http://parkinsons.about.com/ Get the latest headlines from the About.com http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hh http://www.about.com/ 118 20 en-us 2010-03-11T10:53:49Z Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:53:49 +0000 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://parkinsons.about.com/b/2010/04/21/michael-j-fox-laughs-about-the-past-and-looks-towards-the-future.htm <p>Actor <a href="http://www.michaeljfox.org/" target="_blank">Michael J. Fox</a>, who has been the most famous promoter of Parkinson's disease research since his diagnosis 12 years ago, recently published an autobiography that makes jokes of the past and has a hopeful look at the future.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://parkinsons.about.com/b/2010/04/21/michael-j-fox-laughs-about-the-past-and-looks-towards-the-future.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://parkinsons.about.com/b/2010/04/21/michael-j-fox-laughs-about-the-past-and-looks-towards-the-future.htm Wed, 21 Apr 2010 15:16:32 +0000 2010-04-21T15:16:32Z http://parkinsons.about.com/b/2010/03/11/smoking-cuts-risk-of-parkinsons-disease.htm <p>A recent study published in the <a href="http://www.neurology.org/cgi/content/abstract/WNL.0b013e3181d55f38v1?maxtoshow=&#038;hits=10&#038;RESULTFORMAT=&#038;author1=Honglei+Chen&#038;searchid=1&#038;FIRSTINDEX=0&#038;resourcetype=HWCIT" target="_blank">Neurology Journal</a> found longtime smoking reduces the risk of developing Parkinson's disease.</p> <p>The study looked at the lifetime smoking history of more than 300,000 people, and confirmed the inverse relationship between smoking and <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://parkinsons.about.com/od/parkinsonsdiseasebasics/a/risk_factors.htm">Parkinson's disease</a>, established in earlier scientific studies.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://parkinsons.about.com/b/2010/03/11/smoking-cuts-risk-of-parkinsons-disease.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://parkinsons.about.com/b/2010/03/11/smoking-cuts-risk-of-parkinsons-disease.htm Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:53:49 +0000 2010-03-11T10:53:49Z http://parkinsons.about.com/b/2010/03/02/fda-approves-new-version-of-parkinsons-drug.htm <p>There's a new treatment option available for patients with early <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://parkinsons.about.com/od/parkinsonsdiseasebasics/a/what_is_PD.htm">Parkinson's disease</a>. Mirapex ER is the "extended release" version of Mirapex, a drug that's already on the market. The difference between the two is that Mirapex ER only needs to be taken once a day, while Mirapez has to be taken three times daily.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://parkinsons.about.com/b/2010/03/02/fda-approves-new-version-of-parkinsons-drug.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://parkinsons.about.com/b/2010/03/02/fda-approves-new-version-of-parkinsons-drug.htm Tue, 02 Mar 2010 10:15:46 +0000 2010-03-02T10:15:46Z http://parkinsons.about.com/b/2010/02/11/new-study-links-chemicals-to-parkinsons-disease.htm <p>A study by the<a href="http://www.thepi.org/index.php?src=news&#038;submenu=news&#038;srctype=detail&#038;category=News%20Articles&#038;refno=14" target="_blank"> Parkinson's Institute</a> found that the risk of developing Parkinson's disease was nearly six times greater in people exposed to the common industrial solvent trichloroethylene (TCE).</p> <p>Trichloroethylene, or TCE, is a solvent that was once widely used in dry cleaning and to clean grease off metal parts, and it was once used as an anesthetic, especially during childbirth. But concerns about its toxicity led to it being mostly abandoned and replaced by other anesthetics and solvents.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://parkinsons.about.com/b/2010/02/11/new-study-links-chemicals-to-parkinsons-disease.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://parkinsons.about.com/b/2010/02/11/new-study-links-chemicals-to-parkinsons-disease.htm Thu, 11 Feb 2010 14:58:40 +0000 2010-02-11T14:58:40Z http://parkinsons.about.com/b/2009/09/05/sexuality-and-relationships-in-young-onset-parkinsons-disease.htm http://parkinsons.about.com/b/2009/09/05/sexuality-and-relationships-in-young-onset-parkinsons-disease.htm Sat, 05 Sep 2009 12:00:07 +0000 2009-09-05T12:00:07Z http://parkinsons.about.com/b/2009/09/04/thomas-hobbes-parkinsonism.htm http://parkinsons.about.com/b/2009/09/04/thomas-hobbes-parkinsonism.htm Fri, 04 Sep 2009 07:34:21 +0000 2009-09-04T07:34:21Z http://parkinsons.about.com/b/2009/09/03/mitochondria-and-parkinsons-disease.htm http://parkinsons.about.com/b/2009/09/03/mitochondria-and-parkinsons-disease.htm Thu, 03 Sep 2009 20:45:06 +0000 2009-09-03T20:45:06Z http://parkinsons.about.com/b/2009/08/28/anxiety-in-parkinsons-disease.htm http://parkinsons.about.com/b/2009/08/28/anxiety-in-parkinsons-disease.htm Fri, 28 Aug 2009 12:48:47 +0000 2009-08-28T12:48:47Z http://parkinsons.about.com/b/2009/08/27/acupuncture-for-parkinsons-disease.htm http://parkinsons.about.com/b/2009/08/27/acupuncture-for-parkinsons-disease.htm Thu, 27 Aug 2009 10:33:55 +0000 2009-08-27T10:33:55Z http://parkinsons.about.com/b/2009/08/26/modafinil-to-treat-fatigue-in-parkinsons-disease.htm http://parkinsons.about.com/b/2009/08/26/modafinil-to-treat-fatigue-in-parkinsons-disease.htm Wed, 26 Aug 2009 11:28:27 +0000 2009-08-26T11:28:27Z