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Alternative News:

• Lithium profoundly prevents brain damage associated with Parkinson's disease, mouse study suggests - Science Daily, 6/24/11 - "lithium has recently been suggested to be neuroprotective in relation to several neurodegenerative conditions including Alzheimer's disease, Huntington's disease and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and has been touted for its anti-aging properties in simple animals" - See Nutrient Carriers Incorporated, Advanced Research, Lithium Orotate, 120 mg, 200 Tablets at iHerb.
• Vitamin D insufficiency high among patients with early Parkinson disease - Science Daily, 3/14/11 - "Vitamin D insufficiency has been associated with a variety of clinical disorders and chronic diseases, including impaired balance, decreased muscle strength, mood and cognitive dysfunction, autoimmune disorders such as multiple sclerosis and diabetes (types 1 and 2), and certain forms of cancer ... Vitamin D insufficiency has been reported to be more common in patients with Parkinson disease (PD) than in healthy control subjects, but it is not clear whether having a chronic disease causing reduced mobility contributes to this relatively high prevalence ... At the baseline visit, most study participants (69.4 percent) had vitamin D insufficiency and more than a quarter (26.1 percent) had vitamin D deficiency" - See vitamin D products at iHerb.
• Eating berries may lower risk of Parkinson's - Science Daily - Science Daily, 2/13/11 - "Flavonoids are found in plants and fruits and are also known collectively as vitamin P and citrin. They can also be found in berry fruits, chocolate, and citrus fruits such as grapefruit ... participants were followed for 20 to 22 years ... the top 20 percent who consumed the most flavonoids were about 40 percent less likely to develop Parkinson's disease than the bottom 20 percent of male participants who consumed the least amount of flavonoids. In women, there was no relationship between overall flavonoid consumption and developing Parkinson's disease. However, when sub-classes of flavonoids were examined, regular consumption of anthocyanins, which are mainly obtained from berries, were found to be associated with a lower risk of Parkinson's disease in both men and women" - See blueberry extracts at iHerb and bilberry products at iHerb.
  • Dietary Anthocyanin-Rich Bilberry Extract Ameliorates Hyperglycemia and Insulin Sensitivity via Activation of AMP-Activated Protein Kinase in Diabetic Mice - J Nutr. 2010 Jan 20 - "Blueberries or bilberries contain large amounts of anthocyanins, making them one of the richest sources of dietary anthocyanin"
• Blueberries and other purple fruits to ward off Alzheimer's, Multiple Sclerosis and Parkinson's - Science Daily, 12/7/10 - "Eating purple fruits such as blueberries and drinking green tea can help ward off diseases including Alzheimer's, Multiple Sclerosis and Parkinson's ... the majority of debilitating illnesses are in part caused by poorly-bound iron which causes the production of dangerous toxins that can react with the components of living systems ... These toxins, called hydroxyl radicals, cause degenerative diseases of many kinds in different parts of the body ... In order to protect the body from these dangerous varieties of poorly-bound iron, it is vital to take on nutrients, known as iron chelators, which can bind the iron tightly" - See blueberry extracts at iHerb and Jarrow green tea extract at iHerb.
• Antioxidative and Anti-Inflammatory Protection from Carnosine in the Striatum of MPTP-Treated Mice - J Agric Food Chem. 2010 Oct 6 - "The preintake of carnosine significantly attenuated MPTP-induced glutathione loss, retained the activity of GPX and SOD, diminished oxidative stress, and lowered inflammatory cytokines and nitrite levels as well as suppressed iNOS activity (P < 0.05). MPTP treatment significantly suppressed GPX mRNA expression and enhanced iNOS mRNA expression (P < 0.05). Carnosine preintake significantly elevated GPX mRNA expression and declined iNOS mRNA expression (P < 0.05). Preintake of carnosine also significantly improved MPTP-induced dopamine depletion and maintained 3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetic acid and homovanillic acid levels (P < 0.05). These results suggest that carnosine could provide antioxidative and anti-inflammatory protection for the striatum against the development of Parkinson's disease" - See l-carnosine products at iHerb.
• Subclinical Zinc Deficiency in Alzheimer's Disease and Parkinson's Disease - Am J Alzheimers Dis Other Demen. 2010 Sep 14 - "Results showed a significantly lower blood zinc in patients with Alzheimer's and patients with Parkinson's than in controls. Urine zinc excretion, normalized to urine creatinine excretion, was not significantly different in either patient group compared to controls. These patients are probably zinc deficient because of nutritional inadequacy" - Note:  Zinc interferes with copper and too much zinc can cause a deficiency of copper.  See Jarrow Zinc Balance at iHerb.
• Vitamin D levels associated with Parkinson's disease risk - Science Daily, 7/12/10 - "Over a 29-year follow-up, through 2007, 50 of the participants developed Parkinson's disease. After adjusting for potentially related factors, including physical activity and body mass index, individuals in the highest quartile (one-fourth of the study population) of serum vitamin D levels had a 67 percent lower risk of developing Parkinson's disease than those in the lowest quartile of vitamin D levels" - See vitamin D products at iHerb.
• Caffeine may slow Alzheimer's disease and other dementias, restore cognitive function, according to new evidence - Science Daily, 5/17/10 - "Key findings ... Multiple beneficial effects of caffeine to normalize brain function and prevent its degeneration ... Caffeine's neuroprotective profile and its ability to reduce amyloid-beta production ... Caffeine as a candidate disease-modifying agent for Alzheimer's disease ... Positive impact of caffeine on cognition and memory performance ... Identification of adenosine A2A receptors as the main target for neuroprotection afforded by caffeine consumption ... Confirmation of data through valuable meta-analyses presented ... Epidemiological studies corroborated by meta-analysis suggesting that caffeine may be protective against Parkinson's disease"
• Low vitamin B6 may increase Parkinson’s disease risk - Nutra USA, 4/12/10 - "Insufficient levels of vitamin B6 may increase the risk of Parkinson’s disease by about 50 per cent" - [Abstract]
• Caffeine Exposure and the Risk of Parkinson's Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Observational Studies - J Alzheimers Dis. 2010 Feb 24 - "When considering only the cohort studies, the RR was 0.80 (95%CI: 0.71-90; I;{2}=8.1%). The negative association was weaker when only women were considered (RR=0.86, 95%CI: 0.73-1.02; I;{2}=12.9%). A linear relation was observed between levels of exposure to caffeine and the RR estimates: RR of 0.76 (95%CI: 0.72-0.80; I;{2}= 35.1%) per 300 mg increase in caffeine intake. This study confirm an inverse association between caffeine intake and the risk of PD, which can hardly by explained by bias or uncontrolled confounding"
• Ibuprofen May Reduce Risk of Parkinson's - WebMD, 2/17/10 - "the pain reliever was the only one in the popular class of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) studied that had any effect on risk of Parkinson's disease ... users of ibuprofen were nearly 40% less likely to develop Parkinson's disease than those who didn't take ibuprofen"
• Green tea chemical combined with another may hold promise for treatment of brain disorders - Science Daily, 12/3/09 - "Scientists at Boston Biomedical Research Institute (BBRI) and the University of Pennsylvania have found that combining two chemicals, one of which is the green tea component EGCG, can prevent and destroy a variety of protein structures known as amyloids. Amyloids are the primary culprits in fatal brain disorders such as Alzheimer's, Huntington's, and Parkinson's diseases" - See Jarrow green tea extract at iHerb.
