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<乌鸦传媒>In Parkinson's Disease, Cognitive Symptoms Often Emerge Soon After Diagnosis

About a third of patients reported a cognitive complaint in the first few years

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<乌鸦传媒>Sleep Quality Improved With Acupuncture for Parkinson's Patients

Benefits persisted at 8 weeks

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<乌鸦传媒>Researchers' Sexual Misconduct; 'Parkinson's on Steroids'; Need Surgery? Pay Upfront

Health news and commentary gathered by 乌鸦传媒 staff

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<乌鸦传媒>NYC Doc Arrested in Protest; Ozzy Osbourne's Stem Cell Tx; Metformin and COVID

Health news and commentary gathered by 乌鸦传媒 staff

<乌鸦传媒>Paxlovid and COVID; Breast Cancer and Lymph Node Removal

Also in TTHealthWatch: pragmatic model for chronic kidney disease

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<乌鸦传媒>Diabetes Drug Shows Benefit in Parkinson's Disease

Phase II study of GLP-1 drug lixisenatide meets primary endpoint

<乌鸦传媒>Aspirin for Fatty Liver; Meds for Self-Managed Abortion

Also in TTHealthWatch: diagnosing Parkinson's with a skin biopsy

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<乌鸦传媒>Skin Test Detects Parkinson's and Other Synucleinopathies

Cutaneous alpha-synuclein deposits may serve as a biomarker

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<乌鸦传媒>Parkinson's Risk Tied to More Pesticides

Simazine, atrazine, lindane in the Rocky Mountain and Great Plains region emerge in new analysis

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<乌鸦传媒>New Parkinson's Definition Proposed Based on Biomarkers

Framework focuses on the biology of Lewy body diseases

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<乌鸦传媒>Can a GLP-1 Agonist Improve Parkinson's Symptoms?

A version of exenatide failed a phase II trial, but hinted at benefits in patients under 60

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<乌鸦传媒>Parkinson's Patients Have Higher Suicide Risk

About 1 in 5 harbored suicidal thoughts

A Parkinson鈥檚 patient walks with spinal stimulation. Credit: Courtine, et al.

<乌鸦传媒>Advanced Parkinson's Patient Regains Ability to Walk Confidently

Spinal implant nearly eliminates freezing of gait

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<乌鸦传媒>Parkinsonism Case Tied to Welding, Improved With Chelation

How one team pinpointed manganese toxicity and diminished a patient's motor symptoms

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<乌鸦传媒>Loneliness Tied to Subsequent Parkinson's Risk

Findings support Surgeon General's recent call to improve social connection

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<乌鸦传媒>MedPod Today: Big Medical Bill; GLP-1 Agonist Plateau; Grateful Patient Fundraising

乌鸦传媒 reporters offer further insights on these recently covered topics

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<乌鸦传媒>Blood, CSF Marker Detects Parkinsonian Disorders

Enzyme also identified preclinical Lewy body disease

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<乌鸦传媒>Parkinson's Linked With Industrial Solvents in Drinking Water

Exposure at age 20 led to 70% higher risk decades later, Camp Lejeune study shows

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<乌鸦传媒>More Evidence Links Parkinson's With Autoimmune Disease

Exact mechanism remains speculative, however

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<乌鸦传媒>No Pills, No Surgery, No Electrodes for Parkinson's Disease?

Minimally invasive devices to drip dopaminergic drugs edge closer to market

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<乌鸦传媒>Parkinson's Biomarker Shows High Accuracy

Assay identifies hallmark protein and could help diagnose people earlier

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<乌鸦传媒>Nationwide Study Links Parkinson's Disease to Air Pollution

Researchers identify a hot spot in the Mississippi-Ohio River Valley

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<乌鸦传媒>Advanced Parkinson's Symptoms Improved With Focused Ultrasound

Pivotal trial shows 3-month improvement, but longer study is needed

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<乌鸦传媒>Epilepsy Drugs May Up Risk of Parkinson's

Strongest association seen for sodium valproate

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<乌鸦传媒>Parkinson's Incidence 50% Higher Than Previously Thought

Clusters of Parkinson's disease cases seen in certain U.S. regions

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<乌鸦传媒>Brain Iron Chelation Linked With Worse Outcomes in Early Parkinson's

Findings raise caution about iron chelation in neurodegenerative disorders

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<乌鸦传媒>Early Signs of Parkinson's May Be Seen Years Before Diagnosis

Skin changes, inflammatory conditions emerge, in addition to well-known features

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<乌鸦传媒>New Evidence Sheds Light on Muhammad Ali's Parkinson's Disease

Was boxing to blame?

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<乌鸦传媒>Cognitive Decline Quickens After Weight Loss in Early Parkinson's Disease

Early weight gain associated with cognitive changes, too

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<乌鸦传媒>The Internal Conflict of Being a Ringside Doctor

The aftermath of a 2019 fight nearly broke me

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<乌鸦传媒>Some 'Dopamine Bean' Supplements Show High Levels of Parkinson's Drug

Levodopa found in doses similar to those in prescription meds

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<乌鸦传媒>Two Strikes and Monoclonal Antibodies Are Out for Early Parkinson's?

Failure of two agents in two phase II trials could spell the end for one avenue of treatment

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<乌鸦传媒>Sacral Neuromodulation Promising in Neurogenic Lower Urinary Dysfunction

Refractory disease corrected, at least for the short term, in selected neurologic patients

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<乌鸦传媒>Polypill Looks Good for Parkinson's

Fixed-dose product combining two standard drugs outperforms each alone in phase III

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<乌鸦传媒>Hearing Loss, Epilepsy May Be Early Signs of Parkinson's Disease

Known symptoms like tremor spotted in primary care records 10 years before diagnosis

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<乌鸦传媒>More Flavonoids, Better Parkinson's Outcome

Flavan-3-ols and anthocyanins consistently linked to lower mortality

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<乌鸦传媒>Early Parkinson's Treatment: AAN Issues New Guidelines

Levodopa usually is best first therapy for motor symptoms, neurology group says

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<乌鸦传媒>Focused Ultrasound Approved for Advanced Parkinson's

Expanded indication includes medication-refractory PD patients with motor problems

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<乌鸦传媒>Parkinson's Drug Tied to Increased Hospitalizations, Death

Mortality risk persisted in people taking pimavanserin

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<乌鸦传媒>Staying on Pimavanserin Cut Dementia-Related Psychosis Relapse

However, late-stage trial couldn't separate efficacy in dementia subtypes

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