Itháki
Itháki or Ithaca , island (1991 pop. 3,082), c.37 sq mi (96 sq km), W Greece, one of the Ionian Islands . It is mountainous, rising to c.2,650 ft (810 m) at Mt. Anoyi, and has little arable land. The chief products are olive oil, currants, and wine. The main town is Itháki (1991 pop. 1,714), located on the island's east coast. The island is traditionally celebrated as the home of Odysseus . Cyclopean walls and remains of a Corinthian colony (c.8th cent. BC) have been found. In 1953, Itháki was devastated by a tsunami.
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Michael J. Fox Foundation Funds $1.1 Million for Cutting-Edge Approaches to Parkinsons Disease Under Rapid Response Innovation Awards 2008
Newspaper article from: U.S. Newswire; 7/29/2008; 700+ words
; ...high-risk, high-reward Parkinsons disease research projects under the...problems that dramatically affect Parkinsons patients quality of life, as...hypothesis, which posits that Parkinsons disease progresses through the body...
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Health: Parkinsons disease will double by 2030.
News Wire article from: PPI - Pakistan Press International; 4/11/2009; 552 words
; ...people in the world with Parkinsons disease will double by 2030...shown is that though Parkinsons cannot be prevented...The impact of this disease on a patient and their...a programme on World Parkinsons Day at Aga Khan University...
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Michael J. Fox Foundation Commits Up to $2 Million to Improve Drug Delivery for Parkinsons Disease
Newspaper article from: U.S. Newswire; 3/25/2008; 700+ words
; ...Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinsons Research today announced the...program, Improving Delivery of Parkinsons Disease Therapeutics to the Brain.This...transformative treatments for Parkinsons disease. The first challenge...
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Michael J. Fox Foundation Awards $2.4 Million for Validation of Nine Promising Therapeutic Targets for Parkinsons Disease
Newspaper article from: U.S. Newswire; 7/17/2008; 700+ words
; ...Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinsons Research today announced approximately...ultimately the nearly five million Parkinsons patients worldwide. The discovery...that it is involved in the disease and that manipulating it impacts...slow or stop progression of Parkinsons, something no currently ...
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PARKINSONS DISEASE SUPPORT GROUP TO MEET SEPT. 17
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 9/17/2009; 373 words
; ...following news release: WAYNE Parkinsons disease support group will meet Thursday...will discuss the treatment of Parkinsons disease. Lunch will be served...meeting is open to those with Parkinsons disease as well as caregivers...
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PARKINSONS DISEASE SUPPORT GROUP TO MEET AT PREAKNESS HEALTHCARE CENTER
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 8/18/2009; 364 words
; ...the following news release: Parkinsons disease support group will meet Thursday...He will discuss Coping with Parkinsons Disease. Lunch will be served...meeting is open to those with Parkinsons disease as well as caregivers...
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Stakeholder Insight: Parkinsons Disease - Evidence of Neuroprotection Essential to Progress Treatment Dynamics.
M2 Presswire; 2/5/2008; 700+ words
; ...Markets: Stakeholder Insight: Parkinsons Disease - Evidence of Neuroprotection...addition of Stakeholder Insight: Parkinsons Disease - Evidence of neuroprotection...treatment dynamics to their offering Parkinsons disease (PD) is a progressive...
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MOVEMENT SPECIALIST TO SPEAK AT PARKINSONS DISEASE SUPPORT GROUP
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 10/8/2009; 369 words
; ...the following news release: Parkinsons disease support group will meet Thursday...Concepts in the Treatment of Parkinsons Disease. Lunch will be served...meeting is open to those with Parkinsons disease as well as caregivers...
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PHYSICAL THERAPIST SPECIALIST TO SPEAK AT PARKINSONS DISEASE SUPPORT GROUP
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 11/7/2009; 363 words
; ...the following news release: Parkinsons disease support group will meet 12 noon...Community, How to Exercise with Parkinsons disease. The building is handicapped...meeting is open to those with Parkinsons disease as well as caregivers...
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The Michael J. Fox Foundation Awards $2 Million to Shed Light on Role of LRRK2 and Alpha-Synuclein Genes in Parkinsons Disease
Newspaper article from: U.S. Newswire; 1/15/2008; 700+ words
; ...Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinsons Research today announced approximately...to advance the ability of the Parkinsons research field, and drug makers...partially understood, role in Parkinsons disease. Critical Challengesis uniquely...
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Parkinsonism
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Aging
...patients with Parkinson's disease have low volume of speech...patients with Parkinson's disease, the cognitive deficits are...patients with Parkinson's disease, but can be more common in...not a prominent feature of Parkinsons' disease, but it can be a...
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Prions
Book article from: World of Forensic Science
...apparent as Creutzfeld-Jacob disease, kuru, and Gerstmann-Str ö ussler-Scheinker disease. Other human diseases that are candidates (but...prion origin are Alzheimers disease and Parkinsons disease. In the past several...
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Peake, Mervyn
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Art
...experience that left him emotionally scarred. In the last decade of his life he was gradually incapacitated by Parkinsons' disease. Peake is described in the Dictionary of National Biography as ‘Tall, thin, dark, and haggard...
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parkinsonism
Book article from: A Dictionary of Nursing
...shuffling walk. Parkinsonism is a disease process affecting the basal...made between Parkinson's disease , a degenerative disorder associated...British physician] www.parkinsons.org.uk Website of the Parkinson's Disease Society
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