Latest Research on Early Detection for Parkinson's
09/11/10 19:50
This is the latest news from the Parkinson Research Foundation
OTTAWA — High cholesterol levels predict heart disease. High blood-sugarlevels can predict diabetes. But no single test exists to predict whowill develop Parkinson's disease, the second leading brain-wastingdisorder behind Alzheimer's.
Now, a decade-long effort whichstarted at Harvard University and continued in Ottawa, has yielded amethod that, in principle, could identify people at risk of developing adisease that afflicts an estimated 150,000 Canadians.
The storybehind this finding shows why progress toward preventing or curingParkinson's has been so slow. It also highlights how recent advances inAlzheimer's research served as a model for what some researchers havealready dubbed "the Ottawa test" for Parkinson's.
For complete article:
http://www.parkinsonresearchfoundation.org/Research.aspx
OTTAWA — High cholesterol levels predict heart disease. High blood-sugarlevels can predict diabetes. But no single test exists to predict whowill develop Parkinson's disease, the second leading brain-wastingdisorder behind Alzheimer's.
Now, a decade-long effort whichstarted at Harvard University and continued in Ottawa, has yielded amethod that, in principle, could identify people at risk of developing adisease that afflicts an estimated 150,000 Canadians.
The storybehind this finding shows why progress toward preventing or curingParkinson's has been so slow. It also highlights how recent advances inAlzheimer's research served as a model for what some researchers havealready dubbed "the Ottawa test" for Parkinson's.
For complete article:
http://www.parkinsonresearchfoundation.org/Research.aspx
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