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Foundation Outlines Strategies for Improving Clinical Research Recruitment
February 20, 2014
… NEW YORK - As medical researchers across disease states pursue better treatments, … integrate discussion of clinical research participation into standard communications with patients and their family … Between June 2010 and April 2013, the study enrolled 423 early-stage Parkinson's patients and 196 controls. …
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"Research Should Be Something You Are Passionate About"
December 24, 2013
… with the communication students at St. John’s University : Research should be something you are passionate about. This … a couple weeks ago I ran my fifth, also in New York City, nearly 30 minutes faster than my first (3hr/1min). Running … I am fortunate to be in a program with the freedom to dig into a topic with not only academic but also personal and …
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Insulin-like Growth Factor-1 and DAT Imaging as Biomarkers of Early Cognitive Impairment in Parkinson’s Disease
… insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) may be involved in cognitive deficits. An earlier study found that low serum … dysfunction in Parkinson’s disease (PD)-related cognitive deficits has been confirmed imaging studies. Both … (DAT) imaging will be studied as possible biomarkers of cognitive dysfunction in early PD. This study will assess …
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Third Day of Congress Brings Focus to Parkinson’s Disease Clinical Research
June 20, 2012
… Notes: We report on the latest news in Parkinson’s disease research, live from the Movement Disorder Society International Congress in Dublin, Ireland. Today, nearly 2,000 movement disorder specialists packed the Dublin … MD, provided the latest. Some key points: Studies delving into novel ways to deliver levodopa into the body, such as …
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In Memoriam: MJFF Mourns Loss of Parkinson’s Research Leader Nir Giladi, MD
… The Parkinson’s research community mourns the passing of Nir Giladi, MD, a … worked to identify key biological markers that could enable early detection and predict disease progression. His … His groundbreaking research uncovered critical insights into the mechanisms underlying FOG and explored innovative …