What Doctors Don't Tell YouApraxia of eyelid opening, or ALO, is medical speak for the very rare condition where people lose the ability to open their eyes. It's sometimes associated with Parkinson's, and it's a condition ...
Chronic exposure to the pesticide rotenone can produce parkinsonian like symptoms in animals, leading scientists to believe that it may do the same in humans. ...
Q My 76-year-old father has recently developed tremors which his GP has diagnosed as Parkinson’s disease, but I would like a second opinion.
There is no accurate blood or imaging diagnostic test for Parkinson’s. Doctors make the diagnosis based on clinical examination - though this can be difficult as other conditions such as Alzheimer's disease can resemble PD and must first be excluded.
The orthodox treatment for Parkinson's disease is L-Dopa, an amino acid. But for this to work, a co-enzyme called NADH is essential. NADH is formed from one of the B vitamins called niacin, or vi ...
Individuals suffering from constipation may have a significantly greater risk of Parkinson’s later in life.
I have recently been diagnosed as having Parkinson's disease, so I am naturally very interested in anything that may help keep it under control, especially since I resisted all attempts to enlist me for clinical trials of a new drug combination
Our diets play a significant role in our longterm health. It's an obvious thing to say, but scientists often remind us that the type of food we eat may be the single major factor in determining our wellbeing. Two studies, published in the...
PASSIVE SMOKING: It even rots your teeth
Nan Kathryn Fuchs PhDHousehold cleaners and synthetic pesticides may be harming your health. If you suffer from chronic fatigue, extreme lethargy, breast cancer, Parkinson’s disease, or symptoms your doctors can’t trace back to any particular cause, the culprit may be a...
