Imaging Agent
… goal of this project is develop a positron emission tomography (PET) radiotracer to image the distribution of … including two academic groups, a radiopharmaceutical company, and a contract research organization. They sought … hallmark of Parkinson’s disease (PD) and is a target for drugs being developed to treat PD. The ability to …
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The New York Times: Parkinson's Limits Ability to Read Emotions
March 4, 2010
… By Tara Parker-Pope Imagine talking to another person and realizing you couldn’t tell whether he … people with Parkinson’s often have difficulty recognizing negative emotions in others. In various studies, people with … expression suggested while in others they were asked to compare two expressions and distinguish between them. …
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Michael J. Fox Foundation Joins Effort to Recruit 10,000 People with Parkinson's Disease to New Web-Based PD Research Community
March 12, 2009
… — The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research, together with personal genetics company 23andMe of Mountain View, California, and The … on joining the community — including information on how people with Parkinson’s can obtain a discount code to …
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University of Georgia Prepares to Flip Fourth Annual Pancakes Breakfast
April 8, 2014
… for Parkinson’s event in support of Team Fox. As the committee enters their final week of preparation, we took some time to check in with senior Brittany Truitt, who is once again helping to lead the school’s efforts. How did Pancakes for Parkinson’s (P4P) first get its start …