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  • October 2008

    • For a Lifelong Healthy Diet, Look to the Mediterranean

      New York Times  |  Oct 4, 08 5:30 PM CDT

      For a Lifelong Healthy Diet, Look to the Mediterranean

      (Newser) - A Mediterranean getaway may be too expensive these days, but a taste of the region is just what the doctor ordered. The most thorough study to date of the Mediterranean diet confirms long-held beliefs about its health benefits, writes Dr. Peter Libby in the New York Times . It’s “lower in saturated fat, more varied, and often more satisfying.” More »

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      cancer  • food  • heart disease  • fast food  • Greece  • Parkinson's disease  • Alzheimer's Disease  • Mediterranean diet

  • August 2008

    • Scientists Tinker With Biological Clock

      BBC  |  Aug 11, 08 2:07 AM CDT

      Scientists Tinker With Biological Clock

      (Newser) - US researchers believe they have found a way to turn back the clock on the processes which make organs age. Scientists engineered genetic alterations to make the livers of older mice function like younger mice, the BBC reports. The discovery may lead to new treatments for Alzheimer's and other diseases associated with aging. More »

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      aging  • Parkinson's disease  • Alzheimer's Disease  • aging process  • genetic alteration

  • July 2008

    • Michael J. Fox Returns to TV

      Associated Press  |  Jul 17, 08 12:50 PM CDT

      Michael J. Fox Returns to TV

      (Newser) - Michael J. Fox will return to the small screen next year in a four-episode guest role on FX's "Rescue Me,” the AP reports. The “Spin City” star, whose symptoms of Parkinson’s disease have become evident since his 1991 diagnosis, will play the wheelchair-bound love-interest of the Denis Leary character’s estranged wife. More »

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      celebrity  • television  • Parkinson's disease  • guest appearance  • Michael J. Fox

    • Parkinson's Drugs Trigger Compulsive Behavior

      Chicago Tribune  |  Jul 14, 08 1:14 PM CDT

      Parkinson's Drugs Trigger Compulsive Behavior

      (Newser) - Drugs for Parkinson's disease can be enormously beneficial, relieving patients' tremors and rigid muscles. But some patients are now complaining of an unusual side effect—extreme compulsive behavior. One woman began taking Mirapex to combat symptoms and suddenly found herself with a $200-a-day scratch-off lottery ticket habit, reports the Chicago Tribune . More »

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      gambling  • prescription drugs  • addiction  • Parkinson's disease  • dopamine  • Mirapex

  • May 2008
  • April 2008

    • Blood Test May Predict Dementia 6 Years Early

      Daily Mail (UK)  |  Apr 7, 08 1:42 PM CDT

      Blood Test May Predict Dementia 6 Years Early

      (Newser) - A new blood test can warn of Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases six years before symptoms appear, its makers say. The assessment, set to launch this summer, could allow patients to begin fighting the ailments early with through dietary changes, exercise and drugs, the Daily Mail reports. But some worry advance knowledge of the illnesses could cause inflated insurance premiums. More »

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      health insurance  • Alzheimer's  • dementia  • drug companies  • Parkinson's disease  • blood tests

    • Parkinson's Spreads to Transplanted Cells

      Bloomberg  |  Apr 7, 08 9:18 AM CDT

      Parkinson's Spreads to Transplanted Cells

      (Newser) - Transplanting healthy cells into the brains of people with Parkinson's alleviates symptoms, but sufferers showed signs of deterioration as the disease spread to the grafted cells, according to two studies in the journal Nature Medicine . Scientists in Sweden and Chicago discovered similar results in patients who received cell transplants up to 16 years ago. More »

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      medical research  • stem cells  • Parkinson's disease  • Harvard Medical School  • dopamine  • Michael J. Fox

  • March 2008

    • Pesticides Linked to Parkinson's

      BBC  |  Mar 30, 08 2:18 PM CDT

      Pesticides Linked to Parkinson's

      (Newser) - People exposed to pesticides ran a 1.6 times higher risk of developing the neurological disease Parkinson’s, reports a new study of 600 participants. "Recreational pesticide use in the home and garden was more of a source of exposure than occupational use,” says one researcher. Experts now say the link is highly likely, though in combination with other, largely genetic factors, reports the BBC. More »

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      health  • brain  • Parkinson's disease  • pesticide  • health research  • organic  • neurological disorder  • chemical

    • Cloned Stem Cells Best for Parkinson's

      Reuters  |  Mar 24, 08 9:00 AM CDT

      Cloned Stem Cells Best for Parkinson's

      (Newser) - Scientists have found that embryonic stem cells effectively treat Parkinson's disease in lab mice, but only when the cells come from the sick mouse's own clones, Reuters reports. The study, published in Nature Medicine , created "therapeutic clones" by transferring cell nuclei into mouse egg cells and growing them into the type of brain cells Parkinson's destroys. More »

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      stem cells  • Parkinson's disease  • cloning  • lab mice

    • Sea Slugs Inspire New Brain Implant Technology

      BBC  |  Mar 7, 08 7:17 AM CST

      Sea Slugs Inspire New Brain Implant Technology

      (Newser) - Sure, it’s a warty creepy-crawly that lurks at the bottom of the ocean, but the sea cucumber has inspired scientists to create a new material that could be used in implanted brain electrodes to help people with Parkinson’s disease, reports the BBC. The creature stiffens its skin when faced with an enemy and reverts to its soft self just as easily. Scientists hope the new material, which mimics that variability, will remain hardened during implantation in a human brain, then soften in the body. More »

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      brain  • stroke  • Parkinson's disease  • health research  • scientific breakthroughs  • neurological disorder  • implant  • spinal cord

  • January 2008
  • December 2007

    • Embryonic Stem-Cell Issue Still Dogs GOP

      Time  |  Dec 2, 07 9:02 AM CST

      Embryonic Stem-Cell Issue Still Dogs GOP

      (Newser) - Last week's breakthrough in stem-cell research—the creation of cells from skin rather than embryos—is a tremendous scientific advance, writes Michael Kinsley in Time magazine. But the new science doesn't let hypocritical GOP politicians dodge the controversy over embryonic stem cells: They will still be risking human lives with inconsistent objections, he writes. More »

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      GOP  • stem cells  • stem cell research  • Parkinson's disease  • embryo  • in vitro fertilization  <