Category Archives: Parkinson’s Treatment

Understanding Movement Disorders: All About Parkinson's Disease, Essential Tremor and Dystonia Movement disorders like Parkinson's disease, tremors and dystonia affect the brain, spine and nerves, causing abnormal, slow or limited movement. For those who have been diagnosed with a movement disorder, everyday tasks can become incredibly difficult and make you feel like you've lost control over certain parts of your life Continue reading →

Lorna E. Thorpe, PhD, MPH Recently published data from electronic health records of more than 2.2 million Americans with COVID-19 showed that adults with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) were more likely to experience long-term symptoms suggestive of long COVID than those without the sleep disorder. No significant links were identified in children after controlling for other medical conditions, including obesity Continue reading →

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Introduction In late 2019, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) led to a global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The infectious coronavirus leads to a severe respiratory syndrome and potentially to neurological disorders.1 Older people with comorbidities, including diabetes mellitus, cardiac failure, and respiratory disease, are at increased risk for serious COVID-19 illness. Parkinsons disease (PD) is more prevalent in older people who are often frail and have comorbidities; therefore, elderly patients with PD could be at risk of severe COVID-19 disease.1,2 Many countries implemented lockdowns and social distancing to control the COVID-19 pandemic. Continue reading →

The three keynote speakers are: UTSA President Taylor Eighmy will provide remarks today. This discussion could also inspire novel research directions and foster collaboration among researchers from worldwide, added Zhu, who is serving as the events general co-chair. Five conferences will be held during CPS-IoT Week, including the 26th ACM International Conference on Hybrid Systems: Computation and Control and the ACM/IEEE International Conference on Internet of Things Design and Implementation Continue reading →

Rigshospitalet, Aarhus University, and T&W Engineering collaborate on a groundbreaking project to develop an ear-EEG device for early detection of Alzheimers and Parkinsons diseases. Funded by a DKK 15 million grant from Innovation Fund Denmark, the device measures brains electrical activity and sleep patterns, which can indicate early signs of these neurodegenerative disorders Continue reading →

LONDONandNEW YORK, May 11, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MeiraGTx Holdings plc(Nasdaq: MGTX), a vertically integrated, clinical stage gene therapy company, today announced financial and operational results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2023, and provided a corporate update. We are off to a strong start this year with progress across multiple clinical-stage programs and a growing body of data supporting our proprietary gene regulation technology, said Alexandria Forbes, Ph.D., president and chief executive officer of MeiraGTx. Continue reading →

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., May 11, 2023 /PRNewswire/ --Asklepios BioPharmaceutical, Inc. (AskBio), a gene therapy company wholly owned and independently operated as a subsidiary of Bayer AG, will deliver 11 presentations offering insights into the research and development of adeno-associated virus (AAV) therapies for a range of diseases at the American Society of Gene and Cell Therapy (ASGCT) 26th Annual Meeting taking place May 1620, 2023, in Los Angeles, USA. Continue reading →

Regardless of how much you hate sweating, not sweating at all can be an indication of a health condition. Here's what lack of sweat mean and what you can do to tackle it. Sweating, also known as perspiration, is the release of a salt-based fluid from sweat glands, which helps regulate body temperature Continue reading →