• Medicinal Plant, St John's Wort, May Reduce Neuronal Degeneration Caused By Parkinson's Disease - Science Daily, 5/11/09 - "suggests that this plant with antidepressant properties has antioxidant active ingredients that could help reduce the neuronal degeneration caused by the disease" - See Kira® (LI 160 extract) St. John's wort at iHerb.
• Fish Oil Protects Against Diseases Like Parkinson's - Science Daily, 4/19/09 - "Dr. Nicolas Bazan, Director of the Neuroscience Center of Excellence, Boyd Professor, and Ernest C. and Yvette C. Villere Chair of Retinal Degenerative Diseases Research at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans, will present new research findings showing that an omega three fatty acid in the diet protects brain cells by preventing the misfolding of a protein resulting from a gene mutation in neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinson's and Huntington's ... the omega three fatty acid, docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), protects cells from this defect ... Dr. Bazan's laboratory discovered earlier that neuroprotectin D1 (NPD1), a naturally-occurring molecule in the human brain that is derived from DHA also promotes brain cell survival" - See Jarrow Max DHA at iHerb.
• A New Approach to Parkinson's? - Dr. Weil, 3/10/09
• Parkinson's Disease Linked to Vitamin D Insufficiency - WebMD, 10/13/08 - "Participants provided blood samples, which showed vitamin D insufficiency in 55% of the Parkinson's disease patients, compared to 41% of the Alzheimer's patients and 36% of the healthy participants" - See vitamin D products at iHerb.
• Black tea may slash Parkinson's disease risk - Nutra USA, 2/22/08 - "Drinking at least 23 cups of black tea a month, or about three-quarters of a cup a day, may slash the risk of developing Parkinson's disease by a whopping 71 per cent ... Green tea contains between 30 and 40 per cent of water-extractable polyphenols, while black tea (green tea that has been oxidized by fermentation) contains between 3 and 10 per cent. Oolong tea is semi-fermented tea and is somewhere between green and black tea ... A key difference between black tea and green tea lies in the types and amounts of flavonoids. Green teas contain more of the simple flavonoids called catechins. But when black tea is made, the catechins undergo oxidation resulting in the generation of more complex varieties, called thearubigins and theaflavins" - [Abstract]
• Differential Effects of Black versus Green Tea on Risk of Parkinson's Disease in the Singapore Chinese Health Study - Am J Epidemiol. 2007 Dec 20 - "Black tea, a caffeine-containing beverage, showed an inverse association with Parkinson's disease risk that was not confounded by total caffeine intake or tobacco smoking (p for trend = 0.0006; adjusted relative risk for the highest vs. lowest tertile of intake = 0.29"
• Depletion Of One Antioxidant Linked To Parkinson's In Mice - Science Daily, 12/20/07 - "mice suffering from a depletion of the antioxidant glutathione in dopamine-producing neurons developed nerve damage and symptoms associated with Parkinson’s disease (PD) in humans"
  • Getting More Glutathione? - Dr. Weil, 8/29/02 - "To my knowledge, the only supplement that effectively raises glutathione levels in the body is N-acetyl-L-cysteine (NAC). My colleague Kathleen Johnson, a dietician here at the Program in Integrative Medicine, tells me that other glutathione supplements are ineffective because they’re digested before they can get into the bloodstream" - See NAC products at iHerb.
• Green Tea May Protect Brain Cells Against Parkinson's Disease - Science Daily, 12/13/07 - "green tea polyphenols protect dopamine neurons that increases with the amount consumed. They also show that this protective effect is mediated by inhibition of the ROS-NO pathway, a pathway that may contribute to cell death in Parkinson's" - See Jarrow green tea at iHerb.
• Vitamin B6 treatment for tardive dyskinesia: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover study - J Clin Psychiatry. 2007 Nov;68(11):1648-54 - "The mean decrease in ESRS clinical global impression scores from baseline to endpoint was 2.4 points in patients treated with vitamin B(6) and 0.2 points in patients treated with placebo (p < .0001). The mean decrease in the parkinsonism subscale score was 18.5 points and 1.4 points, respectively (p < .00001), and the mean decrease in the dyskinesia subscale score was 5.2 points and -0.8 points, respectively ... Vitamin B(6) appears to be effective in reducing symptoms of TD. The specific mechanisms by which vitamin B(6) attenuates symptoms of TD are not clear"
• Omega-3 Fatty Acids vs. Parkinson's? - WebMD, 11/30/07 - "Our results suggest that this DHA deficiency is a risk factor for developing Parkinson's disease, and that we would benefit from evaluating omega-3's potential for preventing this disease in humans" - See Jarrow Max DHA at iHerb.
• Omega-3 Fatty Acids Protect Against Parkinson's, Study Says - Science Daily, 11/26/07 - "Omega-3 fatty acids protect the brain against Parkinson's disease ... omega-3 fatty acids--in particular DHA (docosahexaenoic acid), a specific type of omega-3--had replaced the omega-6 fatty acids already present in the brains of the mice that had been given omega-3 supplementation" - See Jarrow Max DHA at iHerb.
• Prospective study of dietary pattern and risk of Parkinson disease - Am J Clin Nutr. 2007 Nov;86(5):1486-94 - "Dietary patterns with a high intake of fruit, vegetables, legumes, whole grains, nuts, fish, and poultry and a low intake of saturated fat and a moderate intake of alcohol may protect against PD"
• Over-the-counter Pain Medications May Reduce Risk Of Parkinson's Disease - Science Daily, 11/5/07 - "regular users of non-aspirin NSAIDs reduced their risk of Parkinson's disease by as much as 60 percent compared to non-regular users and non-users. Women who were regular users of aspirin reduced their risk of Parkinson's disease by 40 percent, especially among those who regularly used aspirin for more than two years"
• Migraine Patients May Benefit From Magnesium or CoQ10 - Clinical Psychiatry News, 8/07 - "Research has found that, for migraine, CoQ10 at 300 mg/day is effective, and that for Parkinson's disease 1,200 mg/day is effective"
• Exercise May Help Prevent Parkinson's - WebMD, 4/23/07
• Slowing Parkinson's Symptoms? - Dr. Weil, 3/28/07
• Low LDL Cholesterol: A Risk For Parkinson's? - Dr. Weil, 3/2/07
• Vitamin D and Parkinson's disease--a hypothesis - Mov Disord. 2007 Mar 15;22(4):461-8 - "We hypothesize, based upon several lines of evidence, that documented chronically inadequate vitamin D intake in the United States, particularly in the northern states and particularly in the elderly, is a significant factor in the pathogenesis of PD. This hypothesis implies that dietary aid for prevention and therapy for PD is possible" - See Vitamin D products at iHerb.
