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Parkinsons disease

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Parkinson's disease or Parkinsonism, degenerative brain disorder first described by the English surgeon James Parkinson in 1817. When there is no known cause, the disease usually appears after age 40 and is referred to as Parkinson's disease. Parkinsonism usually refers to similar symptoms resulting from head injury, encephalitis, syphilis, carbon monoxide poisoning, cerebral arteriosclerosis, or use of MPTP (a synthetic narcotic). The disorder is also termed paralysis agitans, or shaking palsy. Parkinson's disease is a debilitating and progressive disorder in which the chemicals... Read more
parkinsonism
A Dictionary of Nursing ...tendency to stoop, and a shuffling walk. Parkinsonism is a disease process affecting the basal ganglia of the brain and associated...dopamine. Sometimes a distinction is made between Parkinson's disease, a degenerative disorder associated with ageing, and parkinsonism...J. Parkinson (1755–1824), British ... Read more
Peake, Mervyn
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…gentle... Read more

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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 ; ...program, Improving Delivery of Parkinsons Disease Therapeutics to the Brain.This...transformative treatments for Parkinsons disease. The first challenge is the...biology and our understanding of Parkinsons disease continue to open new therapeutic... Read more
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 ; ...for 15 high-risk, high-reward Parkinsons disease research projects under the...new and novel approaches to Parkinsons disease flowing into the drug development...research community, both within Parkinsons disease and beyond, since it was first... Read more
Cigarette smoke leads to genetic advances in Parkinsons Disease
Newspaper article from: AAP General News (Australia); 8/10/2006; 118 words ; ...2006 Cigarette smoke leads to genetic advances in Parkinsons Disease Scientists say they've uncovered a gene that helps...Parkinson's Disease. AAP RTV tam/es/bart KEYWORD: PARKINSONS (BRISBANE) ) 2006 AAP Information Services Pty Limited... Read more
Michael J. Fox Foundation Commits Up to $3 Million for Clinical Trials That Can Improve Treatment of Parkinsons Disease
Newspaper article from: U.S. Newswire; 2/26/2008; 543 words ; ...transformative treatments for Parkinsons disease, The Michael J. Fox Foundation...fundamentally improve the treatment of Parkinsons disease symptoms and even impact disease...the development of a cure for Parkinsons disease within this decade through... Read more
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; 606 words ; ...understood, role in Parkinsons disease. Critical Challengesis...substantial number of Parkinsons cases -- as high...ways in which disease-related modifications...Foundation for Parkinsons Research is dedicated...of a cure for Parkinsons disease within this decade... Read more
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 ; ...nearly five million Parkinsons patients worldwide...involved in the disease and that manipulating...brain involved in Parkinsons disease. His new award...of cells in the Parkinsons brain. Dr. Pahan...Foundation for Parkinsons Research is dedicated...of a cure for Parkinsons ... Read more
Early motor symptoms may predict PD.(CLINICAL CAPSULES)(parkinsons disease)(Brief article)
Magazine article from: Internal Medicine News; 5/15/2006; 251 words ; ...increased risk for development of Parkinson's disease (PD). Subjective complaints related to...phase of not-yet-diagnosable Parkinson's disease during which dopamine loss is not sufficient...one of the five typical features of the disease: stiffness (32%), tremor (11%), slow movement... Read more
In Absence of Cure, New Treatments Help Patients Cope with Parkinsons Disease.
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News; 4/22/2003; 700+ words ; ...itemizing the characteristics of Parkinson's disease like a grocery list. Muscle spasm. Slowness...improved surgical techniques have made the disease more manageable than other neurological...early onset is possible. Although the disease affects people differently, those in advanced... Read more
Si falla el fármaco, al quirófano. (tratamiento de la enfermedad de Parkinsons)(TT: If the medicine fails, to the operating room) (TA: treatment of Parkinson's disease)
Magazine article from: Epoca; 3/31/1997; 239 words ; La cirugía con implantación de electrodos cerebrales no se presenta como panacea para el Parkinson (no cura la enfermedad, sólo elimina artificialmente los síntomas, especialmente el temblor), sino como alternativa a los fármacos. El tratamiento farmacológico actual se Read more
Insurers tell Parkinsons man youre not ill enough to claim; George Forsythe: I will be persistent.
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England); 9/4/2008; 491 words ; ...TARLETON A MAN who developed Parkinsons disease is being denied compensation...diagnosed with the degenerative Parkinsons disease three years ago, and put in...the definition it just said Parkinsons disease. They changed the heading about... Read more

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