Parkinson's Disease - Jul 3, 2018 Edition

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July 3, 2018     Parkinson's Disease     The latest Parkinson's disease news from News Medical

Study finds gender differences in pathophysiology of Parkinson's disease   Not only do women appear to be better protected than men from Parkinson's disease, the associated pathophysiology also shows gender differences. This is a finding of a study from Slovenia, presented at the Congress of the European Academy of Neurology in Lisbon.

Study reveals how pesticides cause Parkinson's Disease   A recent study has shown that pesticides prevent mitochondria from functioning correctly, causing cell death and Parkinson’s Disease.         DBS may slow progression of tremor for early-stage Parkinson's disease   Deep brain stimulation may slow the progression of tremor for early-stage Parkinson's disease patients, according to a Vanderbilt University Medical Center study released in the June 29 online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

Researchers develop potential treatment for Parkinson’s disease   Researchers have shown that a form of vitamin B3 called nicotinamide riboside may offer a possible treatment for Parkinson’s disease.       Scientists develop unique program to predict a form of Parkinson's disease   Russian scientists develop a "predictor" of Parkinson's disease forms       Study shows link between Parkinson’s and type 2 diabetes   A new study by UCL, University of Oxford and Queen Mary University of London researchers suggests that people with type 2 diabetes are 32% more likely to develop Parkinson’s disease than those without diabetes.       Researchers uncover why people with Parkinson's disease suffer from sleep disturbances   A team of researchers at VIB and KU Leuven has uncovered why people with a hereditary form of Parkinson's disease suffer from sleep disturbances.       Scientists find key biomarker of Parkinson's disease in the retina   A research involving scientists from the University of Alicante and the United States notes that the accumulation of a protein known as alpha-synuclein in the retina is a key Parkinson's biomarker that could help detect the degree of severity of the disease.

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