• Niacin improved rigidity and bradykinesia in a Parkinson's disease patient but also caused unacceptable nightmares and skin rash--a case report - Nutr Neurosci. 2005 Oct-Dec;8(5-6):327-9
• Exercise may slow Parkinson's downward spiral - MSNBC, 3/6/06
• Preliminary Study Shows Creatine and Minocycline May Warrant Further Study in Parkinson's Disease - Doctor's Guide, 2/24/06 - "Both creatine and minocycline appeared to modify the disease features as measured by a decline in the clinical signs of Parkinson's disease"
• Compounds could slow Parkinson's disease - USA Today, 2/23/06
• Research shows exercise protects against Parkinson's - USA Today, 1/17/06 - "men who said they jogged, played basketball or did some other sweat-breaking activity at least twice a week as young adults reduced their risk of getting Parkinson's later by 60%"
• Unsaturated Fats May Fight Parkinson's - WebMD, 7/5/05
• Intense Physical Activity Cuts Parkinson's Risk - WebMD, 2/24/05
• Physical Activity Linked To Protection From Parkinson's Disease - Science Daily, 2/24/05
• Caffeine May Reduce the Risk of Parkinson's Disease in Some Women - Medscape, 11/10/04
• Natural Prescriptions For Parkinson's Disease - Life Extension Magazine, 6/04
• Questions and Answers About Parkinson's Disease - Dr. Murray's Natural Facts, 8/27/03
• Pain Relievers May Prevent Parkinson's - WebMD, 8/18/03
• Iron, Manganese Linked to Parkinson’s - Physician's Weekly, 8/18/03
• Iron May Increase Risk of Parkinson's Disease - WebMD, 6/9/03 - "The rate of Parkinson's disease was almost double in those with the highest intake of iron and the trace mineral manganese ... To put it in perspective, a person's lifetime risk of getting Parkinson's disease is about one in 1,000, so doubling that means the risk would be two in 1,000"
• Coenzyme Q10 for Parkinson's Disease - Clinical Psychiatry News, 5/03
• Aspirin May Protect Against Parkinson's Disease - Doctor's Guide, 4/4/03 - "Dr. Ross hypothesized that since inflammation is thought to play a role in the neurodegenerative process leading to Parkinson's disease, anti-inflammatory drugs such as aspirin may help slow the progression of the disease ... The study showed that there were 17.7 cases of Parkinson's per 10,000 person-years in the patients who never took aspirin or were taking it on one occasion, compared with 6.8 cases per 10,000 person-years in the men who were taking aspirin on both assessments ... No conclusion could be drawn regarding the use of other NSAIDs and Parkinson's, he said, because too few of the men reported taking the drugs" - See drugstore.com aspirin products.
• The First Therapy Shown To Slow Progression of Parkinson's Disease - Life Extension Magazine, 1/03
• Coenzyme Q10 Appears To Slow Parkinson's Disease Progression - Doctor's Guide, 11/6/02
• Dietary Intake Of Vitamin E May Reduce Risk Of Parkinson's Disease - Intelihealth, 10/22/02 - maybe the reason supplements didn't work is because most supplements only have the alpha form, which has been shown to lower the gamma.
• Vitamin E in Foods Prevents Parkinson's Disease - WebMD, 10/21/02 - "Compared with those who ate the fewest servings of vitamin E-filled food, those who ate the most had 32% fewer cases of Parkinson's disease after 12 to 14 years" - Note:  Most vitamin E supplements are in the alpha form, which has been shown to lower the gamma.
• Study Suggests Coenzyme Q10 Slows Functional Decline In Parkinson's Disease - Doctor's Guide, 10/15/02
• Coenzyme Q10 May Slow Parkinson's - WebMD, 10/14/02 - "High doses of the popular supplement coenzyme Q10 helps slow the progression of Parkinson's disease in some patients by as much as half ... Their study, published in the Oct. 15 issue of Archives of Neurology, is the latest to examine the possible benefits of coenzyme Q10, a vitamin-like compound naturally produced in the body and used by cells to make energy and protect against cellular damage"
• Effects of Coenzyme Q10 in Early Parkinson Disease: Evidence of Slowing of the Functional Decline - Arch Neurol. 2002 Oct;59(10):1541-50 - "Less disability developed in subjects assigned to coenzyme Q10 than in those assigned to placebo, and the benefit was greatest in subjects receiving the highest dosage" - See iHerb and Vitacost coenzyme Q10 products.
• Expert Panel Finds SAMe Promising - WebMD, 10/10/02 - "The L-dopa medication that patients take for Parkinson's makes them unusually SAMe-deficient "because L-dopa consumes vast quantities of SAMe, like a sponge, it mops up all the SAMe in the body." - See iHerb and Vitacost SAMe products.
• Green Tea Extract Polyphenol May Have A Protective Effect On Parkinson's Disease - Intelihealth, 4/17/02
• Green Tea Protects Against Parkinson's - WebMD, 4/16/02 - "In a mouse study, the researchers found that polyphenol blocks MPP+ -- a substance that is known to kill brain cells and cause Parkinson's in mice -- from entering these brain cells ... if you want to try it and don't care for the taste of green tea, concentrated polyphenol capsules are available"
• Vitamin C Powers Up Pills - HealthScout, 2/1/02
• Can a Cup a Day Keep Parkinson's Away? - WebMD, 7/19/01 - "The more men drink, the lower their risk of Parkinson's; women, however, only see their risk lowered when they drink in moderation -- 1-3 cups per day ... There is some biological experimental evidence that caffeine does protect against [brain cell death]"
• Parkinson's Defense - Nutrition Science News, 5/01
• Study Suggests Link Between Coffee Use And Lowered Parkinson's Risk - Doctor's Guide, 11/14/00
• Java Deters Parkinson's Disease - Nutrition Science News, 10/00
• Does Coffee's Caffeine Protect Against Parkinson's Disease? - WebMD, 5/22/00
• Parkinson's Patients Turn to Alternative Therapies - Doctor's Guide, 5/8/00
• Coping With Parkinson's - Life Extension Magazine, 6/99
• Is NADH effective in the treatment of Parkinson's disease? - Drugs Aging. 1998 Oct;13(4):263-8

CME:

• Medscape Parkinson's CME courses
• Doctor's Guide Parkinson's CME courses
• Rivastigmine May Be Helpful for the Dementia of PD - Medscape, exp. 12/8/05

General Information:

• Parkinson's Disease - American Academy of Family Physicians
• Parkinson's Disease - emedicine.com
• Parkinson's Disease - FamilyDoctor.org
• Parkinson's disease - Intelihealth
• Parkinson's Disease - Reuters
• Parkinson's Disease - Veritas Medicine
• Treatments for Parkinson's Disease - Medifocus.com

Other News:

• High risk of Parkinson's disease for people exposed to pesticides near workplace: Pesticide ziram implicated as possible cause for disease - Science Daily, 5/26/11 - "a follow-up study adds two new twists. Once again the researchers returned to California's fertile Central Valley, and for the first time have implicated a third pesticide, ziram, in the pathology of Parkinson's disease. Second, instead of looking just at whether people lived near fields that were sprayed, they looked at where people worked, including teachers, firefighters and clerks who worked near, but not in, the fields ... They found that the combined exposure to ziram, maneb and paraquat near any workplace increased the risk of Parkinson's disease (PD) threefold, while combined exposure to ziram and paraquat alone was associated with an 80 percent increase in risk"
