Deep Brain Stimulation Lessens Parkinson’s Symptoms
Emerging research indicates that deep brain stimulation (DBS) can improve motor symptoms and enhance quality of life in patients with advanced Parkinson’s disease. View post: Deep Brain Continue Reading
St. Jude's DBS Study Data Impresses
Data from a study shows the benefits of St. Jude's DBS systems in patients with Parkinson's disease. The rest is here: St. Jude's DBS Study Data Impresses Continue Reading
University of Kentucky offers stroke stem cell trial
( University of Kentucky ) The University of Kentucky will be the first site in the state and one of a select few in the entire country participating in the first stages of a groundbreaking study to Continue Reading
Parkinson's treatment shows positive results in clinical testing
Deep brain stimulation -- also known as DBS -- is effective at improving motor symptoms and quality of life in patients with advanced Parkinson's disease, according to new Continue Reading
Autologous mesenchymal stem cells for the treatment of secondary progressive multiple sclerosis: an open-label phase …
More than half of patients with multiple sclerosis have progressive disease characterised by accumulating disability. The absence of treatments for progressive multiple sclerosis represents a major Continue Reading
Firategrast for relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis: a phase 2, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial …
Monoclonal antibody therapy against ?4?-integrin is efficacious in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) with some safety concerns. Read the original here: Firategrast for relapsing remitting Continue Reading
Parkinson’s Disease And Survival – Factors That Have An Impact
A report in the January issue of Archives of Neurology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals, reveals that demographics and clinical factors seem to be linked to survival in patients with Parkinson Continue Reading
Demographic and clinical factors appear associated with survival in patients with Parkinson’s disease
( JAMA and Archives Journals ) Demographics and clinical factors appear to be associated with survival in patients with Parkinson's disease, and the presence of dementia is associated with a Continue Reading
Demographic, clinical factors appear associated with survival in patients with Parkinson’s disease
Demographics and clinical factors appear to be associated with survival in patients with Parkinson disease (PD), and the presence of dementia is associated with a significant increase in mortality, Continue Reading
Report slams hospitals’ dementia care
Hospitals in England and Wales are failing to deliver adequate care to patients with dementia, a study said on Friday. Read the original here: Report slams hospitals' dementia care Continue Reading
Structural Pattern Uncovers Brain Atrophy in Parkinson’s
Atrophy in the hippocampus, the region of the brain known for memory formation and storage, is evident in Parkinson's disease (PD) patients with cognitive impairment, including early decline known as Continue Reading
Elderly With Dementia Are Wrongly Given Antipsychotic Drugs, Inspectors Say
WASHINGTON -- Government inspectors told lawmakers Wednesday that Medicare officials need to do more to stop doctors from prescribing powerful psychiatric drugs to nursing home patients with Continue Reading
Parkinson’s disease breakthrough using stem cell therapy
Australian scientists are on the brink of a discovery that could change treatment of patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD). Transplanting stem cells could be the next big thing in PD therapy they Continue Reading
Innate Immunotherapeutics Multiple Sclerosis Study of MIS416
Innate Immunotherapeutics today announced that the dose confirmation part of the company's Phase 2A trial of drug candidate MIS416 in patients with the progressive form of MS will commence in early Continue Reading
Parkinson’s brain training hope
A new technique could improve the quality of life for patients with Parkinson's disease, according to research led by Welsh researchers. Visit link: Parkinson's brain training hope Continue Reading
Stem cells for Parkinson’s Disease, Spinal Cord Injury – Video
Dr. Xiaodi Han, chief neurosurgeon at Beijing Tiantan Puhua Hospital, talks to Vigendo about the surgical methods he uses to implant stem cells into patients with conditions such as Parkinson's Continue Reading
What Parkinson’s Teaches Us About the Brain
Forced exercise eases symptoms in patients with Parkinson's disease and is raising intriguing questions about how intense exercise affects the brain in healthy people. Read more here: What Continue Reading
Well Blog: Forced Exercise’s Effects on the Brain
Forced exercise eases symptoms in patients with Parkinson's disease and is raising intriguing questions about how intense exercise affects the brain in healthy people. More: Well Blog: Forced Continue Reading
Significant Reduced Loss of Brain Volume in Multiple Sclerosis Patients Treated with COPAXONE®
Results from a five-year study of treatment-naïve patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS) demonstrated that patients treated with ... See original here: Significant Reduced Continue Reading
Factbox: How advanced is stem cell research?
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Desperate for a remedy, patients with incurable diseases are admitting themselves into hospitals from China and India to Mexico, Russia and Turkey for "stem cell therapies" that Continue Reading
