The effect of doorway characteristics on freezing of gait in Parkinson's disease - Cockx HM, Lemmen EM, van Wezel RJA, Cameron IGM.
BACKGROUND: Freezing of gait is a debilitating symptom in Parkinson's disease, during which a sudden motor block prevents someone from moving forward. Remarkably, doorways can provoke freezing. Most research has focused on the influence of doorway width, a... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - December 21, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Elder Adults Source Type: news
Brain Cell Insights Could Someday Lead to New Parkinson's Treatments
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 20, 2023 -- Early research in mice could be getting closer to the roots of what causes Parkinson ' s disease.
A " pathological " form of a common brain protein, alpha-synuclein, could play a role in the death of dopamine-rich brain... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - December 20, 2023 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Michael J. Fox and Sergey Brin Take Their Push for a Parkinson ’s Cure to the Next Level
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Source: Reuters: Health - December 20, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Can a GLP-1 Agonist Improve Parkinson's Symptoms?
(MedPage Today) -- An investigational brain-penetrant, pegylated analogue of the glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonist exenatide (Byetta, Bydureon) known as NLY01 did not lead to improvement in Parkinson's disease symptoms compared with... (Source: MedPage Today Endocrinology)
Source: MedPage Today Endocrinology - December 20, 2023 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
Parkinson's Disease Highlights 2023 Parkinson's Disease Highlights 2023
Neurologists Kathrin LaFaver and Alberto Espay review the top Parkinson ' s disease research in 2023, including biomarkers and what the data on GLP-1 receptor agonists may mean for future research.Medscape Neurology (Source: Medscape Neurology and Neurosurgery Headlines)
Source: Medscape Neurology and Neurosurgery Headlines - December 15, 2023 Category: Neurology Tags: Neurology & Neurosurgery Commentary Source Type: news
Virginia lawmaker with Parkinson's helps lead the charge in creating panel to fight the illness
Members of the House have introduced a bill, likely the last of the year, they hope may one day stomp out Parkinson's disease (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - December 14, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Immediate effects of lower limb sensory simulation using smart socks to stabilize gait in people with Parkinson's disease - Brodie MA, Pelicioni PH, Okubo Y, Chan DY, Carroll V, Toson B, Vigano D, Macagno M, Sternberg S, Schreier G, Lovell NH.
People with Parkinson's disease (PD) experience gait impairment that can lead to falls and poor quality of life. Here we investigate the feasibility of using smart socks to stimulate the lower limbs of people with PD to reduce excessive step time variabili... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - December 14, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Engineering, Physics, Structural Soundness and Failure Source Type: news
Evaluation of risk factors for impulse control disorder in Parkinson's disease in northern China - Ren W, Qi Y, Liu Y, Yan YY, Zheng X, Jin SX, Chang Y.
This study aimed to determine the prevalence of ICD in northern China and analyze the risk factors associa... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - December 13, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Elder Adults Source Type: news
Wireless, handheld, non-invasive device detects Alzheimer's and Parkinson's biomarkers
An international team of researchers has developed a handheld, non-invasive device that can detect biomarkers for Alzheimer ' s and Parkinson ' s disease. The device relies on electrical rather than chemical detection, which researchers say is more … (Source: NSF News)
Source: NSF News - December 12, 2023 Category: Science Authors: NSF Source Type: news
Proximity proteomic analysis of the NRF family reveals the Parkinson ’s disease protein ZNF746/PARIS as a co-complexed repressor of NRF2 | Science Signaling
Suppression of NRF2 activity by ZNF746 drives oxidative stress and apoptosis in a neuronal model. (Source: Signal Transduction Knowledge Environment)
Source: Signal Transduction Knowledge Environment - December 12, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: news
Nanoplastics may help set the stage for Parkinson ’s risk
Scientists found that tiny plastic particles can enter nerve cells, impair breakdown of structures linked to Parkinson ’s disease, and harm certain brain regions in mice. (Source: NIH Research Matters from the National Institutes of Health (NIH))
Source: NIH Research Matters from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) - December 12, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Development and internal validation of a prognostic model for loss of balance and falls in mid- to late-stage Parkinson's disease - Juwara L, Cressatti M, Galindez JM, Drammeh PS, Velly AM, Schipper HM.
This study aims to d... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - December 11, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Elder Adults Source Type: news
Parkinson's Disease
Parkinson's Diseaseedz4@duke.eduFri, 12/08/2023 - 12:07Treatment PageParkinson's DiseaseOrder Providers ManuallyNoreen Bukhari-Parlakturk, MD, PhDNicole Calakos, MD, PhDJeffrey W. Cooney, MDIan C. Lee, MDSneha Mantri, MD, MSKyle Mitchell, MDKathryn P.L. Moore, MD, MScBurton L. Scott, MD, PhDYvonne Baker, MDNatisha Mandadi, DOJustin T. Mhoon, MDErika Jacumin, PA-CKimberly Struble, PA-CElizabeth Marriott, MDStephen C. Harward II, MD, PhDZachary Y. Lennon, AGACNP-BC, MSNLinda Cates, MS, PT, NCS, MSPTDarcy Little Cooper, DPT, PTElizabeth Nixon, DPT, NCS, PTRobyn Wilson, PT, DPT, NCS, CSRSBrittany Albert, OTR/LSamanth...
Source: dukehealth.org: Duke Health News - December 8, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: edz4 at duke.edu Source Type: news
Parkinson's Disease
edz4@duke.eduFri, 12/08/2023 - 12:07
Treatment PageParkinson's Disease
Order Providers ManuallyNoreen Bukhari-Parlakturk, MD, PhDNicole Calakos, MD, PhDJeffrey W. Cooney, MDIan C. Lee, MDSneha Mantri, MD, MSKyle Mitchell, MDKathryn P.L. Moore, MD, MScBurton L. Scott, MD, PhDYvonne Baker, MDNatisha Mandadi, DOJustin T. Mhoon, MDErika Jacumin, PA-CKimberly Struble, PA-CElizabeth Marriott, MDStephen C. Harward II, MD, PhDLinda Cates, MS, PT, NCS, MSPTDarcy Little Cooper, DPT, PTElizabeth Nixon, DPT, NCS, PTRobyn Wilson, PT, DPT, NCS, CSRSBrittany Albert, OTR/LSamantha Green, MSOT, OTR/L, BCPRAnne Pioppo, OTD, OTR/LSarah...
Source: dukehealth.org: Health Features - December 8, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: edz4 at duke.edu Source Type: news
Parkinson's disease: 'You can have a career after diagnosis'
A hospital nurse tells of her experience after her "overwhelming" Parkinson's disease diagnosis. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - December 8, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
