WASHINGTON, Jan. 6, 2009 (Reuters) Deep brain stimulation dramatically improves Parkinson's disease symptoms such as trembling and slowness of movement, offering hope to many with the incurable ailment, researchers said on Tuesday. ... > full story
LONDON, Dec. 24, 2008 (Reuters) A slow, chronic reduction of blood sugar to the brain could trigger some forms of Alzheimer's disease, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday. ... > full story
CHICAGO, Dec. 23, 2008 (Reuters) U.S. scientists have created the first human model for studying a devastating nerve disease, which allows them to watch how the disease develops and could help researchers find a way to treat it. ... > full story
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KineMed wins Parkinson’s grant Jan. 6, 2009 (BizJournals) The Michael J. Fox Foundation awarded a grant of up to $694,441 to KineMed Inc. for work leading towards a Parkinson's disease treatment.. . The ...
Obituary | Woman gave a face to Alzheimer's Dec. 24, 2008 (Seattle Times) Comments (0) E-mail article Print view. Betsy Meyer, the soft-spoken West Seattle woman who gave up her privacy so readers could understand how a ...