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Antioxidants and Neurodegenrative diseases - Parkinson's disease
Parkinson's disease is defined as a health condition associated to the depletion of dopamine in the corpus striatum as a result of neuron loss in the…
Motor System Disorders associated with Parkinson's disease
Motor System Disorders is actually an umbrella term used to cover many of the neurological diseases. Parkinson's disease is one of those disorders. For…
Speech Dysfunctions In Parkinson's Disease
Parkinson's disease often affects the patient's ability to speak clearly and this is often considered one of its worse symptoms. For many patients, the…
Will There Ever Be A Cure For Parkinson’s Disease?
For many years now, there has been hard work done in the field of research into Parkinson's disease. To date, there is still no cure for Parkinson's…
Self Care Tips For People With Parkinson’s Disease
Parkinson's disease can be overwhelming for many people who have it. Not only must patients face their physical changes in your body, but they must also…
Parkinson's Disease And Sexual Function
Sexual functions are a very important aspect of our physical and mental health. With the onset of Parkinson's disease, many aspects of a person's…
What are the Basics of Parkinson's disease?
Parkinson's disease was first described in the early 1800s when Dr James Parkinson wrote a paper on what he called ‘the Shaking Palsy'.…
The Benefits of Exercise for People Who Suffer From Parkinson's Disease
Many sufferers of Parkinson's disease quickly find that various aspects of their life are no longer controllable in the way that they used to be however by…
The Bladder and Parkinson's Disease
The term, Parkinsonism, is used to describe a group of conditions that exhibit symptoms such as slowness of movement, rigidity and tremors. A well known and…
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What is Parkinson’s Disease?
Parkinson’s disease, named after James Parkinson, an English doctor who in his book “An Essay on the Shaking Palsy” published in…
News Articles
Parkinson's disease treatments associated with compulsive behaviours
Pathological gambling, compulsive shopping, binge eating and other impulse control disorders appear to be more common among individuals taking dopamine agonist…
Michael J. Fox Foundation awards grant to advance Parkinson's disease research
For his work contributing to a potential new treatment approach for Parkinson's disease, the Michael J. Fox Foundation (MJFF) for Parkinson's Research…
Brain abnormalities in Parkinson's patients develop before symptoms occur
Scientists who have identified brain networks damaged in Parkinson's disease have new evidence that these systems become abnormal a few years before…
Findings that should speed the development of drugs for Parkinson's Disease
Australian scientists have significantly advanced our understanding of dopamine release from nerve cells, findings that should speed the development of more…