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Ozzy Osbourne has Parkinson's Disease
In an appearance on Good Morning America, the 71-year-old musician also said he was diagnosed with pneumonia and suffered a fall in his Los Angeles home in the past 12 months, People reported.
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Ultrasound Treatment Might Ease Parkinson's Tremors
Ultrasound may provide lasting relief from the involuntary muscle movements that are so debilitating to people with Parkinson's disease and another condition called "essential tremor."
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Is Sex Good Medicine for Parkinson's?
Can sex help improve the health of a Parkinson's patient? It might -- at least for some.
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Does Bipolar Disorder Raise Risk of Parkinson's?
Those with bipolar who developed Parkinson's were nine years younger -- average age 64 -- than others who also developed Parkinson's, the study found.
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Is Appendix Removal Linked to Parkinson's Risk?
The study proves an association between appendix removal and the disease, one expert said. “But more research is needed to understand the exact connection between the gut and Parkinson's
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Parkinson's Gene Therapy Wires New Brain Circuits
In a new study, gene therapy did not change the abnormal brain circuitry of Parkinson's disease. Instead, it essentially rewired a small area of the brain, to partially compensate for the faulty circuitry, researchers say.
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Could the Appendix Be Key to Parkinson's Disease?
Removing the appendix may reduce the risk of developing Parkinson’s disease, new research suggests.
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Gene Therapy for Parkinson's Symptoms Is Promising
A new treatment for Parkinson’s disease uses a virus to deliver gene therapy to a targeted area of the brain. While not a cure, scientists hope it will help control symptoms of the progressive neurological disease.
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Thinning Retina May Be Early Sign of Parkinson's
People with early Parkinson's appear to experience a thinning of their retinas, which are the light-sensitive nerve cells that line the back of the eye, South Korean researchers report.
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George H.W. Bush Hospitalized Due to Blood Infection
Bush has a form of Parkinson's disease and uses a wheelchair and electric scooter. In recent years, he has been hospitalized several times for respiratory problems, the AP reported.
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Just One Concussion Could Raise Parkinson's Risk
The new study identified more than 325,000 veterans from three U.S. Veterans Health Administration databases. Half of this group had experienced a traumatic brain injury at some point in their lives.
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Clues to Parkinson's May Be Shed in Tears
When people shed tears, certain proteins are released. Levels of those proteins are different in people with Parkinson's compared to those without the disease, according to a preliminary study.
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Can Caffeine Levels in Blood Predict Parkinson's?
Japanese researchers found that low levels of caffeine were more common in people with Parkinson's disease than in those without the disorder, even if they had consumed the same amount of caffeine.
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Vigorous Exercise May Help Slow Parkinson's
People with early stage Parkinson's may be able to delay a worsening of the disease through a regimen of intense exercise, new research found.
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Rev. Jesse Jackson: 'I Have Parkinson's'
The civil rights leader was diagnosed in 2015.
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Brain Scan May Explain Parkinson's Hallucinations
Scans showed areas with decreased connectivity
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Coffee Doesn't Help Parkinson's Motor Disorders
Caffeine has no impact, says long-term trial that reverses earlier findings
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New Hope From Old Drugs in Parkinson's Fight
Asthma medications may lower risk, but much more research is needed
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Diabetes Drug Shows Promise Against Parkinson's
Byetta improved symptoms of motor disease in small, short trial, but more research needed
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Early Parkinson's May Prompt Vision Problems
Changes in sight could signal disease a decade before motor symptoms surface, study suggests
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Possible Link Between Some Statins and Parkinson’s
But the connection was only seen with certain types of the cholesterol-lowering drugs
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Does a Low-Fat Dairy Habit Boost Parkinson's Risk?
Study showed 3 or more servings daily raised chances of the movement disorder, but absolute risk still low
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Parkinson's Disease May Originate in Gut
Swedish scientists find link through vagus nerve removal
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150-Year-Old Drug May Help Parkinson's Patients
Study finds apomorphine cuts the time until levodopa kicks in for those with advanced disease
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FDA OKs Parkinson's Add-On Drug
Xadago is taken during 'off' periods when symptoms escalate
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