• Ulcer bacteria may contribute to development of Parkinson's disease - Science Daily, 5/22/11 - "Infection of late middle-aged mice with a particular strain of the bacteria Helicobacter pylori results in development of Parkinson's disease symptoms after 3-5 months ... Our mouse model demonstrates a direct effect of H. pylori infection on the development of Parkinson's disease. The observation that not all H. pylori strains are equally able to cause symptoms will allow us to investigate bacterial factors and/or immune response to H. pylori infection that increase the risk for Parkinson's disease"
• Using amphetamines may increase risk of Parkinson's disease, study suggests - Science Daily, 2/20/11 - "people who have used amphetamines such as benzedrine and dexedrine appear to be at an increased risk of developing Parkinson's disease ... people who reported using Benzedrine or Dexedrine were nearly 60 percent more likely to develop Parkinson's than those people who didn't take the drugs. There was no increased risk found for those people who used drugs for weight loss"
  • What's the difference between Ritalin, dexedrine, and Adderall?  - Yahoo! Answers, "Technical difference: Dexedrine and Adderall both contain amphetamine type stimulants where Ritalin contains a stimulant that is not an amphetamine. Dexedrine is made up of 1 amphetamine salt which is dextroamphetamine. Adderall is made up of 4 amphetamine salts, 1 of which is dextroamphetamine which makes up 25% of the Adderall pill. Ritalin usually requires a dosage similar to Adderall and twice that of Dexedrine to be effective"
• Two pesticides -- rotenone and paraquat -- linked to Parkinson's disease, study suggests - Science Daily, 2/14/11 - "People who used either pesticide developed Parkinson's disease approximately 2.5 times more often than non-users"
• Stress takes its toll in Parkinson's disease - Science Daily, 11/10/10
• Researchers reach consensus on use of deep brain stimulation to treat Parkinson's - Science Daily, 10/14/10
• In Parkinson's disease, brain cells abandon mitochondria - Science Daily, 10/6/10
• New findings on troubling side effects of Parkinson’s medication - Science Daily, 7/19/10
• Protecting the brain from Huntington's disease - Science Daily, 2/23/10
• Brain abnormalities in Parkinson's patients develop before symptoms occur - Science Daily, 1/20/10
• Widely Used Cholesterol-lowering Drug May Prevent Progression Of Parkinson's Disease - Science Daily, 11/9/09
• On-the-job Pesticide Exposure Associated With Parkinson's Disease - Science Daily, 9/14/09 - "Among the patients with Parkinson's disease, 44 (8.5 percent) reported pesticide exposure compared with 27 (5.3 percent) of controls, such that occupational pesticide exposure was associated with an increased risk of the disease"
• New Technology Helps Parkinson's Patients Speak Louder - Science Daily, 8/25/09
• Parkinson’s Disease: Iron Accumulation To The Point Of Demise - Science Daily, 8/19/09
• Pesticide Levels In Blood Linked To Parkinson's Disease - Science Daily, 7/14/09
• Parkinson's Disease Associated With Pesticide Exposure In French Farm Workers - Science Daily, 6/5/09 - "PD patients had been exposed to pesticides through their work more frequently and for a greater number of years/hours than those without PD. Among the three main classes of pesticides (insecticides, herbicides, fungicides), researchers found the largest difference for insecticides: men who had used insecticides had a two-fold increase in the risk of PD"
• SPARC (Secreted Protein Acidic And Rich In Cysteine) In Kidney Disease - Science Daily, 4/26/09
• Pesticide Exposure Found To Increase Risk Of Parkinson's Disease - Science Daily, 4/22/09 - "In a new epidemiological study of Central Valley residents who have been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, researchers found that years of exposure to the combination of these two pesticides increased the risk of Parkinson's by 75 percent. Further, for people 60 years old or younger diagnosed with Parkinson's, earlier exposure had increased their risk for the disease by as much as four- to six-fold"
• Naturally Produced Estrogen May Protect Women From Parkinson's Disease - Science Daily, 2/25/09
• Hormones May Play a Role in Parkinson's - WebMD, 2/25/09
• Old Gastrointestinal Drug Slows Aging, Researchers Say - Science Daily, 1/6/08 - "Recent animal studies have shown that clioquinol – an 80-year old drug once used to treat diarrhea and other gastrointestinal disorders – can reverse the progression of Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and Huntington's diseases ... clioquinol acts directly on a protein called CLK-1, often informally called "clock-1," and might slow down the aging process ... Because clock-1 affects longevity in invertebrates and mice, and because we're talking about three age-dependent neurodegenerative diseases, we hypothesize that clioquinol affects them by slowing down the rate of aging ... clioquinol was withdrawn from the market after being blamed for a devastating outbreak of subacute myelo-optic neuropathy (SMON) in Japan in the 1960s. However, because no rigorous scientific study was conducted at the time, and because clioquinol was used safely by millions before and after the Japanese outbreak, some researchers think its connection to SMON has yet to be proven" - I Googled clioquinol and I don't think it's available anywhere.
• Surgical Technique Halts Cell Loss, Parkinson's Researchers Find - Science Daily, 9/2/08
• Treatment Improves Walking Ability Of Parkinson's Patients - Science Daily, 6/2/08
• Type 2 Diabetes Is Linked to Increased Risk for Parkinson's Disease - Science Daily, 3/28/08 - "individuals who developed type 2 diabetes had an 83% increased risk for PD compared with the general population ... insulin may play a role in regulation of brain dopanergic activity"
• Sense of Smell May Predict Parkinson's - WebMD, 3/21/08
• The PPARgamma agonist pioglitazone is effective in the MPTP mouse model of Parkinson's disease through inhibition of monoamine oxidase B - Br J Pharmacol. 2008 Mar 10 - "The peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma (PPARgamma) agonist pioglitazone has previously been shown to attenuate dopaminergic cell loss in the 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP) mouse model of Parkinson's disease, an effect attributed to its anti-inflammatory properties. In the present investigation, we provide evidence that pioglitazone is effective in the MPTP mouse model, not via an anti-inflammatory action, but through inhibition of MAO-B, the enzyme required to biotransform MPTP to its active neurotoxic metabolite 1-methyl-4-phenylpyridinium (MPP+) ... Mice treated with MPTP showed deficits in motor performance, marked depletions in striatal dopamine levels and a concomitant reduction in TH immunoreactivity in the substantia nigra. Pretreatment with pioglitazone completely prevented these effects of MPTP. However, pretreatment with pioglitazone also significantly inhibited the MPTP-induced production of striatal MPP+ and the activity of MAO-B in the striatum" - See pioglitazone at OffshoreRX.com.
