Word: parkinsonism
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According to the National Parkinson Foundation website, researchers still do not fully understand what causes Parkinson’s, which affects about 1.5 million Americans, including 1 in 100 who are over...
CONFIRMED. POPE JOHN PAUL II, 83, suffers from Parkinson's disease, according to a senior Vatican official. It was the first official acknowledgement of the Pope's disease, although doctors, noting his slurred speech and trembling hands, had guessed his condition for years...
...affecting the immune system," says Dr. Jack Bukowski, a rheumatologist and co-author of the study. But it's hardly the first health benefit attributed to tea. Over the years, credible claims have been made that tea may help protect against various forms of cancer, cardiovascular disease, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's disease and rheumatoid arthritis...
...drug is called memantine. It has been used for more than a decade in Europe for various neurological conditions, including Parkinson's. It is under review...
...paralyzed rat that appears to miraculously regain mobility after an implantation of neural stem cells. But Gearhart emphasized that lab animals are not humans and predicted that it would take from seven to ten years before such treatments would be available for treatment of such conditions as stroke damage, Parkinson?s disease and spinal chord injury. ?It will take at least that long to get over the safety issues,? he said...