Zinc Deficiency and Parkinson's.Recent research has demonstrated a link between a lack of zinc in the diet and Parkinson's disease onset. http://ping.fm/yhCSt

Tandem Bicycle Exercise for Parkinson's Disease. When you think of Parkinson's disease, you probably don't think of patients riding a bicycle built for two, also known as a tandem. However, doctors at the Cleveland Clinic found that the exercise can help relieve the symptoms of Parkinson's disease.http://ping.fm/vV3gy

Weekly Zumba class helps Parkinson's sufferers keep their muscles and memories sharp. Fight fire with fire, or so they say, and that’s the approach Jane Busch takes in her ongoing battle against Parkinson’s disease. To fight the effects of the condition that slowly robs sufferers of the ability to move, Busch moves — a lot.
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PARKINSON'S DISEASE: DETECTING PARKINSON’S DISEASE WHEN IT MIGHT STILL BE CURABLE.A patient with Parkinson’s disease (PD) has to lose 60-70% of the nerve cells in a particular area of the brain before the physical symptoms of PD appear. http://www.parkinsonresearchfoundation.org/resources/information.aspx?post=8cfbb238-b02e-4b80-b938-51d86400ee65

Exciting new Parkinson’s research in Canada.
Recruitment is underway in Quebec City, Gatineau, Ottawa, London, Saskatoon and Edmonton, for 60 men and women between 35 and 75 years old who have been diagnosed with Parkinson’s within the last two years, to participate in a phase II clinical trial to test the efficacy, safety and tolerability of CoganeTM (PYM50028) in treating early-stage Parkinson’s.http://ping.fm/BK6gg

Could Tibetan Terriers hold a key to treating PD in humans?

The same gene mutation that causes a fatal neurological disease in Tibetan Terrier dogs also causes a hereditary form of Parkinson's disease in humans, a new study reports.

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