Parkinson's Disease June 2009 Archive

Scientific evaluations of the effectiveness and safety of potential treatments for medical disorders like Parkinson’s disease are called clinical trials. Without clinical trials of new drugs and new treatments for ... Read More

Many scientists think that one of the malfunctioning systems in Parkinson's disease is located in the mitochondria. These are the cellular systems/organelles that produce energy for all the other systems ... Read More

Its always a pleasure to recommend to my readers some new, FREE, resource. Check out http://deepbraindiary.com/category/parkinsons/ This is a web blog by a gentlemen who was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease back ... Read More

The Micheal J. Fox Foundation has launched a new and invaluable resource for persons with Parkinson's disease, PD research advocates and scientists working on PD. The new resource is ... Read More

One of the benefits of attending scientific conferences on Parkinson's Disease is that you learn of new FREE resources available to persons with PD and their families. The European ... Read More

If you are reading this blog you very likely get a fair amount of your information from the internet. It is therefore crucial to be able to evaluate the quality ... Read More

If you have Parkinson's disease you may ask how you got it and whether your children or grandchildren might get it as well. Although the most common forms of PD ... Read More

Consistent with an emerging awareness among Parkinson's disease clinicians of the dramatic impact on patients and families of non-motor symptoms of PD, there has been dozens of presentations, symposia and ... Read More

I am at the 13th International Congress of Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders—held in Paris, France this year. Among dozens of fascinating presentations and posters, there were several scientific sessions ... Read More

If you are in or near Paris you should find time to attend the Movement Disorders Society’s 13th International Congress of Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders. The full program is ... Read More

Many people with Parkinson's disease derive a lot of joy from music. Some even claim that they hear, sing or play music their motor symptoms improve and their voice and ... Read More

It is a remarkable fact that although there is an enormous amount of research and other publications on depression in Parkinson's disease, anxiety in PD, sleep disorders of PD and ... Read More