Lack of energy underlies Parkinson’s
On 20 March, Science Daily reported that neuroscientists Vanessa Moraïs and Bart De Strooper from VIB and KU Leuven have demonstrated how a defect in the gene Pink1 results in…
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TED Talk by Siddharthan Chandran
After a traumatic brain injury, it sometimes happens that the brain can repair itself, building new brain cells to replace damaged ones. But the repair doesn’t happen quickly enough to…
New Drug Approved for Orthostatic Hypotension
Droxidopa capsules (marketed as Northera) have been granted accelerated approval to treat symptoms of neurogenic orthostatic hypotension, a rare, chronic and often debilitating drop in blood pressure upon standing associated…
Parkinson’s Voice Initiative
Last year many of you took part in the Parkinson’s Voice Initiative which aims to use voice analysis to diagnose and monitor Parkinson’s. PatientsLikeMe have now launched the next stage…
Major Discovery in Stem Cell Research?
The 29th January edition of the Guardian reports that a radical and remarkably easy way to make cells that can grow into any tissue in the body has been developed…
Strength Training for Parkinson’s
Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham say that high-intensity strength training produced significant improvements in quality of life, mood and motor function in older patients with Parkinson’s disease.…