Cholesterol lowering & dementia drugs could be potential treatment for Parkinson's savita thakur thakur16 Feb 2016 3:39 PM ISTNew Delhi: While a clinical trial using cholesterol-lowering treatment Simvastatin in people living with Parkinson's is getting underway in centres...
Parkinsons slows down thinking process more than speech supriya kashyap kashyap24 March 2016 9:05 AM ISTLondon : Impairment in mental skills could affect the conversational ability of people with Parkinson's more than the physical speech problems, finds...
Deep Brain Stimulation can improve life of Parkinsons patients supriya kashyap kashyap11 April 2016 6:12 PM ISTNew Delhi : Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS), a neuro surgical procedure, can give a better sense of life to patients with severe Parkinson's disease,...
New advance made in combating Parkinson and Alzheimer supriya kashyap kashyap26 April 2016 12:41 PM IST A five-year study by an international team led from the University of Leicester has found a way of 'reversing' symptoms of neurodegenerative...
Impaired decision making may contribute to Parkinson's supriya kashyap kashyap20 Jun 2016 3:50 PM ISTNew York : People with Parkinson's disease have a form of impaired decision-making that may be a major contributor to the movement problems that...
Leukemia drug may treat Parkinson's disease, dementia supriya kashyap kashyap14 July 2016 9:46 AM ISTWashington : A drug approved by the US Food and Drug Administration to treat leukemia has the potential to improve motor and cognitive functions of...
Simple brain scan could help improve Parkinsons treatment supriya kashyap kashyap17 Aug 2016 11:43 AM ISTNew York : Researchers have discovered that tracking changes in five brain areas linked to movement and balance with a simple non-invasive imaging...
New protein found to reduce chances of Parkinson's disease supriya kashyap kashyap3 Oct 2016 12:13 PM ISTNew York : A team of researchers has identified a protein that enables a toxic natural aggregate to spread from cell to cell in the brain and reduce...
Alzheimers plays a role in cancer progression: study supriya kashyap kashyap8 Oct 2016 11:47 AM ISTNew York : A protein responsible for the development of neurological diseases like Alzheimer's disease also plays a role in the progression of cancer,...
New smart gloves to monitor Parkinson's disease patients supriya kashyap kashyap24 Oct 2016 9:06 AM ISTPrescribing a medication plan for a patient with Parkinson's disease is a big challenge for doctors, but now a University of Rhode Island biomedical...
New therapy for Alzheimers and Parkinsons in the offing supriya kashyap kashyap27 Dec 2016 12:33 PM ISTLondon : Scientists have discovered a new genetic disease which causes neuro-degeneration, an advance that may help develop new therapies for other...
Deep brain stimulation as potential anorexia therapy: Lancet Psychiatry supriya kashyap kashyap27 Feb 2017 11:43 AM ISTLondon : A small study in 16 people with severe anorexia has found that implanting stimulation electrodes into the brains of patients could ease their...
