Parkinson's

Deep brain stimulation reduces PD tremor

26/07/2010 | Bilateral subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation leads to sustained reductions in Parkinson's disease tremor even among those with the most severe tremor at baseline, a review of Korean patients has concluded.


Vitamin D deficiency linked to Parkinson's

26/07/2010 | Research suggests vitamin D deficiency increases the risk of cognitive decline and Parkinson's disease in older adults.


Dopamine agonists more effective: Cochrane

12/07/2010 | Dopamine agonists may be more effective than catechol-o-methyltransferase inhibitors or monoamine oxidase type B inhibitors as an adjuvant therapy for patients with Parkinson’s disease who are being treated with levodopa, a Cochrane Review concludes.


Battery of tests predict falls in Parkinson's

28/06/2010 | An Australian study has developed a suite of measures that predict falls in patients with Parkinson's disease with high specificity and sensitivity.


Dopamine agonist treats depressive and motor symptoms in PD

17/05/2010 | The dopamine agonist pramipexole improves depressive symptoms as well as motor symptoms in patients with Parkinson's disease research shows.


Deep brain stimulation in Parkinson's improves QOL

03/05/2010 | Deep brain stimulation in addition to drug therapy leads to better quality of life in patients with advanced Parkinson's disease than drugs alone, new research shows.


Parkinson’s disease-associated psychosis: common and variable

06/04/2010 | Psychotic phenomena associated with Parkinson’s disease are more common but more varied than previously reported, French neurologists have claimed.


High incidence of Parkinson’s disease in rural WA

22/03/2010 | Parkinson’s disease is over 40 times more prevalent in the Geraldton and Midwest region of Western Australia than in other studied rural Australian populations, research shows.


Treadmill improves movement in Parkinson’s

24/01/2010 | Treadmill training improves gait hypokinesia in Parkinson’s disease patients but it is not known how long these improvements last, a Cochrane review finds.


Earlier differential diagnosis of parkinsonism possible

11/01/2010 | Researchers have developed an image-based classification algorithm that has high specificity in distinguishing between parkinsonian disorders and could help in selecting treatment for early stage patients and identifying participants for clinical trials.


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