• Could Parkinson's Disease Risk Be Assessed Early Enough To Allow For Preventative Treatment? - Science Daily, 2/22/08
• Blood Pressure Drug Cuts Parkinson's? - WebMD, 2/6/08
• Treating Advanced Parkinson's: New Research Points To Serotonin - Science Daily, 2/6/08
• Replacing The Cells Lost In Parkinson Disease - Science Daily, 12/4/07
• Relatives Of Patients With Parkinson's Disease Face Increased Risk Of Depression/anxiety Disorders - Science Daily, 12/3/07
• Chemical That Triggers Parkinson's Disease Discovered - Science Daily, 10/30/07
• Cholesterol Drugs May Reduce Dementia & Parkinson's Risk - Physician's Weekly Article, 10/15/07 - "there appears to be a strong reduction in dementia and Parkinson’s disease incidence attributed to the use of simvastatin, a cholesterol lowering drug. The researchers also observed a moderate reduction in incidence of these conditions with atorvastatin, another cholesterol-lowering drug"
• Modafinil Can Improve Physical Fatigue in Patients With Parkinson's Disease - Doctor's Guide, 10/9/07 - See modafinil at OffshoreRX.com.
• Relatives Of Patients With Parkinson's Disease Risk Developing Dementia, Cognitive Impairment - Science Daily, 10/8/07
• Zocor vs. Alzheimer's and Parkinson's - WebMD, 7/18/07 - "In patients over age 64, those who took Zocor were 54% less likely to get Alzheimer's disease and 49% less likely to get Parkinson's disease than were matched patients not taking statin drugs ... Those who took Lipitor were 9% less likely to get Alzheimer's disease" - See simvastatin at OffshoreRX.com.
• People With Early Parkinson's Report Hallucinations, Sleepiness - Science Daily, 7/9/07
• Depression Often Untreated In Parkinson's Disease Patients - Science Daily, 7/9/07
• Depression Before Parkinson's Disease? - WebMD, 4/27/07
• Parkinson’s Disease Management: An Update - Physician's Weekly, 3/5/07
• Epilepsy Drug May Treat Parkinson's - WebMD, 1/4/07
• Drug Improves Tremors, Involuntary Movements In Parkinson Patients - Science Daily, 1/3/07
• Higher Occurrence Of Parkinson's Linked To Low LDL Cholesterol - Science Daily, 12/19/06 - "People with low levels of LDL cholesterol are more likely to have Parkinson's disease than people with high LDL levels"
• Pesticide Use Ups Parkinson's in Men - WebMD, 6/15/06
• Prevalence of Sleep Disturbances Varies According to Parkinson's Disease Subtype - Doctor's Guide, 6/1/06
• New Leads in Slowing Parkinson's - WebMD, 2/24/06
• Eye Cell Implants Improve Motor Symptoms for Parkinson Patients - Doctor's Guide, 12/16/05
• Eye Cell Implants Help Parkinson's - WebMD, 12/12/05
• Environmental Toxins Linked to Parkinson's - WebMD, 9/7/05
• Parkinson's Disease Drugs May Cause Pathological Gambling - Doctor's Guide, 7/11/05
• Developing PD: Milk Does a Body Bad? - Physician's Weekly, 5/16/05 - "men who consumed the most milk (more than 16 oz/day) were more than twice as likely to develop PD than were those who consumed no milk"
• Ibuprofen May Protect Against Parkinson's - WebMD, 4/14/05
• Parkinson's Disease Occurs Less Frequently in Ibuprofen Users - Doctor's Guide, 4/14/05
• Ovary Removal May Up Parkinson's Disease Risk - WebMD, 4/13/05
• New Drugs Curb ‘Off’ Episodes in Advanced Parkinson's - Clinical Psychiatry News, 1/05
• Cutting Calories May Cut Parkinson's Risk - Doctor's Guide, 12/13/04
• Tracking Dementia in Parkinson's Disease - WebMD, 12/13/04
• Exelon (Rivastigmine Tartrate) May Help People With Dementia Associated With Parkinson's Disease - Doctor's Guide, 12/9/04
• Two-Fisted Assault On Dopamine Transport System May Be Foundation Of Parkinson's Disease - Science Daily, 12/7/04
• Mild Electricity to Brain May Help Parkinson's - WebMD, 12/1/04
• Antibiotic May Treat Parkinson's Disease - WebMD, 11/29/04
• Rivastigmine Benefits Dementia in Parkinson's - Clinical Psychiatry News, 11/04
• Pesticides May Promote Parkinson's Disease And Exercise May Offer Protection, According To New Reports - Science Daily, 11/3/04 - "chronic exposure to the “organic” pesticide rotenone can cause Parkinson's-like pathology in monkeys. This finding builds upon their previous study in which they demonstrated that rotenone, a commonly used agricultural pesticide made from the extracts of tropical plants, can reproduce parkinsonian features in rats"
• Exercise Helps Slow Parkinson's Disease - WebMD, 10/25/04
• FSU Scientist Links Iron Imbalance To Parkinson's Disease - Science Daily, 10/15/04
• New Questionnaire Helps Determine Level of Dysfunction Resulting From Parkinson's Disease - Doctor's Guide, 10/7/04
• Depression Common With Parkinson's Disease - WebMD, 9/29/04
• Depression Also a Problem in Patients With Parkinson's - Doctor's Guide, 9/28/04
• FDA Approves Parcopa (Carbidopa-Levodopa) Orally Dissolving Tablets for Parkinson's Disease - Doctor's Guide, 8/30/04
• Monoamine Oxidase Type B Inhibitors May Help in Early Parkinson's Disease - Doctor's Guide, 8/13/04
• Postmenopausal Estrogens Therapy May Protect Against Parkinson Disease - Doctor's Guide, 6/22/04
• Patients with Parkinson Disease and High Homocysteine Levels May Be More Likely to Be Depressed - Doctor's Guide, 6/22/04
• Cell Implants Might Help Parkinson's Disease - WebMD, 6/21/04
• Ritalin May Improve Parkinson's Symptoms, OHSU Study Says - Science Daily, 5/7/04
• Parkinson's Starts Years Before Symptoms - WebMD, 5/4/04
• FDA Approves New Parkinson's Drug [Apokyn (apomorphine)] - Intelihealth, 4/22/04
• Men More Likely to Get Parkinson's Disease? - WebMD, 3/17/04
• Clozapine May Improve Levodopa-Induced Dyskinesias in Parkinson's Disease - Doctor's Guide, 2/12/04
