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ParkinON News #9An extended-release levodopa has been approved in the EU, and a single blood score has been linked to later cognitive decline and freezing of gait
An extended-release levodopa that cut daily doses from five to three while increasing good on time has been approved in the European Union, and researchers in South Korea built a blood gene-activity score that tracked with cognitive impairment and freezing of gait eight years later — explained for you and your care partner.
People who started rehabilitation in the first year after diagnosis lived longer, and the brain shows a sign of hallucinations before they appear
Gut bacteria shift with age, stage and medication, and a drug meant to boost levodopa may end up cutting into it
A ready-to-use stem cell therapy gets FDA fast track status, and researchers find how a toxic protein first gets into brain cells
Resistance training plus stretching noticeably eased motor symptoms, while H. pylori treatment showed no benefit
An experimental vaccine won FDA fast-track status, and a new oral drug eased symptoms while cutting inflammation
People who started rehabilitation in the first year after diagnosis lived longer, and the brain shows a sign of hallucinations before they appear
Gut bacteria shift with age, stage and medication, and a drug meant to boost levodopa may end up cutting into it
A ready-to-use stem cell therapy gets FDA fast track status, and researchers find how a toxic protein first gets into brain cells
Resistance training plus stretching noticeably eased motor symptoms, while H. pylori treatment showed no benefit
An experimental vaccine won FDA fast-track status, and a new oral drug eased symptoms while cutting inflammation
People who started rehabilitation in the first year after diagnosis lived longer, and the brain shows a sign of hallucinations before they appear
Gut bacteria shift with age, stage and medication, and a drug meant to boost levodopa may end up cutting into it
A ready-to-use stem cell therapy gets FDA fast track status, and researchers find how a toxic protein first gets into brain cells
Resistance training plus stretching noticeably eased motor symptoms, while H. pylori treatment showed no benefit
An experimental vaccine won FDA fast-track status, and a new oral drug eased symptoms while cutting inflammation
People who started rehabilitation in the first year after diagnosis lived longer, and the brain shows a sign of hallucinations before they appear
Gut bacteria shift with age, stage and medication, and a drug meant to boost levodopa may end up cutting into it
A ready-to-use stem cell therapy gets FDA fast track status, and researchers find how a toxic protein first gets into brain cells
Resistance training plus stretching noticeably eased motor symptoms, while H. pylori treatment showed no benefit
An experimental vaccine won FDA fast-track status, and a new oral drug eased symptoms while cutting inflammation
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