Parkinson's Disease: The Life Cycle of the Dopamine Neuron - Proceedings of the Academy Conference on Parkinson's Disease (Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences)
Nigee's Diet & Nutrition Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Mum used to use a transdermal Natural Progesterone Cream (to reverse hair loss) but she stopped using it some time before she became mentally impaired. I found a half-full pot of the stuff in mum's house and have instructed the nursing staff to rub a blob of cream on mum's skin each day to see if it makes any improvement to her Lewy Body Dementia. See Regeneration in a degenerating brain: potential...
Getting Better (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
In my efforts to have a rational discussion about the H1N1 flu shot I have been increasingly confronted with the following fear, expressed most commonly by concerned mothers and teenagers: Did you see that video on Youtube about the cheerleader who got the flu shot? Something called dystonia? She can’t walk unless she goes backwards. I don’t want to risk ending up like that. Apparently...
THE TENSION (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
N ews in Balance: WASHINGTON, Nov. 20, 2009 -- An independent study by the Institute of Medicine last month resulted in broadened health coverage by the Veterans Affairs Department for Vietnam War veterans who were exposed to Agent Orange. Research found that three illnesses – B cell leukemias, Parkinson’s disease and ischemic heart disease -- possibly are associated with Agent Orange exposure....
University of Chicago News Office (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Albert V. Crewe, who obtained the first images of atoms ever taken in an electron microscope, died Wednesday, Nov. 18, of complications from Parkinson’s disease at his home in Dune Acres, Ind. He was 82. In 1964 Crewe, a professor emeritus in physics at the ...
CloningResources.com: Cloning News, (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Researchers from North Carolina State University have identified a gene that tells embryonic stem cells in the brain when to stop producing nerve cells called neurons. The research is a significant advance in understanding the development of the nervous system, which is essential to addressing conditions such as Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease and other neurological disorders.
Artdaily (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
NEW YORK, NY (AP).- American painter Irving Kriesberg has died in New York City. He combined intense abstract colors with human and animal elements. His son, Matthias, tells The New York Times his father died Nov. 11 of complications from Parkinson's disease. He was 90. Kriesberg's works appear in major museums, including New York's Museum of Modern Art and Whitney Museum of American Art, and the...
Hollywood Elsewhere (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
The wifi in the apartment went down early last week and has stayed down. I've been using the iMac by piggybacking on a neighbor's wifi but it's a very weak and skittish signal and mostly a waste of time to mess with. Using the flaky AT&T air card with the laptop has been close to pointless and mostly futile due to the apartment being located in a weak-air pocket. On top of which the laptop touch...
SOCIALIZED MEDICINE (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
Thousands of British Parkinson's disease sufferers wrongly diagnosed Around 6,300 people in the UK who believe they are suffering from Parkinson's disease could have been wrongly diagnosed, a new study has claimed. Researchers in Scotland, who assessed patients on anti-Parkinson's medication, found that five per cent had little more than stiffness or hand tremors. A report published in the Movement...
Science - The Post Chronicle (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
People of Japanese and European descent who have mutant versions of five genes may be at higher risk of developing Parkinson's disease, two large teams of researchers have found....
WEBLOG DO FRAGA (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
Study Finds Features Linked to Mortality Risk in Parkinson's Cognitive impairment, dysphagia, postural instability gait difficulty associated with risk 16 nov 2009-- A variety of motor and non-motor factors may be associated with a higher risk of mortality in patients with early Parkinson's disease, according to research published in the November issue of the Archives of Neurology . Raymond Y. Lo,...
Brainicane (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
People of Japanese and European descent who have mutant versions of five genes may be at higher risk of developing Parkinson’s disease, two large teams of researchers have found.
VitaBeat (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
Gene mutations linked to inherited Parkinson's disease also appear to be connected to the more common form of the disease that strikes people whose relatives don't have it, researchers now say. The findings come from the largest Parkinson's disease genetic study of its kind, published online Nov. 15 in Nature Genetics .
Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
HONG KONG (Reuters) - People of Japanese and European descent who have mutant versions of five genes may be at higher risk of developing Parkinson's disease, two large teams of researchers have found.
Catholic Commentary (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
I am copying the following from the parish newsletter of the parish of Leigh-on-Sea. Fr Kevin's observations reflect two things that I think are of wider significance, things that make this more than just a testimony of faith in an individual situation. The first of these is what this testimony says about the moments, or perhaps days, during which someone is dying. Such a time can be very difficult,...
Neuroskeptic (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
Jamie Talan's Deep Brain Stimulation: A New Treatment Shows Promise In The Most Difficult Cases is the first book to offer a popular look at DBS , one of the more exciting emerging treatments in neurology and psychiatry. Deep Brain Stimulation is not a textbook and the depth of scientific detail is kept pretty low, but the breadth of the material is good. Talan reviews the many kinds of disorders for...
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