• Rotigotine May Be Helpful in Parkinson's Disease - Medscape, 12/16/03
• Long-Term Benefits of Bilateral Stimulation of the Subthalamic Nucleus Generally Maintained In Parkinson Disease Patients - Doctor's Guide, 11/16/03
• Deep Brain Stimulation Lasts 5+ Years - Doctor's Guide, 11/14/03
• Fetal Cell Grafts Not Effective in Reversing Parkinson's Damage - Doctor's Guide, 11/13/03
• Deep Brain Stimulation Beneficial for Parkinson's Patients With Prior Pallidotomy - Doctor's Guide, 11/10/03
• Testosterone Therapy May Improve Apathy in Men with Parkinson's - Doctor's Guide, 10/27/03
• New Drug for Parkinson's Disease Treatment Doesn't Affect Dopamine - WebMD, 8/21/03
• Parkinson's Patient Gets Gene Therapy - WebMD, 8/19/03
• Istradefylline (KW-6002) Reduces Advanced Parkinson's Disease Symptoms - Doctor's Guide, 8/12/03
• Parkinson's Drugs Linked to Gambling - WebMD, 8/11/03
• FDA Approves Stalevo (Carbidopa, Levodopa, Entacapone) For Treatment Of Parkinson's Disease - Doctor's Guide, 6/13/03
• Alcohol Doesn't Protect From Parkinson's - WebMD, 5/15/03
• Experimental Parkinson's Disease Treatment Restores Function - WebMD, 4/28/03 - "The new therapy involves delivering an infusion of a naturally produced growth factor known as glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) directly into the brain"
• Parkinson's-like Symptoms Tied to Risk of Alzheimer's Disease - WebMD, 4/22/03 - "Older adults who rapidly develop the tremors and other classical symptoms of Parkinson's disease may be up to eight times as likely to develop Alzheimer's disease"
• Cox-2 Inhibitors May Treat Parkinson's disease - WebMD, 4/9/03
• Head Injury May Raise Parkinson's Risk Decades Later - Doctor's Guide, 4/7/03
• Apolipoprotein E Appears to Raise Parkinson's Risk - Doctor's Guide, 4/4/03
• Eating Fruit Linked to Parkinson's Disease - WebMD, 4/2/03
• Favourable Follow-up Results with Cell Implantation in Advanced Parkinson's Patients - Doctor's Guide, 4/2/03
• Parkinson's Drug Shows Surprising Results - Intelihealth, 3/31/03
• Brain Injection of Growth Hormone Helps Parkinson's - WebMD, 3/31/03
• Parkinson's drug [GDNF] trial returns strong results - USA Today, 3/30/03
• Parkinson's Disease in Women More Likely Genetic - WebMD, 3/21/03
• Caffeine, HRT Affect Parkinson's Risk - WebMD, 3/12/03 - "caffeine reduces Parkinson's risk in women who don't take HRT -- but increases it in women who do take HRT"
• Cost of Treating Parkinson's Disease Rising - WebMD, 3/6/03
• Parkinson's Disease and Speech Therapy - WebMD, 2/25/03
• Clozapine Appears Better Therapy For Patients With Parkinson's Disease And Psychosis - Doctor's Guide, 2/17/03
• Modafinil Reduces Sleepiness In Parkinson's Disease - Doctor's Guide, 1/16/03 - See modafinil.
• Should Parkinson's Patients Drive? - WebMD, 12/9/02
• Foetal Cell Transplantation For Parkinsonism Complicated By Unbalanced Dopaminergic Function - Doctor's Guide, 11/18/02
• Blepharospasm Linked to Development of Parkinson's Symptoms - Doctor's Guide, 11/15/02
• Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs May Protect Against Parkinson's Disease - Doctor's Guide, 11/14/02 - "Studies show that NSAIDs can reduce dopaminergic neuron degeneration in Parkinsonian animal models"
• Large Male Study Links Anxiety to Development of Parkinson's Disease - Doctor's Guide, 11/14/02
• Entacapone Extends Benefits of Levodopa and Improves Condition of Parkinson's Disease Patients - Doctor's Guide, 11/12/02
• Sumanirole Helps Advanced Parkinson's Patients Using Levodopa - Doctor's Guide, 11/12/02
• Stem Cells May Help Parkinson's - WebMD, 11/7/02
• Critical Discovery for Parkinson's - WebMD, 11/6/02
• Obesity Increases Risk of Parkinson's - Doctor's Guide, 10/29/02
• Bilateral Subthalamic Nuclei Stimulation Helps Severely Ill Parkinson's Patient - Doctor's Guide, 10/17/02
• Olanzapine Does Not Reduce Hallucinations In Parkinson's Disease - Doctor's Guide, 10/17/02
• Physicians Need to Improve Their Accuracy in Detecting Parkinson's Disease - Doctor's Guide, 10/16/02
• Bilateral Subthalamotomy Beneficial for Patients with Parkinson's Disease - Doctor's Guide, 10/15/02
• High Coffee Intake, Hormone Therapy Increases Risk of Parkinson's Disease - Doctor's Guide, 10/14/02
• Parkinson's Surgery Improves Movement - WebMD, 10/14/02
• Gene Therapy for Parkinson's Nears - WebMD, 10/10/02
• Researchers To Use Gene Therapy To Experimentally Treat Parkinson's Disease Patients - Intelihealth, 10/10/02
• Choosing the Right Dopamine Agonist for Patients With Parkinson's Disease - Medscape, 9/6/02
• Contrast and Color Sight Gets Worse in Parkinson's - Doctor's Guide, 8/28/02
• No Reason to Stop Driving by Parkinson Patients Taking Dopamine Drugs - Doctor's Guide, 6/24/02
• Stem Cell Progress Reported On Parkinson's Disease - Intelihealth, 6/21/02
• Rivastigmine Appears to Ease Parkinsonian Hallucinations - Clinical Psychiatry News, 6/02
• Dementia May Greatly Reduce Survival in Parkinson's Disease - Clinical Psychiatry News, 6/02
• Depression Linked to Parkinson's - WebMD, 5/28/02 - "About 1.4% (19) of the depressed people (about 1.4%) developed Parkinson's compared with only 0.4% of the others ... the link may have a biological explanation, known as the "serotonin hypothesis." Not only do people with Parkinson's disease have lower levels of dopamine in the brain, studies have also shown that the brains of these patients also have reduced levels of another brain chemical, serotonin. Low levels of serotonin are known to be a key factor in depression" - Note: St. Johns wort is believed to increase all three of the brain's primary chemicals, serotonin, norepinephrine and dopamine.
