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Accelerating Medicines Partnership Launches Data Knowledge Portal for Parkinson’s Disease
November 22, 2019
… information collected from 4,298 PD patients and healthy controls to researchers working to develop effective … Foundation for Parkinson’s Research, National Institutes of Health, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, with industry … through the Foundation of the National Institutes of Health (FNIH). The goal of this partnership is to transform …
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Los Angeles Times: New Law Bans Genetic Discrimination
November 21, 2009
… promotions based on genetic makeup. Additionally, health insurers will not be allowed to consider a person’s … Zirkelbach, a spokesman for the industry group America’s Health Insurance Plans, said that his association originally … regulations ultimately would disrupt efforts to stay healthy through wellness and disease-management programs. …
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MJFF Celebrates Asian Pacific American Heritage Month: Community Reflections on Navigating Life with Parkinson’s
May 14, 2021
… and social isolation and how these social determinants of health can have profound effects on quality of life. I think health care providers are starting to understand the …
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My San Antonio: Leukemia Drug Holds Promise for Parkinson's
January 4, 2011
… tyrosine kinase c-Abl — it prevented destruction of those healthy cells. The results were being published today in the … assistant professor of medicine at the University of Texas Health Science Center. “The (current) treatments are mostly … assistant vice president for clinical research at the health science center, and a co-author of the paper. “It’s …
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The New York Times: Parkinson's Limits Ability to Read Emotions
March 4, 2010
… emotions in 44 people with advanced Parkinson’s and 30 healthy control subjects. About half those with Parkinson’s … the other patients who had advanced Parkinson’s or to the healthy controls. Patients with stimulators confused … emotional state may have a significant impact on long-term health because it could lead to social isolation, said Dr. …
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Research Roundup: Five Parkinson’s Studies Need Volunteers
January 4, 2022
… more . Beyond observational studies like PPMI that measure health over time, clinical trials test whether a drug or … for screenings over a three-month period. Wake Forest Health Sciences in Winston-Salem, North Carolina is …