parkinson’s disease
Parkinson’s Disease Neuropsychiatric Features And Fatigue Respond To Transdermal Rotigotine
At the 64th American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting in New Orleans USA, UCB presented results from their post-hoc analyses of Neupro (rotigotine), which suggests that the drug improves common non-motor symptoms in patients with Parkinson’s disease… Read More
Parkinson’s Patients Might Respond To 19th Century Vibration-Chair Therapy
To relieve symptoms of Parkinson’s disease, Jean-Martin Charcot, a famous neurologist in the 19th century developed a “vibration chair” that showed improvements in his patients. However, Charcot died soon afterwards, before being able to conduct a more comprehensive evaluation of his therapy… Read More
Eating Berries May Lower Men’s Parkinson’s Risk
Men who regularly consume foods rich in flavonoids, such as berries, apples, certain vegetables, tea and red wine, may significantly reduce their risk for developing Parkinson’s disease, according to a study published in the journal Neurology this week that saw no such effect among women… Read More
NHS Could Save Millions By Investing In Specialist Nurses – Royal College Of Nursing, UK
The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) today joined forces with almost 40 of the UK’s leading health organizations to warn that cutting specialist nurse services for people with long term conditions would be a “false economy”…