• Pallidotomy for Parkinson's Spurred Hypersexuality - Clinical Psychiatry News, 5/02
• Refractory Nonmotor Symptoms in Male Patients With Parkinson Disease Due to Testosterone Deficiency: A Common Unrecognized Comorbidity - Archives of Neurology, 5/02 - "Following testosterone replacement therapy, all 5 patients experienced significant improvements in their refractory nonmotor symptoms"
• Orthostatic Hypotension In Parkinson's Disease - Doctor's Guide, 5/9/02
• Quetiapine, Clozapine May Benefit Patients with Parkinson's Disease and Hallucinations - Doctor's Guide, 4/19/02
• Potential Link Found Between Low Testosterone and Non-Motor Parkinson's Disease Symptoms in Men - Doctor's Guide, 4/18/02 - "Emory University researchers may have found a common but heretofore unrecognized link between low testosterone levels and certain non-motor symptoms (fatigue, depression, anxiety or sexual dysfunction) in male Parkinson's disease (PD) patients ... When given testosterone replacement therapy (TRT), the researchers report that patients with low levels of testosterone experienced significant improvement in these symptoms, which had not responded to other medications"
• Retinal Cell Implantation Shows Promise in Advanced Parkinson's Disease - Doctor's Guide, 4/18/02
• Retinal Cell Transplants Show Promise In Relieving Parkinson's Symptoms - Intelihealth, 4/17/02
• Low Testosterone and the Brain - WebMD, 4/17/02 - "New research suggests the male hormone may help men reduce their risk of stroke as well as improve symptoms of Parkinson's disease ... When the five patients studied received testosterone replacement therapy, researchers found symptoms such as fatigue, depression, anxiety, and sexual function improved greatly"
• Cell Transplants Help Parkinson's - WebMD, 4/17/02
• GPI 1485 May Retard Progression of Parkinson's Disease - Doctor's Guide, 4/17/02
• Electrostimulation May Help Improve Speech In Parkinson's Disease - Doctor's Guide, 4/16/02
• Porcine Fetal Cell Transplantation Ineffective for Parkinson's Disease - Doctor's Guide, 4/9/02
• Self-Transplant for Parkinson's - WebMD, 4/8/02
• More Parkinson's Clusters Suspected - WebMD, 4/3/02 - "[Michael J.] Fox and the three other people with Parkinson's disease were among 125 people who in the late 1970s worked on a Canadian television show called Leo & Me. Four cases among 125 people -- especially young people -- is highly suspicious. Parkinson's each year strikes only about 1 in 10,000 people, nearly always much older people than the sitcom cast and crew ... The way we see it is that probably some quite common virus infects someone and -- because of a particular state of susceptibility at that time -- it gets into the brain"
• Imaging Marker Detects Parkinson's Degeneration - Doctor's Guide, 4/3/02
• Smoking Linked to Dementia in Parkinson's Disease Patients - Doctor's Guide, 3/29/02
• Baldness Induced By Dopamine Treatments May Be Reversible - Doctor's Guide, 2/11/02
• Monkey Stem Cells Offer Hope for Parkinson's - WebMD, 1/29/02
• FDA Expands Use Of Parkinson's Brain Implant - Intelihealth, 1/15/02
• Stem cell treatment eases Parkinson's symptoms - USA Today, 1/7/02
• Parkinson's in the Public Eye - WebMD, 12/12/01
• Common Antibiotic May Prevent Parkinson's - WebMD, 11/28/01
• Brain Stimulation for Parkinson's Works Well With Drugs - WebMD, 11/27/01
• Therapy May Reverse Parkinson's Symptoms - Doctor's Guide, 11/13/01
• Walkers do not benefit freezing in Parkinson’s Disease patients - Doctor's Guide, 10/3/01
• Pig Fetal Cells Fail To Improve Condition In Patients With Parkinson’s Disease - Doctor's Guide, 10/1/01
• Framingham Study Finds No Correlations Between Coffee And Parkinson’s Disease - Doctor's Guide, 10/1/01
• Brain Stimulation Improves Parkinson's Movements - WebMD, 9/26/01
• Younger, More Educated Parkinson's Patients More Likely To Use Alternative Treatments - Intelihealth, 9/11/01
• Constipation Linked to Increased Risk of Developing Parkinson’s Disease - Doctor's Guide, 8/14/01
• Long-Term Constipation an Early Sign of Parkinson's? - WebMD, 8/13/01
• Parkinson's Disease: Estrogen Could Help - WebMD, 8/7/01 - "women who had taken hormone replacement therapy had less severe symptoms than those who had never taken estrogen. The older the women were, the bigger the difference in symptoms was between those who had and had not taken estrogen ... There is also good evidence that taking estrogen after menopause helps prevent other brain problems that women with Parkinson's disease often suffer from, including memory problems and depression"
• Rotigotine Skin Patch for Parkinson’s Disease Proves Effective - Doctor's Guide, 8/3/01
• Few Factors Predict Dyskinesia Susceptibility in Parkinson's Disease - Doctor's Guide, 8/1/01
• Sublingual Atropine Reduces Excess Saliva in Parkinson's Disease - Doctor's Guide, 8/1/01
• Evidence Indicates Most Dopamine Agonists Are Equivalent - Doctor's Guide, 8/1/01
• Depression Has a Major Impact on Quality of Life in Parkinson's Disease - Doctor's Guide, 8/1/01
• “Sleep Attacks” May Occur In Parkinson’s Patients Taking Dopaminergic Agents - Doctor's Guide, 7/31/01
• Comtan/Comtess (Entacapone) May Reduce Severity Of Levodopa Complications - Doctor's Guide, 7/30/01
• Thalamotomy As Effective As Thalamic Stimulation For Tremor Control - Doctor's Guide, 7/30/01
• Cabergoline Delays Motor Complications More Effectively Than Levodopa In Parkinson’s Patients - Doctor's Guide, 6/20/01
• New Parkinson's Guidelines Call for Dopamine Agonists as First Line Treatment - Doctor's Guide, 6/12/01
• New Parkinson's Guidelines: Save Levodopa for Later - WebMD, 6/11/01
• Physical Therapy Could Help Parkinson's Patients, But Is It Any Better Than Home Exercise? - WebMD, 5/25/01 - "exercise or physical therapy, when combined with medication, may help some people control their symptoms, at least for a while"
• Small Steps Can Mean Giant Leaps for Parkinson's Patients, Simple Strategies Boost Quality of Life - WebMD, 5/24/01
• Modafinil (Provigil) Helps Sleepy Parkinson's Disease Patients - Doctor's Guide, 5/10/01
• Parkinson’s Disease Linked To Excessive Sleepiness - Doctor's Guide, 5/10/01
• Parkinson’s Disease Patients May Benefit From Pallidal Surgery - Doctor's Guide, 5/10/01
• Brain Chemical May Be Key To Parkinson's, Drug Addiction, Schizophrenia - Intelihealth, 5/2/01 - "The researchers found that mice lacking BDNF had unusually few D3 receptors. They also found that when they reduced the population of D3 receptors in one part of the brain by chemical injection, they could largely restore the population by injecting BDNF."
• Brains at Work Against Parkinson's Disease, Scientists Struggle With Variety of Experimental Treatments - WebMD, 4/18/01
• Genzyme Says Parkinson's Treatment Not Working - Intelihealth, 5/19/01 - "there was no statistically significant difference between the two groups [surgically transplanting neural cells from a fetal pig into the brain]"
• Stem cell implants fail to cure Parkinson's - USA Today, 3/7/01
• Jury Still Out on Cell Transplants for Parkinson's, Mixed Results From Latest Trial - WebMD, 3/7/01
• Quetiapine Offers New Hope For Patients With Parkinson's Disease - Doctor's Guide, 2/26/01 - "not only showed quetiapine to be safe and effective in this patient population, but also that significant improvements in sustained attention and memory . . Furthermore, the improvement in psychosis was not associated with deterioration in the motor symptoms of PD. In fact, a modest improvement was observed in the United Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale (UPDRS) total and the UPDRS motor subscale scores."
