Parkinsons

Parkinson's: Pesticides play a key role, and may be a major cause

Exposure to pesticides can increase the risk of Parkinson’s disease by as much as 39 per cent, researchers have found. Even low exposure can raise the risk by 9 per cent. more>

Parkinson's: Drugs turn sufferers into compulsive gamblers

Dopamine agonist drugs seem to have a very strange effect on sufferers of Parkinson’s disease – they become compulsive gamblers. more>

WHO Does What? Health organization takes illicit donations from drug companies, report claims

The World Health Organization (WHO) – supposedly an independent voice of global health - is accepting illicit payments from drug companies, a new report suggests. more>

Allergies: Link to Parkinson’s discovered

The millions of sufferers of allergies are up to three times more likely to develop Parkinson’s disease later in life, new research has found. more>

Marijuana is helping to treat parkinson’s

My sister, who lives in Holland, is a Parkinson’s patient who is treating her condition with marijuana - or derivatives of it. In the last couple of months, Dutch doctors have been allowed to prescrib... more>

A new imaging technique for parkinson’s

There is no accurate blood or imaging diagnostic test for Parkinson’s. Doctors make the diagnosis based on clinical examination - though this can be difficult as other conditions such as Alzheimer's d... more>

The balancing act of drug treatment

In the early 1960s, researchers identified the fundamental brain defect behind Parkinson’s disease: loss of the brain cells producing the neurotransmitter dopamine, which helps control muscle activity... more>

The case for environmental triggers

Parkinson’s disease (PD) is found throughout the world and is thought to affect one or two people in every 1000. It is named after William Parkinson, who first described it as ‘the shaking palsy’ in 1... more>

Treating parkinson’s naturally

The key to treating Parkinson’s disease is to enhance the patient’s quality of life and wellbeing by focusing on a high-quality diet, a good daily multivitamin, effective stress control and, where app... more>

When drug treatments fail

Surgery is resorted to only when drug therapy fails. Possible procedures include everything from implanting devices and transplanting neural tissue to blasting the troublesome brain cells with an elec... more>

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