Search Result: Parkinsons disease
…embedded research culture and as well as actively taking part in research. Access to clinical trials of potential disease modifying therapies is the tip of the iceberg. The opportunity to…
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…Parkinson’s Disease pathway Dr. Beverly Castleton covered the issues that PD services currently face and again re-iterated the theme that patients should be listened to and their requests actioned. Dr….
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…on a single platform to conquer the dreadful disease: brain tumours. More than 18,000 delegates attended and over 3300 abstracts were presented. The theme of 2013 conference was genomics and…
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…atherosclerosis. Firstly the medical treatment concentrates on modifying the risk factors associated with ischaemic stroke and thromboembolic disease, such as hypertension, diabetes mellitus, heavy alcohol consumption, smoking and hypercholesterolaemia.6-9 In…
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…been shown to correlate well with disease progression, and is increasingly used as an efficacy outcome measure on the group level in clinical trials of disease modifying treatments (DMTs). Despite…
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…PhD in the neurogenetics of Parkinson’s Disease under Professor Nick Wood at the Institute of Neurology, arriving just at a time when the genetic basis for some forms of the…
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…Whether the autoantibodies are pathogenic per se, or whether they are merely a marker coinciding with a separate disease process are questions that have been the focus of study. Antibodies…
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…a deadly disease with poor prognosis and significantly impacts on quality of life throughout the disease course [2]. Median patient survival rates range between 14–16 months following diagnosis, and a…
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A Renowned Neurologist Explains the Mystery and Drama of Brain Disease Despite the diagnostic brilliance described in this day-in-the-life portrayal of Dr Ropper’s professional life, the titular rabbit is not…
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