• Parkinson's Cure May Be Near - Intelihealth, 2/19/01
• Another Step Closer to Growing New Brain Cells for Parkinson's Patients - WebMD, 2/16/01
• Selegiline Does Not Increase Parkinson's Death Rate - Doctor's Guide, 12/27/00
• Parkinson's Puzzle: Study Shows Genetic Link - WebMD, 12/13/00
• Men Twice As Likely To Develop Parkinson's Disease Than Women - Doctor's Guide, 11/14/00
• Parkinson's Disease: Is It Something in the Air? - WebMD, 11/5/00
• Gene Therapy Very Promising, Very Preliminary for Parkinson's - WebMD, 10/26/00
• Mirapex (Pramipexole Dihydrochloride) Delays Onset Of Motor Complications In Parkinson's Patients - Doctor's Guide, 10/17/00
• Therapy for Parkinson's Disease Moving in the Right Direction - WebMD, 10/17/00
• Slowly, but Surely, Progress Is Being Made Against Parkinson's - WebMD, 10/17/00
• Small Steps Can Mean Giant Leaps for Parkinson's Patients - WebMD, 10/4/00
• Seroquel (Quetiapine Fumarate) Reduces Psychosis In Chronic Schizophrenia, Parkinson's Patients - Doctor's Guide, 9/14/00
• Parkinson's Disease More Than Just A Brain Disorder - Doctor's Guide, 9/5/00
• Parkinson's Patients: Be Warned of 'Sleep Attacks' - WebMD, 8/25/00
• Brain 'Pacemaker' Shows Good Results in Parkinson's Patients - WebMD, 7/26/00
• Music Helps Movement, Mood in Parkinson's Patients - WebMD, 6/21/00
• Seroquel (Quetiapine) May Improve Cognitive Function In Parkinson's Patients - Doctor's Guide, 6/13/00
• Special Nerve Cells Could Aid Parkinson's Patients - WebMD, 5/30/00
• Requip (Ropinirole) Safely Manages Parkinson's Symptoms Long-term - Doctor's Guide, 5/18/00
• Study May Herald Change In Treatment for Parkinson's Disease - WebMD, 5/17/00
• Olanzapine Appears To Aggravate Parkinsonism - Doctor's Guide, 5/8/00
• Parkinson's Patients at High Risk for Car Accidents - Doctor's Guide, 5/8/00
• Pallidotomy has long-term benefits for patients with Parkinson's - Doctor's Guide, 5/5/00
• Addictive behavior cause linked to lower Parkinson's risk - Doctor's Guide, 5/4/00
• Initial treatment for Parkinson's with dopamine rather than levodopa can delay motor complications - Doctor's Guide, 5/3/00
• Viagra (sildenafil) may reduce levodopa-induced dyskinesia in Parkinson's patients - Doctor's Guide, 5/3/00
• Remacemide Safe And Effective In Combination Therapy For Parkinson's - Doctor's Guide, 4/25/00
• New Parkinson's Treatment Is Safe, But Is It Effective? - WebMD, 4/24/00
• Cabergoline Shows Significant Advantages Over Pergolide In Parkinson's - Doctor's Guide, 3/8/00
• Anti-Parkinson Drug, Requip (Ropinirole), Can Cause Patients To Fall Asleep Without Warning - Doctor's Guide, 2/14/00
• Neurosurgery Effective For Parkinson’s Patients Not Responding To Drug Therapy - Doctor's Guide, 11/12/99
• Comtan Receives FDA Approval For Management Of Parkinson’s Disease - Doctor's Guide, 10/20/99
• Quetiapine Effective Alternative To Clozapine In Parkinson’s Patients - Doctor's Guide, 10/15/99
• Cuban Neurosurgeons Report Success In Treating Advanced Parkinson’s - Doctor's Guide, 10/14/99
• Significant Clinical Benefit Seen With Mirapex In Parkinson’s Patients - Doctor's Guide, 10/13/99
• Cabergline Improves Nocturnal Parkinson’s Symptoms - Doctor's Guide, 9/10/99
• Study Shows Newer Drug For Parkinson's Disease Has Fewer Side Effects - Intelihealth, 7/27/99
• ReQuip More Effective Against Dyskinesia Than L-dopa - Doctor's Guide, 7/26/99
• Leading Parkinson’s Disease Drug, Mirapex, Calms Restless Legs - Doctor's Guide, 6/25/99
• Researchers Identify Potentially Dangerous Side Effect Of Dopamine Agonists - Doctor's Guide, 6/9/99
• Levodopa Slows The Progression Of Parkinson's Disease - Doctor's Guide, 5/28/99
• Permax Monotherapy Beneficial In Parkinson's - Doctor's Guide, 4/22/99
• Mirapex Effective In The Treatment Of Early Parkinson's - Doctor's Guide, 4/21/99
• Ropinrole Reduces Common Parkinson's Symptoms - Doctor's Guide, 10/20/98
• Brain Surgery May Help Patients With Severe Parkinson's Disease - Doctor's Guide, 10/14/98
• Estrogen Beneficial As Parkinson's Treatment - Doctor's Guide, 10/13/98
• New Dopamine Agonist May Change Way Physicians Treat Early Parkinson's Disease - Doctor's Guide, 9/27/98
• Mirapex May Help Reduce Tremor In Parkinson's Patients - Doctor's Guide, 6/18/98
• Requip May Provide Long-Term Efficacy In Early-Stage Parkinson's - Doctor's Guide, 4/30/98
• Estrogen Reduces Severity of Early Parkinson's Disease - Doctor's Guide, 4/30/98
• Electrical Brain Stimulation Reduces Tremor in Parkinson's, Essential Tremor Patients - Doctor's Guide, 4/29/98
• Activa Therapy Released In Europe For Relief Of Parkinson's Symptoms - Doctor's Guide, 4/27/98
• NeuroCell Products For Parkinson’s Show Clinical Improvement - Doctor's Guide, 4/27/98
• Fetal Pig Cells Transplanted Into Brains Of Parkinson's Patients - Doctor's Guide, 4/16/98
• FDA Clears Parkinson's Drug Tasmar - Doctor's Guide, 1/30/98
• Studies Show Requip Is An Effective Treatment For Early Parkinson's Disease - Doctor's Guide, 1/20/98
• Noninvasive Gamma Knife May Replace Surgery For Many Patients With Parkinson's - Doctor's Guide, 12/3/97
• Parkinson's Surgery Normalizes Cerebral Control Of Movement - Doctor's Guide, 10/27/97
• Surgery For Advanced Parkinson's Disease - Doctor's Guide, 10/24/97
• New Parkinson's Drug Approved - Doctor's Guide, 8/26/97
• Ropinirole Effective Treatment For Early Parkinson's Disease - Doctor's Guide, 9/2/97
• First New Parkinson's Drug This Decade Cleared In U.S. - Doctor's Guide, 7/3/97
• Selegiline Approved for Parkinson's Disease - Doctor's Guide, 8/5/96

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